Hi all. I was interested in getting a DVD player, but I am finding that dvd rental stores are hard to find in Madrid. I love films and while I will be going to the theater quite a bit, sometimes I would like to rent a dvd and watch it at home. At this point I don’t care if it is a chain store (blockbuster type) or smaller (mom and pop) dvd rental stores. Can anyone help.

Also, I am interested in buying a DVD player that plays dvd’s from all regions. Can these types of players be found for a reasonable price in Madrid? If so, where?

I would be totally amazed in there is not DVD rental shops in Madrid as there are plenty down here even in small towns on the Costa Blanca.

Regarding the players - assuming the player is compatible with Spanish electricity (ie if you are bring one from the USA I dont know if it will work here) and socket etc any DVD will play - if you want English speaking just check its case to make sure its an option. I regularly rent DVDs from a Spanish shop but select English when the DVD is in my player. No problem.

ghostdog, do you have a laptop? Can you download films from the bittorrent networks?

I don’t know if the same thing happens in Madrid, but here in Barcelona the public libraries also lend out DVDs as well as books and music.

I read about this in Metropolitan magazine, so getting a membership is on my list of things to do for 2008.

URL for Barcelona is http://www.bcn.es/biblioteques

what part off Madrid are you ? few place around Nuevos Minsterios behind el cort de ingles