Posted on 01/02/2005 11:07:50 AM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
Shrek 2...I swear, it had just about every conceiveable Dreamworks movie trailer under the sun on it, telling me "Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You", and these movies had long since been through the movie theatres and were already on DVD.
Many freepers are making a big deal about not returning the movies on time. I agree with you and between children, other good things on TV and playing on the web or freeping, lots of time I dont get a chance to watch both movies let alone all three. I am waiting for the setup that allows me to watch any movie on my TV at anytime I want. They should make a fortune.
"The new policy may not be better than the old."
Well if you are now charged the MSRP of a DVD if a week late in return, I'd call that worse.
A policy like that just makes owning a title even more attractive especially since a lot of online retailers offer 40% or more on preorder of MSRP.
"Their problem is inventory."
Which I believe I've already stated earlier in this thread and am in agreement.
I rented two of those from NetFlix (FahrenHYPE 9/11 had a really long wait, so I bought it), but it really surprised me that they even had them because 100% of NetFlix's political contributions went to Democrats. That has been the only troubling thing about NetFlix.
I tried Blockbuster's for the free two weeks but their delivery was so slow. I received emails on the same day from both Blockbuster and NetFlix that they each had shipped a movie. As usual, NetFlix's arrived the very next day, while Blockbuster's took 3 or 4 days. Both have local distribution centers, so I dont understand it.
Has anyone tried Wal-Mart's? What is their selection like? Delivery time, etc?? They are a good Republican company anyway.
"Blockbuster is having a difficult time because the business model is changing."
They've been changing for years and BB has refused to acknowledge it.
I'm more of a supporter of owning a title rather than renting. I own around 1,000 titles in my DVD library and haven't rented a title in years.
I'm with you. There are only so many movies worth my time and those are the ones I will watch. I'd rather watch Young Frankenstein 3 times than to see 3 random new releases.
The star system is really quite lame imho, since films are packaged and build around a personality. But like sports, it is also most fair to pay heavily for the actors who draw in a crowd and sell tickets. I agree that the result is usually a bad product but most people are not like me when it comes to films. They go to see Kevin Costner or whatever and pass some time, not to listen to sound design or marvel at the ligthing techniques.
Many digital cable systems have that in place. DISH Network satellite has a personal video recorder receiver, and DirecTV satellite has a TIVO unit.
I own Shrek 2. I'll have to stick it back in the player and watch for the ads.
There is another rental company called Metura (sp?) that has all sorts of educational video.
I am interested in other peoples experience in cd rentals
Sorry, I must've missed that one. I agree. I am kind of ambivalent in my posts because I just don't go to BB. I don't like their stores, their selection or their policies. The new changes wont effect me. Now that I bought the ReplayTV DVR's I may not ever rent again. I was just trying to think about it from their point of view.
It's www.deepdiscountdvd.com.
The $250 price I assume would be for the entire series. I've been buying it season by season.
I haven't set foot in a Blockbuster Video since they instituted their stupid weapons policy (no guns, even if you're a legal permit holder). With a policy like that, it isn't safe to go into the store, or even the parking lot. I don't know and I don't care if they later repealed the policy. I say Blockbuster sucks for even trying to pull that crap.
I'm into HD now with two HDTVs and a DVHS player. Satellite just isn't there yet in relation to that format.
And why would I buy one for $12 that I wouldn't go see for $8?
Great site. I found it. The 26 DVD series is $179.00. Helen Mirren's Painted Lady is $10.78 vs around $19.00 on Amazon. On the other hand "Wives and Daughters" is the same as Amazon. I'll buy from them tonight ... good place. Thanks!
I doubt the store bought DVD you have has as many ads as the video store rental DVD did. All the store bought DVD's I have don't have ads for other movies, but they do have theatrical trailers for the movie that is on the DVD, complete with scratches, splices and eyelashes.
Yeah, back east they have some options like HBO on demand, you can watch any HBO production ever made and some of them are quite good. Oz, Larry Sanders, Dream On and of course Sopranos, etc. I can't get that here in LA with my crapola Adelphia cable package which is why I just went and bought my own DVRs. I don't want to be at their mercy anyway. By they time they roll it out here, I will already have 1000's of titles saved on my computer - almost entirely automatically. I just pick what I want to record, and the computer automatically backs it up onto hard drive space. It's my own video on demand system.
? There is no difference between a store bought vs. rental DVD.
Not sure what satellite system you have, but DISH Network has an HD package you can subscribe to with about 20 or so HD only channels, including Showtime HD, HBO HD, TNT HD, and ESPN HD just to name a few.
Yes.
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