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

[twomonkeys.livejournal.com]

Hollywood Express started about 20 years ago, Hollywood Video sprang up (on the East Coast) in the late '90s. My only guess is that Video didn't see us as a threat to their branding.

[ron_newman]

I just looked at both your website and theirs. You started in 1987 in Porter Square. They started in 1988 as "a single store in Portland, Oregon". So, you were definitely first.