Hello there,
At the office we use PLAY.COM (http://www.playserver5.com/play247.asp)
It is based in Jersey so you can talk to them on the phone if there any
problems - they stock Region 1 (US) and Region 2 (UK) discs.
Personally, the only two other British-based companies that I would
recommend to get US
material are:
ENTERPRISES DVD
http://dvdenterprises.co.uk/
MOVIETYME USA (which have a British office)
http://www.movietyme.com/
The reason I rarely use these companies is that they are rather slow - but
being able to phone them and return damaged goods easily is a great bonus.
For less usual US stuff I always first go to DIGITAL EYES
http://www.digitaleyes.net/
I think this a really good company, very reliable and the stock is
competitively priced and I use them almost always.
I find Amazon.com in the US a bit over priced, but they are very reliable.
Also, you may find it useful to compare US prices at DVDPRICESEARCH
http://dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdhtml2
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Sergio Angelini
Library and Database Manager
British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
Tel: 020 7393 1506
Fax: 020 7393 1555
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Carlyle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:38 PM
Subject: buying videos and dvds from North America
> Hello,
> We are trying to build up our dvd/video library and many of the titles we
> need are fairly rare or specialised and are only available from North
> America. Does anyone know of a good supplier for such videos and dvds? We
> need to have the ability to set up an account with them. We use the net
alot
> individually, but there are problems when we try to use those kind of
> sources as an institution. Any advice?
> Best wishes
> Sylvia
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Sylvia Carlyle
> Visual Resources Manager
> School of History of Art, Film & Visual Media
> Birkbeck College 43 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD
> tel: 020 7631 6101 fax: 020 7631 6107
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
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