Wednesday, November 14, 2007

SilverScreenArchive

So, today I get a nice email from David at SilverScreenArchive, telling me that they are not going to make me pay for the DVD that got stolen on Veterans' Day! Sweet.

And he reminded me that my old posts about ClassicFlix should be updated to show the name has changed to SilverScreenArchive, the other best place to rent classic films. For you young folks out there, when I say "classic", I mean a film that was made between 1906 and 1969. Netflix is great, but they can't rent what isn't on DVD. So what SilverScreenArchive offers, which no one else does, is the service of renting films that have never been released on DVD, making them especially rare and hard-to-find. Their films are usually transferred from some other format to DVD.

SilverScreenArchive is located in California, so it takes an extra day for mail to get here to North Carolina, but the service is excellent.

If you're trying to complete the list of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, SilverScreenArchive is a great resource.

2 comments:

  1. Becky, That silverscreenarchive.com is amazing. I am signing up today. What a great resource. I would never replace Netflix but as an additional supplement for the hardcore film fans, it is perfect!

    Thanks for the suggestions.

    Cheers friend!
    Matt

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  2. I too now am a fan, I signed up at http://www.shoptions.net/netflix and am totally please with the amount of movies and time at which they arrive.

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