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(PRWEB) January 17, 2006 -- TheStreetWire . com takes a look into online DVD rentals.

Online DVD rental services are becoming more popular moving into 2006, and so are the companies that offer them. Each of these services have their own pro’s and con’s, so lets take a look at them and see how they stack up against each other.

The most popular online DVD rental service is provided by Netflix (NFLX), the company that started the online rental revolution. Netflix has rental plans starting at $9.99 per month for one DVD out at a time, up to $17.99 per month for 3 DVD’s out at a time. The turnaround claims to be fast with 36 different shipping centers around the country, and postage is prepaid for the customer. http://www.Netflix . com

Another choice in online DVD rental is Blockbuster (BBI), who launched their online service in an attempt to gain back some of its lost business to the online trend. Blockbuster has rental plans starting at $9.99 per month for one DVD out at a time, up to $17.99 per month for 3 DVD’s at a time. An added bonus with Blockbuster’s service each month you get two free in-store rentals. http://www.Blockbuster . com

One of the more overlooked, but rapidly growing online DVD rental service is Gameznflix (GZFX), which currently has the best price for online rentals in the market. One of the unique perks of Gameznflix, as the name suggests, is that they allow you to rent movies or games at the same time, for the same price. This is a big plus for families with children, college students, or for avid gamers. Gameznflix, with a market cap of roughly $15M, recently inked a deal with Circuit City to offer the Gameznflix service in their stores, a move which should only fuel the fire of this small cap competitor. http://www.GameznFlix . com

Since online DVD rental is a newer concept, there are many different competitors and copycats entering the market, and we’ve seen monthly rates drop as a result of this competition. In order to remain as a profitable business model, it’s unlikely that prices will drop much more, if at all in the future. One of the more likely scenarios is for some of the smaller companies to merge operations in order to take on the bigger competitors such as Netflix. As far as the competitors mentioned we felt that Gameznflix was the best dollar for dollar value, with very fast turnaround times and the availability of games its an obvious choice for gamers and movie buffs.