DVDs & Blu-rays

Guide to the best places to buy DVDs and videos on line

Looking to buy Blu-ray discs or DVDs online? Here you'll find your favourite High Street entertainment chains, as well as some very reputable Internet video and DVD shops.

Amazon is just as good at selling DVDs and blu-rays on-line as they are at selling books. Their online experience pays off, and the customer service is excellent with fast delivery. Their site is easy to use and also includes customer reviews.
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With free delivery and savings of up to 75% on some DVD titles and 60% on blu-ray films, Asda is also a good destination for buying DVDs and blu-rays. They may not be the cheapest on all the latest releases, but when you look in their offers section, there're certainly some good bargains to be had.
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At the BBC Shop you can find over 4,000 BBC products online. You can for example buy the 'Walking with Beasts' documentary on DVD or 'Dad's Army: The very best of ...'.
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At Blockbuster, the High Street video rental store, you can rent unlimited DVDs from them by post from £4.88 per month. They currently even offer a free 2-week trial for this. Alternatively, they also sell a good selection of new Blu-rays through their online store. This site has some great features such as trailers and interviews, director/actor and genre links, reviews, recommendations and rental charts.
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CD Wow, popular from their cheap CD deals, now offer a range of top DVD and Blu-Ray titles online as well. Prices again are very competitive - most DVDs are £14.99 or less (including free delivery), but you will mainly find chart DVDs at the moment. Most of their DVDs are region 2 (i.e. perfect for the UK) though they sell region 1 and 2 DVDs as well for which you will need a multi-region DVD player in order to play them. Great though if you are looking to buy cheap DVDs or titles not on release here yet.
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ChoicesUK (formally Choices Direct stores) offers new DVDs online with up to 55% off the RRP on every single title, and all orders over £25 are delivered free of charge.
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The Disney shop is a great place to buy children's DVDs and Blu-rays. They've got the entire range of Disney, Winnie the Pooh, Baby Einstein and classic back catalogue titles ... and, they often run special promotions such buy one get one free on Walt Disney cartoons.
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HMV.co.uk also offers a great selection of blu-ray disks and DVDs online. Prices are very competitive, certainly if you go for one of their tasty special offers (e.g. buy one get one free on lots of DVD titles).
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LoveFilm, the popular DVD rental retailer, now also sells new DVDs and blu-rays online, as well as ex-rental DVDs from £2.99. Their choice is great, with competitive prices and free delivery on your orders. And if you prefer to rent, prices start from as little as £3.91 per month and you can test their rental service with their free 14 day trial as well.
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Play.com have grown into one of the biggest online brands by consistently offering some of the cheapest prices, with free delivery and great service. You'll find all the latest Blu-ray and DVD releases as well as a massive choice of bargains and cheap box sets.
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Playback is a division of Universal Pictures, responsible for offering Universal's archive of TV shows on video and DVD in the UK. This archive includes such classics as Miami Vice, the A-Team, Knight Rider, the 6 million dollar man and Xena: Warrior Princess. The site also features some actor interviews.
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Sendit mainly sells DVDs and blu-rays, and as such, they do this very well and have a very large selection. Current deals include DVDs from £2.89 and Blu-ray from £9.49.
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Tesco's wide range of online products also includes DVDs and blu-rays. The selection is probably not as large as at some of the specialist video & DVD stores, though there's certainly enough choice and prices are very competitive.
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The Hut is an exciting entertainment site bringing you DVDs from as low as £4.73 and blu-ray under £10, all with FREE delivery. They also stock a very good Disney selection for the kids.
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Tower Records, the ex UK High Street store, now only sell their selection of DVDs and Blue-Rays on line from the US. This means they only sell Region 1 DVDs online (US version). While this means you can get your hands on some of the latest DVD releases from the US, just be aware that delivery may take 2 weeks, and you'll be charged import tax on the DVDs you're buying from the States.
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At WH Smith you can also buy DVDs, Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs online. Prices are competitive and it's certainly worthwhile to check out their enticing 'Special Offers'. You can also browse their titles by genre and by 'What's Hot'.
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At Zavvi, the High Street entertainment chain and new name for Virgin MegaStore, you can buy blu-rays and DVDs online with free and fast delivery. It's worth checking out their competitively priced MegaDeals, which change each week. As well as products the site features reviews, videos of in-store appearances and details of forthcoming in-store star appearances.
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