I don't know if Blockbuster rents HD-DVD or not but they do rent Bluray. I have a PS3. However, Blockbuster's method is brain-dead, while Netflix's is logical. In blockbuster your queue does not have a media-type column (attribute). Instead, they just go by the name of the movie such as Casino Royale Bluray or something like that. So, it is easy of a renter to make the mistake of just choosing the DVD rather than the Bluray. In, netflix, you can go once to your account properties and say what kind of HD player you have and then also say that you want that kind of disk everytime you put a movie in the queue. It will automatically choose the Bluray version for you if you do prefer. Also, this info is displayed in the queue in a column and it allows the renter to change the media type for a single movie in the queue. Very cool.
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I don't know if Blockbuster rents HD-DVD or not but they do rent Bluray. I have a PS3. However, Blockbuster's method is brain-dead, while Netflix's is logical. In blockbuster your queue does not have a media-type column (attribute). Instead, they just go by the name of the movie such as Casino Royale Bluray or something like that. So, it is easy of a renter to make the mistake of just choosing the DVD rather than the Bluray. In, netflix, you can go once to your account properties and say what kind of HD player you have and then also say that you want that kind of disk everytime you put a movie in the queue. It will automatically choose the Bluray version for you if you do prefer. Also, this info is displayed in the queue in a column and it allows the renter to change the media type for a single movie in the queue. Very cool.