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by predictsoft 1020 days ago
I use CinemaParadiso. I thought Lovefilm was the only game in town. But I searched Google for 'UK DVD rental' and found CinemaParadiso. I signed up. That was 6 months ago. Now I watch about 3 disks a week and love the variety.

Just to clarify: I was a big fan of Lovefilm with 4 disks at once, but Amazon shut it down.

Just a note: CinemaParadiso has been a private company since 2003 so basically, it is unlikely to be shut down like Lovefilm. This means it will likely be around another 20 years.

Edit: CP changed to CinemaParadiso

2 comments

You really shouldn't use that acronym. People might get the wrong idea.
Only if they're being intentionally obtuse. Do those people also object to the Unix copy command? Or HDCP? There's only 676 two letter acronyms so of course there's collisions
I think there will always be a market for this. Maybe not a big one, but surely there are enough people out there who just want to stick a disc in the player and press play, rather than sign up to loads of different services.