Are you smarter than Smartfilx.com?

[froglips]

It is with great joy and happiness I can offer to our little slice of the internet pie this gem of an offering. Smart Flix (aka Technical video rental)

http://smartflix.com/

I've had my eye on them for about a year, waiting to see if they were legit.

Rest assured they are!

If you want to spend a week with a Woodworking DVD this is your answer!

Currently, its $9.99 for a week's rental. While this sounds steep, price out the DVD's they offer and it can be a real deal. For example, a DVD on Drilling & Tapping is $50 new, well worth a rental price IMHO.

So far I've rented 3 dvds, and could not be happier with the service.

They do a ship & return service much like netflix. There is also discounts for ordering the whole set of a series.

One tip, to build a list of videos you want to rent, click Rent on the video, then "Save for Later" at checkout.

They have all the major Fine Woodworking and Lie Nielson DVD's and a whole host of others.

I'll start to post reviews as they come in.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[MikeH]

Jim that is awesome! Thank you for sharing the link. I will definitely be trying them out.

Thanks again! :icon_thum

 

[Rocker]

Jim,
You saved me some money. I was just about to buy a couple of dvd's when I read your post. They have the dvd's I was going to buy. Thanks for the timely info. Thanks a lot.
John

 

[WoodWrangler]

This is pretty cool ... thanks for the link.

Hopefully with some volume they can lower the price a bit making it even more attractive! :icon_thum

 

[4yanks]

Thanks. I didn't even know some of those materials existed let alone that I could rent them!

 

[FIVEBYFIVE]

cool site. have you make a backup of the dvd for your own personal library? It is my understanding that when you rent a movie, that movie is your until you send it back. We have netflix, and have a pretty large movie library.

 

[froglips]

SmartFlix is only for 1 week. They explain that in their terms page.

If I was unclear, SmartFlix is in no way associated with Netflix.

I personally do not believe in making copies. If I find a video I liked enough, I'll purchase a new or used copy.

While I have the floor again, they offer over 2500 titles that cover topics from Wood to Metal to How to build an underground house!

Thanks,
Jim