Tesco's game rental option is really run in large part by Lovefilm; but if you like their system, we suggest you cut out the middleman and sign up with Lovefilm directly (especially as they cost the same at the one-disc level). The Tesco site lacks the rich additional feature and extra content on Lovefilm (no downloads, no telephone contact, etc.). Just compare screenshots to the right to get a sense for the difference.

Tesco does benefit from Lovefilm's major expansion into game rental in 2007 and 2008, featuring 4,100 unique titles across seven gaming platforms. And if you want the odd DVD with your game rentals, then their unmatched catalogue of 65,000+ films makes them the top games-movie combo choice. However, you won't have access to Lovefilm's movie download service--the way fo the future--that only comes direct to Lovefilm subscribers.

Tesco's site also hasn't been doing game rentals for too long, which is why we only added them in mid-2008 when we noticed that. The site is certainly easy to navigate. Games are easy to browse by console and then by genre within each console as well

Tesco has a surprisingly large catalogue of 4,100 game titles, more than even the big games-only rental companies. They stock some 1,700+ game titles for PS2, 300+ for XBox 360, 100+ for the Wii, 700+ for XBox, 300+ for PSP, 400+ for the GameCube, 500+ for the DS, and 100+ so far for the PS3.

By including games in their DVD package at no extra cost they offer a very competitive deal for games rental, with the bonus of DVD rental, and a current 30-day free trial. There were some customer service issues following the October 2006 merger of Tesco with rival Screenselect, but these have diminished over time.

From our own experience, we suggest if it is games you are after more than DVDs, allocate a disproportionate amount of your wishlist as games, and keep your wishlist short. This effectively encourages them to send games out rather than DVDs.

Prices: Tesco offer excellent value for DVD only plans, but their DVD and game rental packages cost slightly more. FOr one games/DVD out per month at a time it csost £9.97 per month. 2 games/DVDs at-a-time are £13.99, and 32 at-a-time is £17.97. Tesco's standard free trial is 14 days, but they have been offering a 21-day free trial for some time.