They're called "Red Box"
You see video rental kiosks in stores in our area, they rent DVDs. I've even seen early models that rented VHS tapes but they were huge because the tapes were so bulky.
What killed Blockbuster wasn't the rise of streaming, it was the late fees. The typical consumer business model in the US is built around bait and switch (I think its the same in the UK). You reel the punter in using a decent value for money proposition and once you've got 'em hooked you squeeze them. Blockbuster used to rent a video for a reasonable sum but if you didn't return it by some arbitrary time -- or even if you did since they were the arbiters of when videos were returned -- they reamed you for late fees. This pretty much turned off the customer base so that when alternatives presented themselves they lost their customer base practically overnight.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
