Found in a number of supermarkets and pharmacies, Blockbuster Express is Blockbuster’s video rental kiosk, allowing you to rent movies for $1 straight from the machine (which, yes, does look a lot like an ATM).
Crackle offers streaming feature-length movies and television (with a surprising amount of the old cartoon shows like “He-Man” and “Voltron” that children of the ’80s used to watch and love). The streaming website includes clips and trailers for upcoming films, works with independent online distributors, and even produces its own entertainment content.
The CinemaNow library contains approximately 14,000 feature-length films, shorts, concerts, and television programs. CinemaNow allows streaming directly to your computer or Web-enabled TV.
Choose from Blockbuster’s huge inventory, over 90,000 titles, and keep them without fear of late fees. Blockbuster also allows a limited amount of in-store transfers.
Redbox offers movie rentals at one dollar a day at its 15,000 kiosks (many located in stores nationwide). If you return the DVD the following day, at any kiosk not only the one your rented it from, the rental is one dollar. If you keep the film an extra day your credit card is billed only one more dollar…
While Netflix is exclusively on the Xbox 360, PlayOn allows Xbox 360 (without a Xbox Live Gold Membership), Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii (currently in beta), HP MediaSmart TV, and Moxi HD DVR users to get Netflix instant on their tv. But PlayOn doesn’t stop there. They also offer Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN.
Want to get your movie fix on your iPhone or iPod touch? There are a multitude of great apps out there that can help curb your craving, whether you want to manage your DVD library or Netflix queue, watch clips and trailers, or just find the right film to see later in the day…
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Established by cable provider, Comcast (and part of their Interactive Media Department), Fancast offers a wide selection of TV show clips, full length episodes, feature length movies, and trailers. While Fancast is offered by Comcast, you don’t need to be a subscriber to enjoy the videos.
On-Demand is Amazon’s 24-hr rental service that works like Netflix Instant: you pay a small fee to watch movies online, on your computer, or on a portable device. You can also synch your rentals and purchases over to TV via TiVo–a similar service is set up for Sony BRAVIA users.
