Love Film DVD Rental

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Key Highlights of LoveFilm
  • One of the leading online DVD & Games rental site in UK.
  • Blu-ray and HD movies available.
  • Huge selection of games for consoles including PS2, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Xbox and Xbox 360.
  • No due dates and no late fees.
  • First class delivery and return in pre-paid envelop.
  • Very secure server.
  • Can change the membership package at anytime without any additional fees.
  • No cancellation fees
  • Financial rewards for those who persuade friends to join LoveFilm.
  • The website includes a lot of fun features that includes entertainment news, quizzes, film trivia and personalised recommendations.
All about LoveFilm

The LoveFilm International limited is one of the most respected entertainment and movie websites of Europe. The value of LoveFilm brand and its focus on customer service has kept them ahead of the market and has also managed to make it an industry leader by a very wide margin. LoveFilm, which was formerly known as screenselect.com, now has over a million members and operates in countries including UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. In fact, they are relatively new to the market when compared to the other DVD rental giants and in just over six years, LoveFilm has grown to be the country's third largest home entertainment subscription service.

Design and Navigation

It is really a delight to browse through the LoveFilm website. The site screams 'professionalism' and sports a wide variety of interactive and editorial features. It oozes with enthusiasm for movies and is organised well enough that navigation is a breeze. The uncluttered layout decked out in vibrant black, white and red coloured themes. The homepage itself has most of the stuff that you will look for as soon as a visitor enters the site and it has a lot of interesting bits and pieces around apart from the great bargains like the listings, review of the week, the most popular DVD and Blu-rays, Interviews and reviews, celebrity collection, the endless LoveQuiz and the all hot Hollywood news. DVD and Blu-ray rental is just a part of the site, it has everything and more than what you would expect in a DVD rental site with chats, reviews, ratings, gossips, rants and raves about the wide world of movies.

The homepage tabs include Film and TV, Watch Online, Games, DVD Rental, Reviews, Gifts and Shop. And just next to the main tabs, there is a search tab where you could get the search results of actor, title and director. In the watch online section of the homepage, the members will be able to choose from any of their popular listings and start watching right away. It is in this Video On Demand service, where you can download the entire movie to your PCs for a meager £2.99 each. This innovative and market leading market leading download's section is surely worth having a look at. In this section, they have a choice of over 3300 movies and TV episodes for an instant telecast. The cinema listings box is a very interesting one as it allows you to read reviews of the latest movies and find what is on at a cinema near you by just entering your postcode or town and the box also shows the top picks of the critics. Lots of stuff is happening in the page, and we guarantee you that you will be never short of entertainment. Having all the good entertaining stuff, it makes a great source of internet entertainment that will keep you browsing for a long time as time just flies by.

The LoveFilm DVD Rental site also proves to be a very useful guide in listing the movie DVDs that you might enjoy, which is based on the taste of your existing set of collections. The site allows its members to share their top ten movies, collections and recommendations. The 'Rental Watch' list can be created easily by clicking over the "Rent Now" button and also set your priority to high, medium and low. There is also the Rental Descriptions page that offers you with detailed user reviews and ratings. Our favourite was LoveFilm's official sections of certain celebrities including Matt Damon and Bill Nighy. As the power of the LoveFilm tops, it seems as though its celebrity endorsements have become ever more impressive. There are a few elements that you can certainly get above and beyond what you could expect from the rental site. Although this is not a criteria on which we should actually judge the service, we cannot help, but be impressed.

The only complaint that we ever had regarding the site is that, there were simply too many advertisements around.

  • Features
  • Home page design
  • Navigation
  • Search features
  • Ease of use
  • Rating
Search Feature

LoveFilm DVD service allows you to browse through their titles by genre, Top 50 Rental chart, New releases, Editors choice, Top Rated, Most Popular, Indie films, by decade or title or use their simple but comprehensive search facility (by actor, title, director, genre, description, language or studio). With over 27 categories to choose from of both popular ranges and avant garde selections they cater for all tastes.

  • Search feature
  • Title
  • Director
  • Actor
  • Year
  • Rating
  • Genre
  • New releases
  • Coming soon titles
  • Studio
  • Language
  • Subtitles
  • Award
  • Availability
How the process works

With over 67000 titles to choose from, you can make a list of movies you wish to watch. Once this is done, LoveFilm rushes the discs direct to your door so that you can watch them for as long as you like. Finally, you can return the discs in pre-paid return envelopes so that you can get a new DVD from your list delivered. You can also watch over 3300 titles online with any of their unlimited packages at no additional cost. LoveFilm also promises to open up this service to all the light use customers too.

  • Membership features
  • Monthly plans
  • Unlimited DVDs per month
  • Pay per movie
  • Pay as you go
  • No due date
  • No late fees
  • Purchase DVD
  • Watch movies on site
  • Availability
Packages Available

The choice of packages that LoveFilm offers is quite wide and allows for all types of appetites and there are four types of them: Unlimited Plans, Light use Plans, Games with DVD and Blu-ray and Pay as you go. As the name suggests, the Unlimited packages have no limits on how many rentals you can be having at a time. The service rushes you with the next DVD as soon as you send one back. The light use package is for the occasional viewing and as soon as you reach your limit, you have to wait until the next month for the next DVD. Games with Blu ray and DVD is just for those who like to play and the Pay as You Go is especially for complete flexibility. The Pay as you go package is for anyone who does not have the kind of time watch movies all the time.

