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A video rental shop/store is a physical business that rents home videos such as movies and prerecorded TV shows. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms agreed upon in a rental agreement or contract, which may be implied, explicit, or written. Many video rental stores also sell previously-viewed movies and/or new, unopened movies. In the 1980s, video rental stores rented VHS and Beta tape copies of movies, although most stores dropped Beta tapes when VHS won the format war. In the 1990s, video rental stores began renting DVDs, which eventually displaced VHS. In the 2000s, video rental stores added high-definition Blu-ray disks to their offerings. Video rentals are also offered within another business such as a drugstore or convenience store. The widespread availability of video on demand on cable TV systems and DVD-by-mail services offered consumers a way of watching movies without having to leave their home. With the advent of the World Wide Web, Internet services such as Netflix have become increasingly popular since the mid 2000s. All of these new ways of watching movies have greatly reduced the demand for video rental shops. ==Overview== Typically, a customer must sign up for an account with the shop and give a form of security such as a credit card number or drivers license. If the customer does not return the movie, the store can charge the cost of the movie to the customer's credit card. If items are returned late, the shop usually charges late fees, which typically accumulate day by day. Some shops have policies where instead of late fees, they will treat overdue items as a sale after a certain date, and charge a price equivalent to a standard sale of that object (with appropriate deductions for the rental fee already paid and for its pre-opened condition). While video rental stores primarily offer movies, many also rent recorded TV shows, music CDs or video game disks. Some video rental outlets use a kiosk or vending machine to dispense and collect rentals. Some video rental stores also sell snack items like microwave popcorn, chips, candy, chocolate and soda pop. In 2010, a report indicated that in the United States and Canada, public libraries collectively loaned more videos than the online rental outlet Netflix. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Video rental shop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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