Davis-area video stores

[ron_newman]

I'm probably the last one on my block to buy a DVD player. But now that I have it, I'm interested in hearing people's opinions of local video rental stores.

It looks like we have three choices: Hollywood Express on Elm Street, West Coast Video across the street, and Blockbuster in Porter Square.
My first impressions:

Hollywood Express -- largest selection, best chance of finding something obscure

Blockbuster - very liberal rental terms: a '2 day' rental is really 9 days, a 7-day is really 14 days. A lot more foreign and independent films than I would have expected, though probably not in the same league as Hollywood Express

West Coast Video -- why is this store still in business? I don't see any obvious reason to go here.

Comments

Re: DVD Rentals

[ron_newman]

Even Blockbuster looks like it has single copies of many movies, once you get out of New Releases and into more obscure sections like Special Interest and Foreign. I bet I have their only copies of Festival Express and Naqoyqatsi right now.

Re: DVD Rentals

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

yeah, but i'm pretty sure the majority of their income comes from renting new releases of big, popular movies, hence the name "blockbuster", whereas at hollywood express, the majority of their income (at least at the davis sq location) would seem to come from renting movies that they only have single copies of.