NikoVideo
A new age of movie rentals has surfaced here in Brockville. It is called NikoVideo. What is this, you ask? It is a new way to rent videos. It is like going to a bank machine, you pop your membership card into the machine scroll through the titles and then select what you want. The best part, it is only $2.27 if you return the video back within 6 hours! If you forget to bring it back then it is is only $3.97 for the 24 hour period.
Sounds pretty good, well it gets better. The search for a video at the machine is a bit of a pain, a neat feature that they have is you can access the movie selection from your computer at home, reserve the title that you want, and within 3 hours all you have to do is go to the location , pop your card in and out comes the selection! The web page even tells you what movies are at the machine, so no wasted trips to the store to find out that they're all out.
Here is the catch, yes always a catch, you have to load your card with money, min $20, to be able to reserve at the website. The machine will tell you what your balance is and of course you will be able to deposit more money on your card at the machine.
Overall, I like that it is much cheaper to rent a video, half the price of Blockbuster or Rogers. once it catches on they can always raise the price. They have current titles and they claim to have new titles every week. The machine is easy to use, but awkward to navigate through. I will continue to use NikoVideo till they come up with a Internet video service, but with HD DVD coming out soon I don't think the DVD format will exit soon and I'll be getting my DVDs from somewhere.
UPDATE: All the prices for the Brockville store!
New Release less than 6hours 2.27 taxes in
24 hours 3.97 "
Old movie less than 6hours 1.14 "
24 hours 2.56 "
posted by Pollcrazy @ 11:15 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
That sounds like a killer service! I like the fact that you can get a cheaper price by bringing it back in 6 hours!
How does the return work? Slot?
Cool service.
Don't expect DVD's to get kicked by the curb so easily.
HD-DVD's won't get anywhere near as widespread as DVD's until the price for the players gets much more reasonable.
It took a long time for DVD's to edge out VHS. And there were other formats that tried, like Laser disk.
Wikipedia tells me DVD's came to life around 1990. So I bet they have at least another 10 years left.
To return the movie it is like making a deposit at the bank machine.You insert your membership card a slot, same one as when you received the movie, pop it into the slot and the machine takes it.
I'll agree that HD DVDs will take some time to break into the market. Which format will establish itself in the market and how long it will take for the prices of players and movies to come down. It will take the purchace of a new TV(HD) as well as the player in order to enjoy the full HD experience ($1000s) So I do see it taking a while for the change over from DVD to HD DVD if at all!
that sounds pretty sweet deal. I wonder when it's coming to O-town?
There is one in Rockland, but I can see them coming to Ottawa soon. If you click the link to their site you'll see that they have many stores in Quebec and in the Maritimes.
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