Good system - quality not great on downloaded WMV 06 December 2010 Reviewer: Rob from UK
196 of 378 people found this review helpful
I rented "Nativity" this week for my children - my first use of Blinkbox. It cost £2.99 to rent "for 24 hours" (£4 in local DVD club) and downloaded in ~15 minutes. Maybe there is a better way of doing this, but I ended up with a 1GB WMV file on my laptop (dual core, fast chip). I then plugged the laptop into a 32" SONY LCD TV via a HDMI cable and played the Movie using Windows Media player. It all worked fine, and the resolution was pretty good, the only downside was the jerky motion and screen flashes. My children didn't notice but I found it quite offputting.
I may use it again, given that I detest Blockbusters (poor customer service, very scratched older DVDs and never enough of the more popular DVDs) but would ideally want better picture quality before I used this regularly.
In summary, I would recommend BlinkBox to a friend.
