'It's bittersweet': Video rental store to shut its doors after
40 years in business..
I keep saying Hollywood is going through creative bankrupcy. I don't see peopleconsuming movies as they used to because sequels/prequels/remakes are already
losing their luster.
That said, I don't think the crisis in movie rental comes from the fact modern movies suck.
I am so glad I can keep watching old movies forever.
I keep saying Hollywood is going through creative bankrupcy. I don't see people consuming movies as they used to because sequels/prequels/remakes are already
losing their luster.
yeah they suck but also a lot of people are streaming. only crazy people have vhs players nowadays.
I am so glad I can keep watching old movies forever.
I think there are a lot of people with a collection of movies & such on old formats that they don't want to replace (due to what it would cost, or just not wanting to bother). And for people who still use physical media, I've been hearing that DVDs are still selling more than newer formats such as blu-ray (and 4K blu-ray) because there are a lot of people who just have DVD players and/or don't care about updating to something newer, or don't understand what advantage blu-ray offers over DVD.
million on a 185mil budget (so ~605 mil "profit").. and turning it into a $384mil movie that made $89mil profit.
i duno. plenty people still make cool stuff here and there.. just not huge awesome cool stuff.. heh
yeah they suck but also a lot of people are streaming.
only crazy people have vhs players nowadays. i'd rather get something via streaming than to go a store.
someday your TV will include AI to automatically correct the "wrong think" in old movies too! they do already run software on many of those TVs to "watch" what you watch and report it somewhere.
seriously though.. i think they just hate money. we're at a point where you could ask a kid about modern movies and they'd say "they keep remaking old stuff." worse yet they don't have any sort of nostalgia connection to it, so the whole thing is wasted on them anyways. they basically made
i duno. plenty people still make cool stuff here and there.. just not huge awesome cool stuff.. heh
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Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in
business
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Apr 01 2024 04:50 pm
I think there are a lot of people with a collection of movies & such on old formats that they don't want to replace (due to what it would cost, or just not wanting to bother). And for people who still use physical media, I've been hearing that DVDs are still selling more than newer formats such as blu-ray (and 4K blu-ray) because there are a lot of people who just have DVD players and/or don't care about updating to something newer, or don't understand what advantage blu-ray offers over DVD.
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media.
It's so much easier to go get it via a streaming service.
People are getting past the phase of owning something that will just
take up space.
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media. It's so much easier to
get it via a streaming service. People are getting past the phase of owning mething that will just take up space.
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media. It's so much easier to go get it via a streaming service. People are getting past the phase of owning something that will just take up space.
we are getting to the point where people are sick of superhero movies. they are going to have to find another fad to burn through.
What if you don't have an internet connection? When would that be, you ask? Well.... for starters: When there's an extended (a week) power outage. Yes, that happens where there are hurricanes. Or maybe you're out camping in an RV in the boonies. There are plenty of other situations where physical media is handy.
I do get the take up space bit, though. I am old enough that I have a lot of VHS tapes that I recorded things on over the years. A lot of them are getting thrown out as I get a chance. They take up a lot of space on shelves that could be used for things I would get more use out of now.
I have an VCR, but I used it for digitizing my movies long ago. I keep it handy just in case.
A lot of good movies are not easy to find from streaming or even shady sources. I like having copies of everything that is good because you are not guaranteed to be able to find it later.
I had an VHS with a movie I recorded from TV when I was a kid. A couple of months ago I learnt that movie was considered lost for a long time because no complete copies of it remained. It turned out my crappy VHS copy was one of the remaining sources for that movie.
Too bad somebody else had a copy too and submitted it in order to get all the credit :-)
The issue with streaming, for someone who thinks like me anyway, is that there are so many services you would have to subscribe to in order to get what you want. I know people who have replaced cable with streaming but when I talk to them about what services they have, and then calculate the cost, cable (and owning physical media) comes out cheaper.
I still like to buy physical media for stuff I really like, so that I own it and don't have to worry about it disappearing. And I have a media server at home, and I tend to rip my stuff and put it on my media server so it can be more easily watched. Best of both worlds.
Re: Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to fusion on Mon Apr 01 2024 10:24 pm
we are getting to the point where people are sick of superhero movies. they are going to have to find another fad to burn through.
I've been tired of superhero movies for years. There are only a few I really like.
