Blockbuster vs NetFlix

Blockbuster just announced that they are releasing a set-top box/digital media player (reuters).  This differ's greatly from NetFlix's Roku digital media player however.

NetFlix has one set price based on how many DVD's you want to take out at a time which has always been cheaper than Blockbuster's service.  Blockbuster's device offers nothing for free.  Both Netflix's Roku and Blockbuster's player are priced at $99.  However Blockbuster intends to sell movies individually at $1.99 a piece.  With Netflix you can watch unlimited movies online for $8.99.

Blockbuster's movies though will be more up to date.  With your $99 purchase of the MediaPoint device (made by 2 Wire), you also receive 25 free movies effectively making the device free after you watch 25 movies.

The Media Point device is yet to be named but our source have told us that this service may be called simply Blockbuster On Demand.

Both the Blockbuster box and Netflix box use WiFi so that no cords are needed.