{"id":8865,"date":"2014-05-19T01:13:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T05:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=8865"},"modified":"2019-11-02T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T14:51:33","slug":"test-video-store-tally-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=8865","title":{"rendered":"Toronto&#8217;s Enduring Video Sales &#038; Rental Shops: Where to Buy &#038; Rent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Unlike most major urban cities, Toronto still has a few\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">bricks &amp; mortar video stores, so b<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">efore leaping to a conventional online merchant, consider shopping local. The option to buy, to own, and to rent is available at these merchants, many of which have been around for more than decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several years ago I collated a list of the retail + rental shops, largely from info archived at the <a href=\"http:\/\/videostoreday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Independent Video Store Day website<\/a>, which itself has indexes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotate.com\/videostoreday\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotate.com\/videostoreday\/?p=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotate.com\/videostoreday\/?p=41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International<\/a> shops.\u00a0More specific profiles of Toronto stores &#8211; many of which have faded since being tallied a while ago &#8211; have appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/toronto\/the_best_video_stores_in_toronto\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlogTO<\/a> and former site The Toronto Film Scene.<\/p>\n<p>The core bricks &amp; mortar shops actively carrying Blu-rays + DVDs in Toronto are below, alongside those which offer online sales via social media and \/ or their websites:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baystreetvideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BAY STREET VIDEO<\/strong><\/a> <strong>\u00a0(416-964-9088)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8212; Rental \/ Sales<\/strong><br \/>\n1172 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 400px; height: 395px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBayStreetVideo&amp;width=400&amp;height=395&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;header=false&amp;stream=true&amp;show_border=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Eyesore-Cinema\/68245065379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EYESORE CINEMA<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0(416-955-1599)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8212; Rental \/ Sales<\/strong><br \/>\n1176 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 400px; height: 395px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Eyesore-Cinema\/68245065379&amp;width=400&amp;height=395&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;header=false&amp;stream=true&amp;show_border=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewstarsVideo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEWSTARS VIDEO<\/a> &#8212; Rental \/ Sales<\/strong><br \/>\n1233 Woodbine Avenue, Toronto &#8212; (416-421-8373)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 400px; height: 395px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNewstarsVideo&amp;width=400&amp;height=395&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;header=false&amp;stream=true&amp;show_border=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Suspect-Video\/146719642050314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SUSPECT VIDEO<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0(416-588-6674)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8212; Rental \/ Sales<\/strong><br \/>\n605 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 400px; height: 395px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Suspect-Video\/146719642050314&amp;width=400&amp;height=395&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;header=false&amp;stream=true&amp;show_border=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Videoflicks-Avenue-Road-124879147578821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>VIDEOFLICKS<\/b><\/a> <strong> (416-782-1883) <\/strong><strong>&#8212; Rental \/ Sales<\/strong><br \/>\n1701 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 400px; height: 395px; background-color: white;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=Videoflicks-Avenue-Road-124879147578821&amp;width=400&amp;height=395&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;header=false&amp;stream=true&amp;show_border=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike most major urban cities, Toronto still has a few\u00a0bricks &amp; 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The option to buy, to own, and to rent is available at these merchants, many of which have been around for more than decade. 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