Wednesday, March 26, 2008

iTunes: Not just for music anymore



Iowa City provides many movie rental businesses including Blockbuster, Family Video, and Movie Gallery. But what is better than being able to rent a movie from your dorm, apartment, or house without having to leave?

iTunes has provided movies for purchase for about a year now, but now they have ventured into the movie rental business!

Now, some of you might be thinking that we already have plenty of at-home rental possibilities, like On Demand and Netflix. However, what if I told you that you could rent from home without an annoying monthly fee and outrageous per-rental prices?

iTunes provides movie rentals for only $2.99 for older movies and $3.99 for new releases. This is a full 1-2 dollars cheaper than On Demand rentals and it's only a one-time fee, so no paying for months when you don't rent any movies!

iTunes rentals are also practical for college students on the go. If you're going on a long trip, or just want to watch something during class, you can transfer your rentals onto your ipod, itouch, or iphone. After your rental is up, it will disappear from your ipod!

I've tried it myself and trust me, iTunes is the easiest, cheapest, LEGAL way to get movies in your own home.

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