Renting movies by post is a fairly simple process, because of something we like to call the internet. The customer simply has to request a Blu-ray rental account online and uses the internet interface to request copies of the movies they want and the order through which they can like to receive them.

The movies are then dispatched to the customers address with a pre-paid return envelope. All of the customer then has to do is pop the movies back within the post once they have finished watching them.

There a range of different packages available when renting movies online, that start from as low as Ł3.88 monthly for up to 2 films a month with the customer receiving only one at a time (at time of writing). There are actually more costly packages available the place you can keep up to 3 movies at a time whilst borrowing an unlimited number each month.

Whilst the number of movies you may borrow every month will never be as many as which are available over the movie online premium channels on tv, you will have access to the-latest releases much earlier when renting.

Furthermore, the alternatives at the moment are not so great. Streaming movies via the web is still in its infancy and is very costly, also renting via your TV service is comparatively quite expensive (renting online is half the cost of just one pay per view movie for example).

There is just one person whom can decide whether renting movies by post is suitable for you, and thankfully to help unsure customers make up their minds most Blu-ray rental companies offer generous free trials that can last up to 30 days. So my advice could be is to try before you buy to make sure you fully utilise the service.