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DVDXpress is a media company that owns and operates a network of over 1000 DVD rental kiosks in supermarket locations in 30 US states, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2001 by entrepreneurs Greg Meyer and Jason Tanzer as a way to fill the need for a more efficient and cost effective method to provide DVD rentals in existing retail establishments. DVDXpress was acquired by Coinstar, Inc. in late 2007 and subsequently merged with their Redbox division in 2009.
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Locations
DVDXpress has the majority of its domestic kiosks in A&P, Brookshire Brothers, Lowes, Minyards, Pueblo, K-Mart, Foodland (Hawaii), Haggen, Brown & Cole, Stew Leonards and BI-LO/Bruno's supermarkets. DVDXpress kiosks offer DVD rentals at a price point between $1 and $1.49 per day. Customers can also opt for the monthly subscription option which enables them to rent an unlimited number of DVDs, one at a time, for $12.99 per month.
In May 2008, DVDXpress launched service in the United Kingdom with installations in Tesco supermarkets in the London and Manchester markets offering DVD rentals for the price of 1.5 GBP per night.
Technology
The DVDXpress kiosks utilize RFID technology to identify the DVDs that it dispenses and wireless technology to communicate to the Internet. The DVDs are dispensed in their original studio cases from the kiosk. Customers have the ability to browse availability of titles real-time via the company's website and reserve movies to be picked up at the kiosk at a later time.
See also
Competitors include Redbox and Blockbuster Express.
External links
Categories:- Video rental services
- United States company stubs
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