As we just mentioned, with the Unlimited DVD Packages, you get to choose between 3 great value packages having 1,2, or 3 DVDs at home at any one time. You get unlimited rentals with 1 disc out at once for £9.99 per month, with 2 discs at a time for £12.99 and with 3 discs at a time for £15.99. The LoveFilm light use plans is for occasional viewing and you get to choose between 3 great value packages with 1 or 2 DVDs at home at any one time. This package has plans from £3.99 to £7.99 per month. When you reach your limit you will have to wait until the next month for the next DVD. The Games with DVD and Blu-ray plan has 3 packages with two and three discs at a time and the price range is from £9.99 to £18.99 per month. The ultra flexible pay as you go has three packages with three and six rentals for a period of 3 months. The credit lasts for 3 months and note that it is an auto top-up plan so, make sure that you cancel if you do not want to continue.

The new titles

LoveFim has an excellent collection of movies of all the eras, let alone the new titles. And in this way, LoveFilm makes sure that you get to watch all the movies that you would really regret for missing to watch. And if for some reason, you manage to find a long forgotten UK-released DVD that miraculously did not manage to be in the LoveFilm collection, not only will they source it for you just in days, they also guarantee you that you will be the first one to receive it. In the website's "Coming Soon" section, you get to have an edge on getting the next biggest title or game edition first. They will also keep a constant track over what people rent or buy the most. One of the biggest advantages of the site is the huge variety and selections they have in offer with over 4000 different console games and allow you to select any time of the day.

Features and value:
Recommendation service:

The recommendation service of LoveFilm does a great job on drawing on your existing movie tastes and so, just be ready to discover heaps of hidden gems such as "Dirty Dancing" , "Honey", "Buffy" and lots more.

The rental service allows you to do anything and everything cheaply and conveniently that you might not even wish to leave your room, while a whole world of movies waits for you on the other side of your letterbox.

No late fees forever:

LoveFilm charges you no late fees forever, so just hold-on onto each DVD as long as you like and guess what, there is no cancellation fees either. Since the service does not hold you to a minimum term contract and so you can enjoy your free trial in complete confidence.

  • Movie Information
  • MPAA Rating
  • Critic rating
  • Synopsys
  • Casts
  • Director
  • Genre
  • Format
  • Studio
  • Awards
  • Availability
DVD and Blu-ray collection

The wide range of title selection alone proves that LoveFilm is the most comprehensive than even the largest DVD rental store at your place. The site's collection of over 70000 movies and more also includes the latest range of Blu-ray and HD discs and game DVDs.

The LoveFilm DVD Movie rental service not only has the largest selections of DVDs in UK, but they also seem to be having one of the greatest set of games collections. Just by looking at the way they have managed to present them in a very well organised manner, we can say for sure that they have passion for games. The service not only delivers the games at your doorstep for your enjoyment, it also allows you to try for a wider, bigger and better collection of gaming consoles. LoveFilm's database has always been kept up to date with the latest game releases. So, you will never be in dark when that new exciting title comes out and never have to just smile and not when your friends are raving over the latest game; you can just say with wit "yeah! I have played it". The LoveFilm DVD rental service has a very impressive set of games selection with over 3000 games for PS3, PSP, Xbox, Wii and DS consoles. Note that, LoveFilm does not have PC Games collection.

  • Inventory
  • Movie titles
  • Blu-ray dics
  • Adult DVDs
  • Games
  • DVD Types Available
  • World cinema
  • Bollywood
  • TV series
  • Sports
  • Availability
  • 67000
Performance

If there is anything that is there to really criticise about LoveFilm, then we have to say that it would be its popularity that has grown at lightning speed, that occasionally there will not be enough DVDs to meet the rocketing demand from its members causing occasional delays. And even this issue can be said to be only an issue of the past as LoveFilm is now well meeting its demands by stockpiling the hottest titles well in advance of demand. In case the DVD that you wish to see is currently not in stock, LoveFilm will send you the first copy of the DVD that is returned and if you are in search of a title that is most obscure and very hard to get hold of, then LoveFilm will bring a surprising smile on your face with its extensive range of collections. We even found that some of the rental services make use of LoveFilm in order to run their services while keeping their own name in the front end interface just to maintain the brand community. So, we just advice you to cut out the middle man and go straight for the specialists.

The heavier users must be aware of the fact that the LoveFilm rental operates a fair use policy where the heaviest of the renters will lose priority to the popular titles during the periods of high demand. There does seem to be a rather hazy interpretation of what a heavy user is and even some moderate users claim to have fallen foul of the policy.

LoveFilm's 'Send and Receive' turnaround speed is usually very quick as the DVDs are sent first class, with a turnaround expected every two to three days. Their DVDs are sent in very thin plastic sleeves with a prepaid returnable envelop included. Their returnable envelops can fit up to four discs at a time. The website has a very comprehensive membership area where you can edit your watchlist, personal details, website preferences and membership status too.

Customer service

Lovefilm site is very secure as your details like password, personal details and card data are encrypted using the very latest technology and their servers are extremely secure. Their good works is carried though their customer service too, which is simply second to none.

  • Customer service
  • Phone support
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • eMail or Online form
  • Fast rental delivery
  • Reliable rental delivery
  • Availability
Highlights from user reviews

The light users seem to be very happy with their plans, and claim that the turnaround time is amazing. But the reviews of the unlimited plan users are not very appreciative. They claim that the top priority DVDs are getting ignored and that the turnaround time is not that good and feel that they have a policy in place to make sure there is a limit on the "Unlimited" DVDs.

Verdict:

Lovefilm offers the most complete DVD and games rental experience, combining a great service with lots of information about the films you are renting as well as regular newsletters to let you know of what is going on in the Hollywood world. The website has been designed professionally with a number of interactive and editorial features. The service has the biggest collection with a massive 67000+ DVDs that includes more than 2000+ adult movies and 3000 games. The rental collection contains virtually every DVD in the UK. If you love films, we simply do not know what you are waiting for and even if you do not love films, sign up with LoveFilm and you will start loving movies.

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