TheGoodShopGuide.com: DVD's and Videos

DVD's are becoming increasingly popular, although good old VHS is still the most popular film format and likely to remain so until recordable DVD players appear at reasonable prices. Whatever your choice, these are ideal products to buy online and the UK offers a good selection of shops where you can buy dvds online as well as videos and various accessories:

Play Play is a very popular site for region 2 dvds, cds, gadgets and games who stock all major region 2 movies on DVD. With low prices and free UK delivery on all items, this site should be your first stop if you are wanting to expand your film library. Highly recommended. Best Features: Clear layout, easy to use, free delivery. Worst Feature: None. Our Rating: 9/10. UK Delivery Charges: None. Click here to visit Play.com. CD Wow Well known as a good place to buy cheap cd's, CD Wow sell dvd movies too - a good place to find bargains on multi region dvds. We spotted 'Notting Hill' on dvd at a mere £5.99; Zulu on dvd for just £3.99 and that Christmas Classic 'It's a wonderful life' on dvd for only £4.99 - bargain! We have always found CD Wow to be prompt and efficient at delivering our orders and the prices are probably the lowest you will find in the UK. Not as much choice as amazon, but it often beats them on price. The current top twenty bestseller list includes: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: Widescreen (2 Disc Set); Shrek 2 and Little Britain: Series One. Best Feature: Low prices, free delivery. Worst Feature: You need a multi region dvd player to play region 1, 3 and 4 dvd's. Limited selection of dvds. Our Rating: 9/10. UK Delivery Charges: Free delivery worldwide. Click here to visit CDWow. Amazon.co.uk - videos and dvd's. More of the same high quality online shopping experience from amazon, (see books, music, software). Good choice, reasonable prices, a well designed site, easy to order and find your way around and delivery is fast (and free on orders over £25) Best Feature: Fast delivery and great customer service; useful customer film reviews. Worst Feature: High postage charges on orders under £19. Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: £2.16 per order + 59p per item. Free UK super saver delivery on orders over £19 in value. Click here to visit Amazon.co.uk. Bensons World Videos and DVD's Bensons World is part of Mr Bensons World Of Home Entertainment, the longest establishment video online & mail order company in the UK. Established in 1980 as a video rental shop, one of the first in London, in 1985 they started selling videos to customers worldwide by mail order. The online shop now stocks over 30,000 videos and DVDs. Unlike amazon and dvd street, there are no customer reviews and you cannot browse the shop by category. However, if you know the title you are looking for, Bensons World is fast to search and use, and delivery is reasonably prompt. Best of all, they offer very low prices and free postage - worldwide when buying a dvd and anywhere in the UK on videos. Delivery is not as fast as blackstar or amazon, but our videos ordered on a Sunday night arrived the following Thursday morning, which is reasonable. Best Feature: Very competitive prices, free postage. Worst Feature: No customer reviews, cannot browse by category/genre. Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: Free. Click here to visit Bensons World. Choices Direct The online shopping site for Choices Video, one of the UK’s leading home entertainment retailers with over 194 stores nationwide, offering an extensive range of videos, DVDs and games to rent and buy. One of the cheapest places to buy vhs videos, with many films only £5,09 (not latest releases) as well as reasonable prices on dvd's. Best of all, delivery is free. To find the film you want, you can either search by Title, Star, Director, Subject or Product ID using the Search Box at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can browse the Catalogue, by main category and sub-category. Best Feature: Free delivery. Worst Feature: Site not as user-friendly as some. Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: Free. Click here to visit Choices Direct DVD Street and Video Street DVD Street and Video Street are part of Streets Online who also sell music; and games. A good alternative to amazon, although delivery is not as fast; they offer similar features (such as customer reviews, 50% off bestsellers etc). We also like the customer loyalty scheme, where you can get discounts off future purchases and best of all, delivery to UK addresses is only £1. Now owned by the Kingfisher Group who also own Woolworths and Superdrug. Best Feature: Worst Feature: Not as fast to deliver as amazon and blackstar. Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: £1 per order. Click here to visit DVD Street or Video Street BBC Shop - BBC programmes on Dvd and Video This UK shopping site from the BBC offers over 4000 products based around the BBC television programmes. Many favourite TV programmes are available on video and dvd, the BBC shop also sells books, audio books, CD-ROMS, music, and other merchandise. Although many of these titles are available elsewhere, this is the ideal place to find BBC dvd's and videos in one location. Popular titles include the Fawlty Towers - Complete Set (DVD) ; League of Gentlemen - Live at Drury Lane 2001 (DVD) and the Blue Planet Book & DVD Set. Best Feature: Trusted name, discounts on some items. Worst Feature: . Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: 1-2 products: £1.95; 3-4 products £2.95; 5 or more products: Free delivery. Click here to visit BBC Shop UK. WH Smith The high street chain offers much better prices on the web than in it's shops, although you do need to add postage. Best Feature: The security of dealing with a recognised brand name. Worst Feature: High postage charges; slow delivery. Our Rating: 6/10. UK Delivery Charges: £1.99 per parcel + 50p per item. Click here to visit WH Smith. Title Stars Director Subject Note: All trademarks, product names and company names or logos featured on this site are the property of their respective owners.