I’ve been using the Zip.Ca service for the last week. For $25/month, you get unlimited DVD rentals, mailed to you. Each DVD comes in a small tyvek envelope, with a stamped return envelope. To choose the DVD’s you want, you go to their website, and pick from the (very) large selection they have. When the movies are in, they send them to you. To ensure that you’ve always got a movie to watch, they recommend you have 20 on your ZIP list at all times.
Turnaround time is very fast — it takes no more than 3 or 4 days to get a new movie when you send one back. Since you can have up to 4 rented at any time, you’ve always got something to watch.
I’m pretty impressed!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
