Return-Path: <@CS.CMU.EDU:Hans.Tallis@LATEEN.PC.CS.CMU.EDU> Received: from cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04338; 24 Aug 89 13:24:01 EDT Received: from LATEEN.PC.CS.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU; 24 Aug 89 13:21:43 EDT Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1989 13:20-EDT From: Hans.Tallis@ML.RI.CMU.EDU To: bovik@cs Subject: good video rental stores Message-Id: <619982449/tallis@LATEEN.PC.CS.CMU.EDU> Harry, Some recent pointers for renting VCR tapes... --Hans ----- For older films there is the store on Craig across from Phantom of the Attic. The Giant Eagle in the Monroeville Mall complex has a pretty large selection, but mostly popular titles and it isn't very convenient to you. ------ Try Pharmor (in East Liberty across Penn Ave. from the Giant Eagle and other locations). They've got the largest selection I've seen in the area and they're dirt cheap (69 cents for a 2-day rental and even cheaper if you rent three). The only problem is that their shelves are disorganized, so you have to hunt if you want something specific. ----- You might try the Phar-mor in that new shopping center on Penn by the Nabisco Plant. They seem to have a large selection, and the prices are cheap. 3 tapes for 2 nights for $1.50, or 1 tape for $.69. They have computer listings (hardcopy) of there titles. Classic video on Craig St. across the street south of PNB has many older films and foreign films, but the total number of tapes in that store is small. ----- Pharmor Entertainment has a lot of selections, maybe a little bit more than Heads Together/West Coast Video. But the best thing about it is that it is very cheap, about $2 can get you 3 movies for 2 nights, and membership is free. The *BAD* thing about pharmor is that it is very disorgainized. Pharmor Entertainment is on Penn near Giant Eagles. Go down Fifth away from downtown, take a left on Penn, and it should be to your right after couple lights. ------- Good luck -- I generally try to broaden my selection by patronizing lots of stores. On pgh.general, DDJ recently had this to say about Classic Video, which you might want to try: > ... an ultra-cool movie rental place in Oakland, right on S.Craig, > just before Fifth. It's a little tiny place in a basement, that > specializes in old and foreign films, it seems. I just got a lifetime > membership, including 10 free two-day rentals, for $35. Check it out!