Where do you rent your NEW RELEASE movies from?

[Deberg_1990]

Just curious......and why? Do you favor one service or method above all others?



Buy Them from Wal Mart, Best Buy, Target etc...
Blockbuster
Mom and Pop store
Redbox
iTunes
Amazon
Vudu
CinemaNow
Cable Provider PPV

[007]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

it's pretty hard to ruin a modern video game. Buy a disc resurfacer.

Or just get all your games on the PS3. Those discs are practically indestructible.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I have seen some Blockbuster boxes popping up. I wonder how they are doing.

The major problem for the Blockbuster kiosks is that almost none of them have blu-rays. I am at a point where I just won't watch regular dvds. There is a blockbuster kiosk at a 7-11 less than 2 blocks from my house, but it doesn't have blu-rays. I have about 10 redbox's within 2 miles and all have a good selection of blu-rays. I just fire up the redbox app on my phone, find a movie I want and have it search nearby.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Dave

I havent bought a DVD in more than 3 yrs.

Strictly Blu-Ray.

I actually ordered a DVD a couple of days ago - first one in years. I Come In Peace (one of my favorite corny 80s movies) is finally available, but only on DVD.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

it's pretty hard to ruin a modern video game. Buy a disc resurfacer.

What is this disc resurfacer of which you speak? I looked on Amazon just now and there are many ranging from $9.99 to $7448.98.
Do you know of anyone that has used one with success?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Guru

Or just get all your games on the PS3. Those discs are practically indestructible.

Not for my boys.

[underEJ]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Did they buy them out or just force them out of business?

National Video spent a great deal of effort changing the deals with studios from one where stores paid 70-100 bucks for each tape, and kept all the rental proceeds to a new model where the franchise got the tapes for 10 bucks and split the rental fees with studios after a small cut to National Video corporate. It allowed the individually owned stores to stock more tapes especially of new releases.

Then Blockbuster came along got the same deal as NV with the studios and opened stores a block or less away from almost every National Video and had corporate cash levels to stock shelves. All's fair in business with supply and demand I guess, but they even had an ad campaign sort of like "they can't possibly have all the new releases you want, but we are huge and we can, so walk a few doors down." Smart, successful, and really sad for the other guys. National Video sold to another company (not BB) at the corporate level, but it was kind of too late and most of the stores closed.

On another note, remember when people used to rent VCRs from Blockbuster along with the tapes? Hilarious to think about now.

[ILChief]

Either iTunes or redbox

[underEJ]

I buy a few blurays still. Bought the Season 1 Game of Thrones and was reminded just how terrible the HD from cable is. The blurays are just spectacular. I tend to buy the ones I want to look at for the cinematography and the vfx on bluray to see it at the best quality, and then rent or stream the stuff that doesn't need the high quality.

I have bought a couple of things from amazon to watch on my micropc on airplanes or something, but try not to get anything I'd rather have on bluray because I am not going to double buy. I don't do that much any more though since I can rent and watch offline now on my phone for a plane trip. Much cheaper and roughly the same size screen.