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For those in the UK still interested, CinemaParadiso is a really good DVD/Blu-Ray rental service

https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk/

I feel like a luddite sometimes but I really love movies and hate the limited selection on streaming. Also, logging into different accounts, dealing with different apps etc is a pain in the arse.

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I use CinemaParadiso. I thought Lovefilm was the only game in town. But I searched Google for 'UK DVD rental' and found CinemaParadiso. I signed up. That was 6 months ago. Now I watch about 3 disks a week and love the variety.

Just to clarify: I was a big fan of Lovefilm with 4 disks at once, but Amazon shut it down.

Just a note: CinemaParadiso has been a private company since 2003 so basically, it is unlikely to be shut down like Lovefilm. This means it will likely be around another 20 years.

Edit: CP changed to CinemaParadiso

You really shouldn't use that acronym. People might get the wrong idea.

Only if they're being intentionally obtuse. Do those people also object to the Unix copy command? Or HDCP? There's only 676 two letter acronyms so of course there's collisions

I think there will always be a market for this. Maybe not a big one, but surely there are enough people out there who just want to stick a disc in the player and press play, rather than sign up to loads of different services.

You may also want to check the local library, too. They don’t deliver, but with inter library loan they’ve been able to eventually get almost anything I’ve wanted.

The library is the best for this kind of stuff. If I can't find a torrent of something I'll take it out on loan from the library on DVD and rip it.

Without people such as yourself I genuinely fear for our cultural history.

I’m quite sad by the number of not-quite indie films that apparently go direct to digital and never get any physical release at all.

At some point we’re going to lose things.

Disney made a movie, 'Crater', released it exclusively on Disney+ then pulled it 50 days later.

Their own film!

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