Guess I'll have to rent it

The title of this post is part of a great quote of a Weird Al song: "So if money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it."

Part two of my rental nightmare leads me to http://movielink.com and the nightmare ended. It was a dream. I am not about to pay $15 per month to wait for my DVD's to come in the mail. I am willing, however, to pay a little extra to see my movies instantly. Yes, I have digital cable and have the option of pay-per-view - but I didn't want to have to wait an hour for a good movie to be starting. Instead, I went to MovieLink, picked out a movie, payed $6, and in only two minutes I was watching my movie!! It really is a high quality &endash; the movie started playing right away, but it took nearly an hour to fully download over my high-speed internet connection. I rented the movie Sleepover, which was actually a pretty good teen movie with the girl from Spy Kids. It may not have been worth $6, but after all the trouble I'd already been through, it sure was cheaper than driving 20 miles to rent it. I can't say this is the last time either. Some of their movies are only $2 and every weekday they have a movie for 99 cents or less.

All in all, after moving my couch further away from my 13" TV and toward my 19" nice & sharp computer monitor, I am a happy customer. Until I can afford an HDTV and component video cables to connect my computer to my TV, I'm fine with that setup.