Not even worth £1 27 October 2013 Reviewer: Dd from UK
188 of 320 people found this review helpful
I was tempted to try this service because I was staying at a hotel and there was an introductory offer of £5 when you paid in £1. Tesco's ad for Blinkbox had a picture of Skyfall which I rather fancied watching. Unfortunately that wasn't one of the titles offered! I decided to spend my credit to buy rather than rent something, and plumped for the TV version of Pride & Prejudice. I clicked the button which stated 'Buy entire series' only to find that I had bought nothing more than three of six episodes!
I had assumed that buying (as opposed to renting) would enable me to download the videos rather than stream them. My mistake, admittedly. Not only can I not do that, I also can't stream any of my measly episodes outside the UK. Given the lousy quality and streaming speed that others have mentioned, I haven't had much luck within the UK either.
In short, a complete waste of time, and not even worth a pound.
In summary, I would not recommend BlinkBox to a friend.
