Cheap Peer to Peer DVD Rentals with Playinterchange.com

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What do you get when you combine Netflix, Craigslist, and Amazon? PlayInterchange.com. PlayInterchange is a new web service that allows users to buy and rent DVD’s and video games from each other.

I really like this idea for two reasons. First, by using a peer to peer format, prices for rentals should be pretty cheap because so many people will be competing against each other. Additionally, you don’t have to sign up for a monthly membership as you do in Netflix. You just pay for the rentals you want. However, like Netflix, there are no late fees.

Second, one can make some money from renting your videos out to others. It might not be a lot, but it’s something.

Sign up with PlayInterchange is free and transactions are $.50 each.

My concern, though, is how long before the movie and video game industry will use their legal clout and shut this thing down. I’m sure they’re not going to like this. Additionally, for this to work people will have to trust that renters will return the videos. I can see a lot of scammers paying $1 to rent Gears of War and keeping it. We’ll see how it turns out. Until then, enjoy some cheap movie rentals.

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4 Comments

1. NewTeeVee » PlayInterChange, a Personal Netflix? on 21.02.2007 at 09:06

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2. saramel on 05.03.2007 at 05:41 (Reply)

   Somehow I missed your switchover to this new site, so I am just catching up on your posts… Another service you might be interested in is peerflix. You get trade cash for selling your movies and can use the trade cash to buy other movies. You can also buy trade cash with money. It can be used like a rental service because after you buy a movie you can have it automatically placed in your list of movies available to sell, so that after you watch it you can sell it to somebody else and then use the trade cash to get another movie. In addition to the trade cash you pay .99 for each movie you receive. When you send a movie you print out a peer mailer, fold it up, put the disc in, tape it shut and drop it in the mail. They have some other features like tagging movies, and social networking kinds of features like friends and groups.

3. LHM on 07.03.2007 at 07:21 (Reply)

   Forget renting or buying DVDs or video games! With only a computer and DVD burner you can just torrent movies and games and burn them onto a DVD+R. When I first heard of torrents about 2 years ago, I didn’t think much of it. But when, I realized I could download just about any movie I wanted to watch through a torrent and a handy P2P IP blocker progam (so my IP stays hidden from companies looking for people that are stealing) the sky was the limit! All I pay for is DVD+Rs, nothing else!

4. The Frugal Law Student on 09.03.2007 at 09:55 (Reply)

   Saramel- I’ll have to check peerflix out. Sounds like a good deal.

   LHM- I like the idea of bit torrent, but I’ve steered cleared from it. The risk of being caught is just too much for me.

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