E-Play

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e-Play is a Limited Liability Company that produces DVD dispensing machines. Unlike such popular machines as Redbox, e-Play machines are for purchasing DVDs, not renting. The e-Play machine is made up of various robotic and software parts that all work in conjunction with each other so that it can hold 800 DVDs at once. The machine also has the capability to burn movies that it does not currently stock, such as older films. The consumers of e-Play machines use a touchscreen to navigate through the vast amount of movie choices. Directly above the touch screen is a larger television screen that has the ability to show trailers of movie that the consumer is deciding between. Once a consumer has located a movie they were trying to find, all of the major actors featured in that movie appear and a brief description of the movie is given. There is also the option of searching for other movies based on the actors that are found in the original movie that the consumer is initially looking up. This provides a sort of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon feel to the interface.

e-Play machines have contracts that place them in various stores and fast food restaurants such as Wendy's, White Castle and Meijer.

The manufacturing headquarters of e-Play is located in Grandview, Ohio. Here, the machines are manufactured and programmed before being shipped around the country.

The corporate headquarters of e-Play is located in Columbus, Ohio . The marketing and business side of operations are handled at this location.

Alan T. Rudy is the CEO of e-Play and the founder of Into Great Companies, Inc., a venture capital firm in Columbus, OH. Tom Lambers is the founder of e-Play, LLC and Chris Winslow is the Chief Operating Officer.