Page 1 of Warning about ViewDVD

I know I haven`t posted here for a while, but I thought this was important.

Have you seen the ads for http://www.viewdvd.co.uk yet?

You may have noticed that what they`re offering is remarkably similar to what http://www.in-movies.com are offering, but cheaper and bigger choice.

However, don`t forget the minor details. They clearly don`t do their own hosting, unlike In-movies.com. http://www.galonja.co.uk and http://www.viewdvd.co.uk both seem to resolve to the same IP address, http://217.69.35.176 - now how on earth can you access your account and see what DVD`s are on rental if they don`t even host their own website? On the other hand, http://www.in-movies.com and http://212.134.217.194 will both get you to the same self-hosted website for In-Movies.com

Oh, also ViewDVD don`t have a phone number. Or an address. Not even a po box number. Their FAQ and T&C`s are remarkably similar to In-Movies, but with one exception .... In-Movies no longer enforce a three month minimum term.

So, draw your own conclusions. Personally, I`ll be sticking with In-Movies.

As Managing Director of ViewDVD I would like to reply to Squidgy. Yes, we do have a larger list than In Movies, but were only cheaper because In Movies increased their subscription rates recently, whereas we have no plans to do so.
Squidgy quite rightly raises the issue of self hosting, and we are watching this carefully, by daily monitoring of download and access times. So far, no problems. We plan to proceed to a managed, dedicated server, (probably with Plusnet or NT Webhost, our existing ISPs, with whom we have so far had an excellent relationship) and ultimately to our own server, and have already allocated space for this in our premises. Meanwhile we are still integrating our secure server Thawte and our Cardnet merchant activity. I guess our policy is "slowly and carefully".
We didn`t put contact data before the service went live, but anyone can talk to me anytime on regor[at]ku.oc.dvdweiv , or 01495 763389 by phone.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 2nd January 2002, 12:06