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We run Canada-DVD-Rental-Guide.com as an independent, unbiased review of the Canadian DVD and game rental-by-post industry, which we hope allows you the customer to make informed choices. We're going strong in 2009 after our blog relaunch and hope to maintain the high standards our readers have become accustomed to over the years.

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March 2010 Canada DVD Rental Guide Update

We've finally done our big annual scrub of the site, complete with fact checking the rental companies to update the latest prices and inventories. DVDZap, the only French-only DVD rental firm in Canada, has gone under and is having a liquidation sale--while Zip has a large French language collection and is a good alternative, DVD Zap will be missed. Likewise, thanks to Paul for pointing out that small Relay Rentals also went out of business. We've also added a review on the new Kaku.ca rental site which just became active on December--it's too early to tell how they'll do in this industry littered with failed companies, so we've rated them conservatively for now.

This brings the total Canadian DVD rental rental sites to their lowest level in years, only ten companies left. We hope the situation has stabilised, so customers retain several choices.

02 Mar, 2010 | Category: DVD Rental News |

February 2010 Canada DVD Rental Guide Update

Alas, GetGames.ca is no more, and this leaves only one pure video game rental company still operating, Game Access (now up to 3,000 game titles). Canflix stile stocks some 1,000 titles, but their inventory is mostly older titles, so not the choice for the avid gamer

02 Feb, 2010 | Category: DVD Rental News |

January 2010 Canada DVD Rental Guide Update

Thanks to Paul for pointing out that Premieres is no longer in the rental business--even though they still sell DVDs and haven't gone bust, we've removed them from the rental tables.

03 Jan, 2010 | Category: DVD Rental News |

December 2009 Canada DVD Rental Guide Update

No big news to pass on--be sure to fill your rental queues with a stock of good films to watch over Christmas!

02 Dec, 2009 | Category: DVD Rental News |

November 2009 Canada DVD Rental Guide Update

Cyberflix has gone out of business--after the many poor customer service issues reported, they probably won't be missed.

05 Nov, 2009 | Category: DVD Rental News |

Analysts See Bright Prospects for DVD Rental

Various tech analysts have written that US giant Netflix, whose shares have slid recently given competition from DVD kiosks and the threat of digital movie streaming, remains a strong company with a bright future, and these lessons apply just as well for Canadian DVD rental. As described in this Barrons piece, analysts note the lifespan of the DVD rental market will be longer than many believe. The rental-by-mail sector will be the biggest beneficiary of the drawdown in bricks and mortar stores which has been going on for several years.

One survey found that 20% of all current Amercian non-subscribers to a DVD rental service say they plan to subscribe in the next five years. Assuming Canadians are similarly inclined, that's a few million new customers likely in the coming years.

07 Sep, 2009 | Category: DVD Rental News |