The concept of choosing which movies you want to rent and then having them mailed to you is exactly the same with Netflix and Blockbuster. The difference with Blockbuster is the many other options. With Blockbuster Total Access you not only can do the movies-by-mail, but can also return them to any Blockbuster store -- there are more than 5,000 stores by the way -- and exchange them for new ones right away! And, along with exchanging them for new ones Blockbuster will immediately mail you the next movies on your wish list. So, instead of being limited to three movies at a time and having to wait around for them to be mailed back and forth now you have the instant option to exchange them at a store. You also have the option to exchange the movies in-store for video games. Can it get any better?!

It does. Blockbuster sweetens the deal even more by giving you additional free in-store rental coupons each month! You have no excuse to not have seen the latest movies now. Another awesome part of Blockbuster Total Access is the price, seriously. The prices for the most popular packages range from $9.99 to $17.99 a month depending on how many movies you want at once. I suggest choosing the middle range option which is $14.99/month and it allows you to have two movies at a time. You may be thinking… “two movies isn’t enough!” but here’s how you can turn those two movies into four or five. What you do is go onto Blockbuster.com and create a wish list of all the movies you want to see (there are more than 65,000 available movie titles), wait a couple days for them to get mailed to you, watch them, then instead of mailing them back return them directly to a Blockbuster store and exchange them for two more at the store. You still only have two movies, but while you have those checked-out Blockbuster is also mailing you the next two movies on your wish list, so in a couple days you now have four movies. Each month you also get a free in-store rental coupon so for a short time you could actually have five movies out a one time just paying for the two movie package. At that point you’ve already more than recouped your monthly fee in what you would’ve spent to regularly rent those five movies. That’s how you take advantage of the system my friends!

Overall, while Netflix is a great service, there is no doubt that at the moment Blockbuster Total Access is the far better choice. The extra options make it that much easier to watch any movie you want anytime. Try out a free trial of Blockbuster Total Access at www.blockbuster.com

- Chad Kennedy, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief