Background
Most companies operate on the following model:
- The customer joins the rental service and creates a list of titles they wish to watch, which are ranked by priority.
- Titles from the list are mailed to the customer.
- The customer watches the films and then sends them back to the rental company.
Most companies will let customers keep the films for as long as they want; customers are, however, limited to a set number of discs out at any one time. Commonly, once a disc is returned, another is sent out. Some companies or plans may have a limit on the total number of movies rented in a month. Memberships are usually billed monthly, and includes postage both ways.
Variations exist; for example, Some companies also offer video game rentals while others offer music. Redbox allows a user to reserve DVDs or Blu-ray discs online to retrieve and return the DVD at Interactive kiosks located in various retail establishments.
Comparison websites can be used to compare the features and price of various online rental DVD companies.
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