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Videoself's Self-Serve Video Rentals Come to College

While shopping for tomatoes on College Street yesterday I noticed a video rental store called Videoself. Apparently this company has been around since 2003 (and has 75 locations), but the College Street outpost just opened two weeks ago.
So what is Videoself?
It's a video rental store almost completely run by machines. To use it, you need to buy a card (which can be done on-site from a human) which you can then use 24/7 to get videos from one of four machines. Prices can be pretty cheap as you have the option to rent the video for as little as six hours.
Currently, Videoself is running a promotion where they give you a $30 card for the price of $20.
Videoself, 672 College Street. 416-536-0167


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However, perhaps with DVDs taking up less physical space than VHS - it'll be easier to keep a wider selection and a larger ammount of them.
All around, I think its a neat idea.
area. i do want put additional business item here. I think DVD kiosk is one of the best.So, i,d better hear your opinion as soon as possible .
thanks aug 02 2006
andy
In any case, a DVD rental machine probably wouldn't have worked, with the growth of broadband internet, DVRs, digital TV, etc. Probably wouldn't work now for the same reasons. Just not enough demand to justify the capital costs for the machines and servicing them.