DVD vending machines are just one of the many types of unusual vending machines making their way over from Japan. In Japan, many products are available from vending machines. You can even go to a fully-automated grocery stores in Japan (a basket travels up and down the selection walls, gathering the selected items, even putting heavier objects on the bottom so as not to crush your bread!) As America warms to the idea of unusual items in vending machines, DVD vending machines are the next big thing. You can also get CD vending machines, or machines that vend both.

These machines stock a number of DVDs in columns with a clear glass or Plexiglas front, so customers can see what is available. They are