# Online Movie rentals? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449 "2005-10-22T19:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449/1 "2005-10-22T19:26:44Z")
So, I am looking at this website called [movielink.com](http://movielink.com), and it seems you pay them to rent movies online for 24 hours at a time, ie: You pay them, download the movie into their proprietary player, and then once you hit the play button, you’ve got 24 hours before it deletes itself or something like that. Does anyone have any experience with this program and know whether or not it is worth putting money into? Not sure if this would be better in Cafe Society or IMHO, but if it is, Mods can feel free to move it. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449/2 "2005-10-22T19:40:59Z")
\ You did say "feel free? OK. IMHO it is. No problem, **Raguleader** , sometimes it just comes down to a judgement call. That’s what we’re here for. \ ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449/3 "2005-10-22T19:45:43Z")
My first dvd player was in my pc. I soon discovered the small screen gave me a headache.I have a dvd player for my tv now and i’m a true believer in netflix ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449/4 "2005-10-22T19:55:06Z")
I think I remember reading some reviews of it that mentioned the small number of movies available. I can’t tell from looking at the website how many are, but I do notice that many new releases cost $4-5 each. And once you start to watch a movie, you’ve only got 24 hours before it stops working. I think Netflix is a better deal, and it has a lot more movies. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449/5 "2005-10-22T20:02:57Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I think I remember reading some reviews of it that mentioned the small number of movies available. I can’t tell from looking at the website how many are, but I do notice that many new releases cost $4-5 each. And once you start to watch a movie, you’ve only got 24 hours before it stops working. I think Netflix is a better deal, and it has a lot more movies. Yeah, looking at it, it mostly seems to have a small selection of movies that have been out for a few years (along with a LOT of Starblazers stuff). I was hoping it would have theatrical releases, but I didn’t find any in the short time I was looking. ---
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-movie-rentals/327449/6 "2005-10-23T19:10:07Z")
My PC screen is a 76-inch projection screen and is wonderful for watching movies. I have Netflix, but for the occasional download I use [Cinemanow](http://www.cinemanow.com/default.aspx). Some titles have more compression than others, and I wish they had more titles available for download, but it works pretty well. (One more complaint - you have to use IE.)