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DVD Vending Machines

Have you ever wanted to rent a movie but realized, to your dismay, that it was 12:15 and your local movie rental store closed precisely 15 minutes ago? This problem may soon be gone forever thanks to one company who is the process of developing DVD vending machines. These machines will be available 24/7 and thus allow you to rent at your convenience. MovieMate, Inc. is unveiling a new generation of automatic DVD Rental machines designed to serve the rapidly changing needs of the video-at-home entertainment industry. This new, lower cost, more ?intelligent? machines enable consumers to rent and return or buy DVD movies virtually anywhere at anytime ? and provide options that help retailers compete more effectively with the growing ?video-on-demand? options being offered to satellite and digital cable subscribers.

MovieMate, Inc, has built a series of ?next generation? DVD rental machines that will have a dramatic impact on the retail DVD-Entertainment Industry. Thanks to a lower cost of ownership, higher reliability, a smaller footprint and dramatically improved customer-friendly features, the MovieMate Model-S series machines offer a superior solution for automating both rentals and sales in this increasingly competitive marketplace. The major national rental chains are looking for new ways to secure, protect and even expand their market positions. At the same time, there are no other vending solutions available anywhere in market that makes sense of the lower-margin, higher-volume sales strategies that retailers are facing today. MovieMate solves these problems ? offering a viable and profitable solution that expands retail reach into new market venues and lowers the cost of dispensing product within traditional retail locations.

The company sees tremendous opportunities in traditional rentals. ?It makes good economic sense to offer customers the opportunity to ?self serve? and avoid long lines at busy times at their local Blockbuster ? plus the option of renting (or purchasing) a movie at 3:00AM on a Tuesday ? something that younger customers and night-owls may find especially appealing. These machines also offer the option of placing ?branded? rental facilities into non-traditional locations, similar to what Starbucks has recently done with major retailers such as Target.