Rent or stream

So you know you can rent movies in a brick and mortar store like Blockbuster, Movie Gallery or Hollywood video. Did you also know that you can rent them online and stream them directly to your computer or television? You most certainly can and we will discuss some of the advantages to that here today.
Just imagine getting into the cars, then drive to the neighborhood dvd/movie rental store, select the movie manually from countless collection, waiting in the line to rent and deal with rude employee and then finally once you see the movie, you have to rewind them and return them in the timely fashion otherwise incur a huge penalty. I am pretty sure at least once in your lifetime you must have encountered this scenario.
That was the brick and mortar experience. Now let us discuss the Netflix streaming movie experience.
One fine evening you came home and decide to watch movie, but at the same time you are tired, weather is not good and you do not want to drive to movie store. Now you go online and go to netflix.com and sign up for one of different plans. The lowest one is 8.99 per month. Now you choose the movie or tv show you want to see and start streaming them online on your computer or divert the output to your hdtv and see the movie on your television. So simple and easy provided you have broadband connection.
Looking at the above experiences, what are your thoughts? Which one do you think is easier not only for you but also on your vehicle and your budget. In the battle against online streaming vs. brick and mortar renting, online streaming wins hands down every single time.
Before you decide to join online dvd rental website read our report on online dvd rental and Watch Free Movies

Breaking: Netflix Launches "Watch Now" Downloads
Netflix has launched a new feature called Watch Now that will enable subscribers, at no additional cost, to watch movies immediately on Netflix.com. The new service does not limit the number of movies a customer can watch, instead it gives users 1 hour of video for every $1 they spend monthly (18 hours of online video is free with the $17.99 plan). Customers can watch 5 minutes of a movie, decide that they don't like it, and switch to another without penalty (many online movie rental options require watching a movie within a certain time period, such as 24 hours or 14 days, or the movie will have to be re-rented at additional cost).
Unfortunately, the Watch Now feature will only be available to a few customers at this time, and it will be rolled out to all customers over the next six months.
The first thing you'll notice is a new tab: Watch Now.
The Watch Now page gives you access to the movies available for online viewing:
Netflix recommends movies, shows you movies you've recently viewed (handy if you've only watched part of one), and also shows you movies that you can watch from your queue.
Netflix tests your Internet connection, and varies the quality of the video depending on your connection. If you have a slow connection, the start of the movie may be delayed and the quality of the movie will be less than DVD (but still very watchable). If you have a 1.6 Mbps or greater connection, the movie should approach DVD quality. I have a 6 Mbps DSL connection, but Netflix was unable to resolve the speed issue before this story went to press.
The first time you watch a movie Netflix will install the Netflix Movie Player, which only takes a few minutes. Movies are viewed in the browser, like YouTube, instead of in a separate player like Amazon's Unbox.

I personally like video streaming because it's free and I can stored hundreds of movies on my RoKu box. I have hard to find movies, popular movies and series that I want to watch.