There are a lot of things people like to do, hobbies, interests, etc. that involve things that take up space.. Some people like to read books and might have a collection of books that take up space. Or, some of us in the BBS community enjoy retro computers and might have a collection of computer hardware & accessories taking up space. Or, someone who likes working on cars might have a bunch of tools taking up space in the garage (and sometimes even a small collection of cars they're working on fixing up).
The list goes on..
it's cheaper to get cable and then get a streaming service. or be like me and download whatever you want and use plex.
Re: Video rental store to shu
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Tue Apr 02 2024 04:43 pm
it's cheaper to get cable and then get a streaming service. or be like me and download whatever you want and use plex.
Where I am, I get fairly good over-the-air TV reception. I don't have cable TV service. I also have a TV tuner that works with Plex, and I use Plex to DVR some shows to watch at any time (mostly game shows like Jeopardy, Family Feud, etc.). Also, when you do that, you can skip the commercials.
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it's cheaper to get cable and then get a streaming service. or be like me and download whatever you want and use plex.
Where I am, I get fairly good over-the-air TV reception. I don't have cable TV service. I also have a TV tuner that works with Plex, and I use Plex to DVR some shows to watch at any time (mostly game shows like Jeopardy, Family Feud, etc.). Also, when you do that, you can skip the commercials.
i'm not sure that's something i'd want because we just watch
specific tv shows.
we aren't real couch potatoes that leave the tv on all day for
background noise.
I do get the take up space bit, though. I am old enough that I have a lot >DW> of VHS tapes that I recorded things on over the years. A lot of them are >DW> getting thrown out as I get a chance. They take up a lot of space on
shelves that could be used for things I would get more use out of now.
There are a lot of things people like to do, hobbies, interests, etc. that inv
ve things that take up space.. Some people like to read books and might have collection of books that take up space. Or, some of us in the BBS community e
oy retro computers and might have a collection of computer hardware & accessor
s taking up space. Or, someone who likes working on cars might have a bunch o
tools taking up space in the garage (and sometimes even a small collection of rs they're working on fixing up). The list goes on..
The issue with streaming, for someone who thinks like me anyway, is that there are so many services you would have to subscribe to in order to get what you want. I know people who have replaced cable with streaming but when I talk to them about what services they have, and then calculate the cost, cable (and owning physical media) comes out cheaper.
cable is expensive though. especially when you have internet/tv/phone.
it's cheaper to get cable and then get a streaming service.
or be like me and download whatever you want and use plex.
Where I am, I get fairly good over-the-air TV reception. I don't have
cable TV service. I also have a TV tuner that works with Plex, and I use
Plex to DVR some shows to watch at any time (mostly game shows like
Jeopardy, Family Feud, etc.). Also, when you do that, you can skip the
commercials.
i'm not sure that's something i'd want because we just watch specific tv shows. we aren't real couch potatoes that leave the tv on all day for background noise.
That is something else about the streamers I know who claim it is cheaper... they are not factoring in the delivery costs, i.e. the internet which, for cable TV watchers, is usually bundled in. Since they are paying for that separately, they don't count it either.
*A* streaming service, yes. But then what happens when not everything you want to watch is on that one service? If you are like a lot of people I know, you get another service... and then another... and then soon it is no longer cheaper than cable.
When I say "cable" I am not counting the internet or phone in the cost because (1) I have to have the internet (probably from cable) to get the streaming service which also makes it a part of the streaming service cost, and (2) streaming services won't replace the phone.
That is something else about the streamers I know who claim it is
cheaper... they are not factoring in the delivery costs, i.e. the internet which, for cable TV watchers, is usually bundled in. Since they are paying for that separately, they don't count it either.
i'm not sure that's something i'd want because we just watch specific tv shows. we aren't real couch potatoes that leave the tv on all day for background noise.
I don't leave the TV on all day either, and there are specific TV shows I watch from over the air.. I'm not sure I understand your response here.
you watch over the air and that is extremely rare. what you are getting over the air is probably something you can get for free or off some streaming service.
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media. It's so much easier to go get it via a streaming service. People are getting past the phase of owning something that will just take up space.
Over the air is free - so I am getting it for free.. If it works, what would be the advantage of getting it from a streaming service instead (even if it was free there)?
I just checked online for Jeopardy, and apparently I could watch it with a free trial of DirecTV Stream (sounds like I'd have to start paying for it
I probably won't unpack them until I want to watch something obscure that's not on streaming.
What I am getting tired of is the huge number of streaming services with content being pulled from an original service because a studio now has their own. I've now cancelled all but two services and just rotate through them when I get bored of the content. Disney+ was the one service I just cancelled despite being a subscriber since day 1 as it's doubled in price.
