DVDs & Videos

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

Looking to buy videos 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 videos 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, Asda is also a good destination for buying DVDs. 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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Blockbuster, the High Street video rental store, sells a good selection of ex-rental DVDs through their online store. Alternatively, you can rent unlimited DVDs from them by post from £9.99 per month. They currently even offer a free 2-week trial for this. 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 titles online as well. Prices again are very competitive - all DVDs are £14.99 or less (including free delivery), but you will mainly find chart DVDs at the moment. No videos are on offer and you will also need a multi-region DVD player in order to play their DVDs, as they cannot provide region specific products. Great though if you are looking to buy cheap DVDs.
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Choices Direct are a division of Home Entertainment Corporation Plc, which also runs the Choices Video rental stores. Choices Direct offers new DVDs and music online with up to 55% off the RRP on every single title, and all orders are delivered free of charge.
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The Disney shop is a great place to buy children's DVDs and videos. 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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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, previously know as BlackStar, mainly sells DVDs and videos, and as such, they do this very well and have a very large selection. Sendit's Video Hunt team will try to track down any UK deleted release for you, a service that has united hundreds of customers with their rare tapes. Current deals include DVDs from £3.99.
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Tesco's wide range of online products also includes DVDs and videos. The selection is probably not as large as at some of the specialist video & DVD stores, though the prices are competitive.
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The Hut is an exciting new entertainment site bringing you DVDs from as low as £5.00 with FREE delivery.
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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 online. Prices are very competitive and the site features a review section as well. It's certainly worthwhile to check out their enticing 'Special Offers'.
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Woolworths offers a selection of DVDs and videos online. The choice is probably not as large as with some of the specialist shops on this page, though the prices are competitive. Their site also features an excellent special offers section.
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At Zavvi, the High Street entertainment chain and new name for Virgin MegaStore, you can buy videos 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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