This fine independent store is bigger than it looks from the outside: the premises are unexpectedly capacious, and every shelf is crammed with CDs both new and used.

One of the last remaining used CD and record stores in the city, Record Surplus lives up to its name: much of the stock here is priced at less than a buck.

Used CDs, rare vinyl, new alternative and LA-based bands, 1960s memorabilia and videos are the specialities of this unassuming shop. Prices are keen.

The cinephile's video shop, Rocket is your best bet for finding that obscure foreign masterpiece. Sales and rental.

This wonderfully named store has all the usual commercial fare and plenty more besides: foreign flicks, art-house videos and rare films, on DVD and video, for sale or rental.