Overnight
rental rates for new release videos, 1989–2001
From 1989 to 2001, Video
Trader provided industry-wide figures on the average price of overnight
rental of videos (VHS only). According to Video
Trader, the average rental price jumped considerably in 2000 with
the introduction of the GST, then rose 2.1 per cent to $6.62 in 2001.
The only recent indications of rental price
have come from Blockbuster Video. In 2005 the average rental price of
a new-release video (VHS or DVD) in Blockbuster stores was $4.50, falling
from a range of $5.50 to $6.50 in 2004.
