I think it was pre Netflix, Kev. IIRC, a postal service Video/DVD business started up, stole the Blockbuster market, and was then taken over wuite quickly by Amazon for an early streaming service, initially alongside the traditional rentals by post. But the memory is hazy, so the detail is likely to be a little flakey/very flakey!
That was "Lovefilm" IRRC? think Amazon actually started it, sold it then bought it back and then sold/closed it when the idea of renting physical media died and streaming became a practical reality. (those days when you paid for "unlimited broadband" and got an email over 'misuse' when you used over 1GB in a month!)
I'll have a P please Bob indeed.
not a Tarrent fan either. he is a bit like a bargain price Clarkson (an even worse choice for the 'millionaire' reboot. makes it unwatchable).
we had to rent a tv from GRANADA TV shops you had to put money collection box at the back & just when the film was getting good your money ran out so you had to ask neighbors for any change
'You'd have to mental not to Radio Rental' as the pre-PC advert used to procaimwhen we got married in the seventies
it would have been in the late 70's I remenber my sister and her best friend rented a house in Reading and there was the typical electric meter in it.'You'd have to mental not to Radio Rental' as the pre-PC advert used to procaim
Steve
(handy as you didn't miss anything while you looked for another 10p coin ).
I remember getting a 'merit increase' over and above the general payrise around 1978/79 and I lashed out on the purchase for cash [working in the Bank and not allowed any external borrowing, but there were always ways of getting round the prohibition ...] of a 14 inch Black & White portable telly for £59.95; and, when the portable broke, I 'fell down stairs with it, carrying it from bedroom to lounge' and claimed on the Contents Insurance ... But what luxury, moving from a 12 inch to a 14 inch screen ....it would have been in the late 70's I remenber my sister and her best friend rented a house in Reading and there was the typical electric meter in it.
But what was most odd - and I still don't know how come - was when the elecricity ran out, the lights and power went as you would expect, but ... the TV would carry on working, albeit with no picture - you could continue listening to whatever you had been watching
my mum was on a bit of a tight budget generally and in the early 70's, not only did we rent a TV, but it was still black & white (fair enough at the time), plus it was a used model to save a bit of money AND was a portable size (12" or 14").
AllI can say is "kids these days ........"
