Lovefilm by post replacement

Lovefilm was around a tenner a month, for unlimited films, two discs at a time. Amazon claim that everyones switching to streaming, but the selection is shite by comparison very reminiscent of the days when the local video rental stores were being killed off by blockbuster, and suddenly you went from being able to choose from a massive library built. Have been on cinema paradiso for a couple of weeks. I know amazon has had a finger in the lovefilm pie for a number of years, but since they brought the company in house on the amazon website, the service has become dreadful. Even developing countries have highspeed internet access now. Amazon is getting out of the dvd rental business with the closure of lovefilm, the socalled netflix of europe that amazon bought in 2011 for a. Amazon kills off lovefilm dvd by post service as netflix.

Lovefilm was a united kingdombased provider of dvdbymail and streaming video on demand in the united kingdom. Im not saying the above wont apply to lovefilm, but i found bbs turnaround times to be like watching paint dry. Through a series of acquisitions, lovefilm quickly. We started life as a purely dvd rentalbypost business and are emerging as what we call a hybrid or a fused business, a joint business of dvd rentalbypost and streaming by tv, internet tv or games consol or pc. Lovefilm was a united kingdombased provider of dvdbymail and streaming video on demand in the united kingdom, sweden, norway, denmark and germany acquired by in 2011, the service had reached 2 million subscribers.

Lovefilm instant merges with amazon prime page 5 avforums. In a statement, amazon said the rise of streaming services over renting dvd. In response to the op, ive had two problems with lovefilm in the two years ive been with them, and both have been resolved without hassle and without cost. Amazon are closing the lovefilm dvdbluray rental service on 31 oct 2017, amazons suggested replacement for this service is their own amazon prime video, this is ok if you dont mind poor selection, poor picture quality, colour banding, lossy soundtracks and of course there are parts of the uk without the bandwidth to stream. Its the end of an era for dvd and bluray fans in the u. Lovefilm by post endeavour to dispatch rental discs to our customers on either the same day as a returned disc arrives or the next working day. Customer service was good and they would always endeavour to send a replacement as quickly as possible, however my dh just got fed up with thinking he was. Lovefilm is still one of the best ways to rent dvds by post.

Create a list from the online disc catalogue, rank by priority, and sit back and. Lovefilm by post to close 311017 tv and film forum. Amazon announced it would be terminating the lovefilm by post service on 31 october 2017. It allowed you to immerse yourself in film, while keeping it affordable. While its now moving more towards the streaming ondemand realm, dvds and blurays still. Amazons postal dvd rental service will cease operating in the uk on october 31. Amazon, which owns lovefilm, says it will cease offering dvds and bluray discs via post on 31 october. Alternative to lovefilm following the end of amazons dvd rental bypost service, many film buffs have been scouring the internet far and wide in an attempt to find an alternative to lovefilm.

Amazons lovefilm by post dvd rental service increases. On one occasion i had a damaged disc filled in the form online and they sent out a replacement the same day, before id even posted back the original damaged one. We had to fill in a lost form for the royal mail and post it back, otherwise lovefilm threatened to charge us for the disc. Lovefilm by post will close in october and dvd fans are. Sadly, for all the film aficionados out there lovefilm by post is closing on 31st october. Through a series of acquisitions, lovefilm quickly became. Lovefilm has been operating since 2002 originally as a dvd mailout service similar to netflix. Both netflix and amazon instant video have only a fraction of the selection and my broadband is slow so streaming is pretty terrible and torrenting is slow. Due to this, we will be closing the lovefilm by post service on 31st october 2017, the online retailer said in a statement. Heck, id probably still be subscribed if i could afford to. And yes, they did, and will do until october 31st when owners amazon are shutting it permanently. When we first joined we could reliably post a disk back to. Im hoping its the christmas post but my turnaround times are abysmal. I still want an ultra hd bluray player so happily cinema paradiso is the go to for discs at home rental.

Last year, over 15 thousand people signed the petition to ask lovefilm to make their services accessible to people with hearing loss. Since then, they have rebranded to amazon prime video. Launched in 2002, it harks back to an era when the internet was still painfully slow and mark. Amazons lovefilm by post will no stop allowing customers to rent dvds and blurays at the end of october, according to the tech giant. They were also less likely to receive replacement shipments on the same day a disc is received.

Amazon kills its european dvd rental biz, lovefilm. Has anybody else noticed that since amazon has become involved in lovefilm the service has started to go downhill. Ive been a member since the screenselect days, so a bit sad to see lovefilm bite the dust. As excellent as the amazon prime video service is, lovefilm by post offered a much larger selection of movies. Agreed, its, for example, almost impossible to actually find the by post service via. The lovefilm name will be maintained for the dvd rental business, although this service has been embedded into amazon as well. Discs used to turnaround in 2 days, they now take 3 4 days. The horror stories about lovefilm are seemingly untrue, or at least very rare cases. First they separated off the streaming service from the disc by post service. Lovefilm competitor im surprised it lasted as long as it did, i scrapped it not long after amazon bought it, forcing users to use their horrible, bloated site for lovefilm killed it for me. On 14 august 2017, amazon announced it would be terminating the lovefilm by post service on 31 october 2017. The lovefilm warehouse does not process returns or dispatches on weekends or bank holidays. Agreed, its, for example, almost impossible to actually find the by post service via lovefilm. Lovefilm was a good company, i have been a subscriber for many years.

Cinema paradiso works in much the same way as lovefilm. Lovefilm by post dvd rental service to close bbc news. Amazons lovefilm by post dvd rental service will close at the end of october in the uk, the tech giant has said. Alternative to lovefilm following the end of amazons dvd rentalbypost service, many film buffs have been scouring the internet far and wide in an attempt to find an alternative to lovefilm. It also claimed over 70,000 titles, and over 4 million dvd, bluray or game rentals per month in five countries. With lovefilm it used to be postnew film two days later 99% of the time.

I n a statement, amazon said the rise of streaming services over renting dvd and. I had my first two films dispatched on wednesday the 6th i watched them one day after the other when they arrived. Lovefilm was a united kingdombased provider of dvdbymail and streaming video on demand in the united kingdom and germany acquired by in 2011, the service had reached 2 million subscribers. Ive had scratched discs a few times, but thats the same as most rental services, and lovefilm were very quick at responding and sending out a replacement disc. Lovefilm pushed the envelope for movie buffs netflix and. With the latest news that the lovefilm by post service is being shut down by amazon is there any alternative in the u. Lovefilm have over 80,000 dvds including bonus discs on their shelves, almost every single dvd currently available for rental in the uk. This affects all those with poor internet speeds and those who enjoy uncompressed quality only available via optical disc. The lovefilm by post service, which allows people to rent. Discs on your high priority list are less likely to be sent. So, lovefilm is in the business of delivering films to people, films and tv series.