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DVD 365

DVD 365 is a strong company/site, but given disruption from its July 2005 takeover by Screenselect, now is probably not the time to start a subscriptuion.

DVD 365 Review

DVD365 closed in mid-2005 after being acquired by Screenselect, which in turned merged with Lovefilm in late 2006.

DVD 365 has one of the slickest-looking websites around--easy to use with a good selection. It was established in 2003 and boasts an impressive catalogue of over 27,000 films--just a bit shy of the market leaders. Its browse-by-genre selection is disappointing, but it gains points for being its search engine which works by titles, actors, and directors. We also like the 1-5 star ratings, and the fact that in early 2005 it added member reviews. Although they're based in Scotland, suggesting there could be slight delays to southern England, most reports we've seen of their service and speed are glowing.

DVD 365 was long the third in the UK's "big three" of purely online DVD rental companies behind ScreenSelect/Video Island and Lovefilm. Like them, DVD 365 had gotten into the "powering" game, running the Qflicks, Movietrak, and Mailbox Movies sites. In June 2005, Screenselect announced it was acquiring rival DVD 365 along with its three affiliate companies (see new story). Given the inevitable disruption during the takeover, we'd steer clear from this site for a few months.

A dissapointment in an otherwise excellent site is their lack of a customer service phone number.

When we asked, they claimed to have 4,000 adult DVD titles, though this appears unlikely and we did not list this figure on the comparison table; it may depend on a different definition of "adult"--as both industry leaders Screenselect and Lovefilm, who both have larger total inventories, only stock 1,200 and 1,300 adult films respectively.

Prices: DVD 365 offer many subscription options: 1 DVD at a time for £9.99 per month (limit 10 discs), 2 DVDs for £12.99 per month (limit 15 discs), 3 DVDs for £14.99 per month (limit 20 discs), 4 DVDs for £21.99 (limit 30 discs), and 5 DVDs for £26.99 per month (limit 40 discs). They also offer three "Lite" services on the Amazon model which we don't really recommend, but which may work for infrequent users. They offer a 14-day trial. Note that DVD 365 is not actually unlimited, there is a limit of 20 DVDs for the 3 disc montly package, but since this threshold is set very high it will not affect most viewers, so we really can't fault it.

DVD 365 Customer Comments

Sheff from Ipswich, June 28, 2005

Cancelled Lovefilm to try these guys and the service was amazing to start off with.

All the recent releases were delivered and was throughly enjoying the service until a few months later the same thing happened as the Lovefilm service, where it takes days to allocate discs, not getting any new releases, only 2 discs arriving at a time instead of my 3 disc at a time package.I sent 3 emails to them and they were all ignored.
Online DVD rental is the way forward and I can't help but think that someone could win this race if only they listened to the customers...Hmmm I'm tempted to try it you know !!

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James from Bristol, June 26, 2005

I've been using DVD365 for well over a year. Their service used to be excellent, but has dropped of more recently. Now I get scratched and damaged discs and I can't remember the last time I had one of my top 2 DVDs.

I received an email from them to say that they will be merging with screenselect.co.uk. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing.

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Beth from Glasgow, June 20, 2005

Of all the DVDs rental services I've tried out, this one had the slowest service, especially given that it's supposedly based in Scotland. I started my free trial on a Thursday and didn't receive any discs till the Tuesday. The terms and conditions don't reveal that you get seven days at the end of your trial to return any DVDs, which was annoying as it meant I sent some back without having time to watch them. There are several companies that are better than this one.

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Ed from Cambridgeshire, June 10, 2005

DVD65 has been one of my favorites so far, fun website with a good system for choosing films, and swift delivery. I'm stll free trial hopping, but this is definitely one worthy of sticking with.

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Marty from London, March 5, 2005

I've trialed most of the DVD companies and DVDs365 is a really good company and getting bigger. Certainly give these guys a go..

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Kevin from London, February 25, 2005

This was the first DVD rental service I tried--not bad, but I moved on to Zoovies solely because it was cheaper for the same level of service. I didn't have any major problems with DVD 365, except for some hassle when cancelling my free trial, but it was soon sorted.

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		Key Facts
		1 disc: £9.99 2 discs: £11.99 3 discs: £14.99 4 discs: £21.99 3 discs: £26.99 Free Trial: 14 days Titles: 27,000+ Game Rentals: no Adult Films: yes Phone Contact: no (not listed on website, but numbr is given in initial email)

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