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Sofa Cinema

The Guardian's Lovefilm affiliate; not much to distinguish it other than the full month free trial.

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Visit Sofa Cinema DVD Rental SiteSofa Cinema was launched in spring 2005 by the Guardian, and is linked to their website. The rental service is powered by the large Lovefilm company, though the website design is worse for the presence of several animated banner ads (one of which was even scrunched up and unreadable when we visited). We do like the light blues, easy on the eyes, though otherwise it's basically the Lovefilm site with a few minor differences.

The similarity in system begs the question--why go with the Sofa Cinema middleman at all, why not stick with the specialists at Lovefilm?

That said, we did raise Sofa Cinema's ranking in February due to some good comments and their generous terms.

Prices: The one thing that makes Sofa Cinema stand out is the free trial period; a rare full one month. You won't be able eligible for another free trial if you've already had one with any Lovefilm "powered-by." Their unlimited subscriptions are for 2 discs at £12.99 and 3 disc at an industry standard £14.99. They also offer an £7.99 limited service for four discs, which comes out to an industry standard two quid per rental.

Sofa DVD rental treats game rentals differently. Sofa's combination game/DVD rental packages start at a hefty £16.99 for 2 discs/games and 3 discs/games for £19.97. Based on these price increases, we'd advise gamers to see our sister site at Games-Rental-Guide.co.uk.

 

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Featured Sofa Cinema Customer Review

Derek from Stamford, December 1, 2005

Just finished my months trial with Sofa Cinema and i have to say these guy's are awesome. I have received 22 films during this period which i would say is pretty good service.
Now i have to start paying is the real test so we will see how it goes. Come on guy's don't let me down now just keep up the good work. Many thanks.

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Sam from Leamington, 4 March, 2008

I tried to cancel this account online. I was told it my account had been cancelled and that I had 7 days to return my last 2 dvds. I sent them in the post the next day. Four days later I had an email to inform me my next DVDs had been sent out upon receipt of my last ones. When I emailed to say I had closed my account I was informed that the cancellation process could not be completed until i returned the next dvds - the ones I did not request. So I had to pay for an extra month.

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Skyline-pidgeon, 5 January, 2008

I was with these guys until recently but cancelled my membership because, as usual, the service got poorer and poorer as time went on. Must be fair though and say for the first 6 - 9 months the service was s**t hot.

I'm now with Tesco Rental who I think is actually serviced by Love or Sofa but I'm not sure, and they're pretty good with super fast turnaround. (No I don't work for, or represent 'em) Keep plenty of options in your list though. If you only want one or two of the latest games you could wait a while, but that's true of any rental firm.

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Key Facts


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4 discs total in the month: £7.99
6 discs total in the month:
£9.99
2 discs unlimited:
£12.99
3 discs unlimited: £14.99

Free Trial: 30 days

Titles: 60,500
Game Rentals:
yes
Adult Films:
1,300
Phone Contact:
no

 
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