That is something else about the streamers I know who claim it is cheaper... they are not factoring in the delivery costs, i.e. the interne
which, for cable TV watchers, is usually bundled in. Since they are paying for that separately, they don't count it either.
I use the internet for a lot of things, so I wouldn't necessarily count it as cost for a streaming service. I'm going to have internet service regardless o
whether I use a streaming service or not.
my whole life I don't know anybody that uses an over the air antenna even though i know of people that got them when there was a credit.
I think you can watch jeopardy with pluto.tv or some comparable service.
I probably won't unpack them until I want to watch something obscure that's
not on streaming.
yeah but think of it this way: do you REALLY need all that stuff sitting around? do you need a video store's worth of vids in your home taking up space?
you can either rip it and store it on a harddrive or just get it online in most cases.
know it's hard for some people because they develop attachments with inanimate objects.
if it works for you, that's good. I don't know of people buying multiple streaming services. people i know that do it normally stick with one they like.
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
I know it's hard for some people because they develop attachments with inanimate objects.
And when you paid like $20/each for most of those DVDs that watched maybe only one time, you feel like you'd be throwing away something of value. But... not really. Donate them in that case.
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
I know it's hard for some people because they develop attachments with inanimate objects.
my whole life I don't know anybody that uses an over the air antenna even though i know of people that got them when there was a credit.
I'm surprised you've never known anyone watching over-the-air TV. Things like local news & weather, game shows, etc. are often broadcast on such channels, and I've known a lot of people who watch those things sometimes. If you have cable and watch those shows, they're likely on local channels you could also get over the air. There are also a lot of TV series in the
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media.
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I'm surprised you've never known anyone watching over-the-air TV. Things like local news & weather, game shows, etc. are often broadcast on such channels, and I've known a lot of people who watch those things sometimes. If you have cable and watch those shows, they're likely on local channels you could also get over the air. There are also a lot of TV series in the
well i wasnt thinking when i said that. what i meant to say was
there were few people who did it back in the day and after the
big bandwidth switch many years ago, i don't know anybody else
that did more than play with it. I don't know anybody who
continued to use over the air.
even in a big city my options are really limited.
most people just prefer to get cable.
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Apr 01 2024 10:21 pm
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media.
I will, for as long as it is being produced.
And then I'll have to resort to recording it to media myself.
There are other use-cases where cable/streaming doesn't work. Where I live, there can be power/cable outages due to tropical weather conditions. Sometimes an hour, sometimes a week. For $40 at Walmart, you can buy an over-the-air antenna, and hook it to your TV (coax input). With your generator running to power the TV, you can receive OTA broadcasts *IN HIGH DEFINITION* from your local channel broadcasters. This is very useful in these situations, because that's how you can learn about current/upcoming weather, power restoration efforts, food/water distribution points, and similar. Perhaps even a sporting event or sitcom/show. It's FREE.
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
And when you paid like $20/each for most of those DVDs that watched maybe only one time, you feel like you'd be throwing away something of value. But... not really. Donate them in that case.
There are other use-cases where cable/streaming doesn't work. Where I
live, there can be power/cable outages due to tropical weather conditions. Sometimes an hour, sometimes a week. For $40 at Walmart, you can buy an over-the-air antenna, and hook it to your TV (coax input). With your generator running to power the TV, you can receive OTA broadcasts *IN HIGH DEFINITION* from your local channel broadcasters. This is very useful in these situations, because that's how you can learn about current/upcoming weather, power restoration efforts, food/water distribution points, and similar. Perhaps even a sporting event or sitcom/show. It's FREE.
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Ewing on Thu Apr 04 2024 03:08 am
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
I actually play my phisical media quite a lot myself.
Internet here sucks, power supply sucks. An VHS or DVD is much more likely to work without issues than the alternatives. If I am throwing a party at home and somebody wants to watch something from streaming or whatever, we give it a try, but if there are any issues we fallback to some DVD from my collection.
there's still people that buy cdrs and floppy disks.
you will be one of the nobodys.
you will be one of the nobodys.
Nope. I will be a somebody. Kinda difficult to be a nobody when you are someone.
you're an AI chatbot.
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 07:37 pm
you're an AI chatbot.
Wrong again. *That* would make me a nobody.
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Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 07:37 pm
you're an AI chatbot.
Wrong again. *That* would make me a nobody.
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 10:17 pm
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
When you said I was a nobody.
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