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Supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd is set to become the first major retailer to enter the online movie rental market by joining up with online DVD rental service Quickflix.

Woolworth’s Big W division will launch a dedicated website within weeks that will allow its customers to rent more than 25,000 movies and TV series.

Quickflix managing director Stephen Langsford said the agreement would help spread the booming online DVD rental service into the mass market.

“We are delighted to be partnering with Big W to offer an online DVD rental service,” he said.

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Last month, the United States Post Office raised the price of a stamp by $0.02 to $0.41 a pop. That spike was even worse for the “flat package” rate charged to GameFly, the Netflix-like service which rents games to customers via the mail. The rate increase, combined with the cost of next-generation games, has caused the company to raise all monthly subscriptions will by $1 as of June 18.

“The May 14th postal rate hike on ‘flat’ mailers, as well as the higher cost of new console games, has significantly increased our cost of doing business,” GameFly CEO Dave Hodess said in a statement. In less than two weeks, one game plans will cost $15.95 per month, two game plans will cost $22.95 per month, 3 game plans will cost $29.95 per month, and 4 game plans will cost $36.95 per month. Eligibility in the latter two plans is limited.

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In a huge blow to Toshiba, Universal, and the rest of the HD DVD devotees, rental giant Blockbuster has decided to stock only Blu-ray discs in the vast majority of its nationwide locations, although HD DVD titles will continue to be offered online and in the 250 (out of 1,450) stores that have been testing both formats since last year. Blockbuster VP Matthew Smith revealed to the AP that the decision to go with Blu-ray — which will reportedly be announced tomorrow — stemmed from an overwhelming customer preference for those titles in the test markets, accounting for over 70% of all HD discs rented.

Interestingly enough, it seems that content — and not price — was the deciding factor for consumers, with Blu-ray-only hits such as the Spiderman and Pirates of the Caribbean films apparently outmatching equivalent HD DVD exclusives. While it’s still a little too soon to declare Blu-ray the outright winner, this Blockbuster decision only contributes to the momentum that Sony’s darling has had of late — momentum that at this point, might be too difficult for the other guys to counter.

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