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Spot movie rental kiosks aim to beat Redbox on price and convenience
24 Mar 2011, 8:18 pm
Since Netflix is experiencing new competition to its popular movie distribution model it only fits that Redbox should too and the most interesting entrant we've seen in the movie kiosk business is "Spot. The Difference". It recently test launched 25 boxes in Riverside County California and currently beat Redbox's pricing by renting DVDs and Blu-ray discs for $1 / day each, or 89 cents if rented in pairs. Of course, just winning on price isn't enough to keep us from sticking with our coupon codes and smartphone apps, but the company has fixed our main beef with the red boxes by designing a kiosk with two slots, one for rental, and another for return. That way you're not waiting behind the people of Walmart as they skim through every disc in the box when all you want to do is return Glee, Season 2, Volume 1 and be on your way. It also claims to fit more movies in a smaller space, but really, you had us at express disc return slot.Continue reading Spot movie rental kiosks aim to beat Redbox on price and convenience Spot movie rental kiosks aim to beat Redbox on price and convenience originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  Home Media Magazine |  Spot | Email this | Comments |
