An completely new alternative to DVD rental entirely!
Xiddi is a DVD swapping site, just like exchanging movies with your friends, but with more friends and vastly more movie titles to choose from.
Members use a system of credits in order to ensure exchanges are made fairly. For each DVD you swap, you receive credits, which can then be 'spent' on another DVD of similar value. The current owner of the DVD will post the DVD to you and the current credit value of the DVD will be transfered from your account to theirs. You keep the DVD as long as you like, indefinitely if you decide to, or you swap it again for something else.
Effectively, all you ever pay for DVDs here is the cost of postage - just like renting, but CHEAPER!
You can join Xiddi absolutely free, or buy credits to get started without the need to swap any of your own precious DVDs as you desire. You can also browse the current list of available titles and swaps to see whether you want to get involved or not.
Xiddi also has a few console and PC games available to swap and although this is a very limited selection, it's still nice to see these available.
In all, we like the idea of Xiddi although the number of swaps available at any one time is lower than we would have hoped for this to be a serious alternative to rental. For swapping out your unwanted DVDs however, it's an excellent alternative to shoving them on ebay and recommended to at least give it a try.
