Subj : Re: Ok .. Tyson or Jake?
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Dec 04 2024 08:57 am

  Re: Re: Ok .. Tyson or Jake?
  By: paulie420 to Adept on Tue Dec 03 2024 06:50 pm

 pa> People are buying the Red Box machines for less than $400 currently...
 pa> dunno why you'd want one, but you can.

 pa> Early in Red Box life, me and a business partner were going to buy
 pa> several. (In the early days they were working with individuals - 10k per
 pa> machine...) We passed, but some entrepreneurs did well w/ Red Box.

Some time ago, I thought someone could buy an abandoned Hollywood Video or Blockbuster Video building and buy a bunch of Redbox and similar machines to stock it with (I did see one or two other companies doing the same thing), and people would be able to go to a central location again to rent movies.  I like RedBox, but sometimes it can be inconvenient if you have to drive a ways to a particular machine to get a movie.

I find it weird that physical media has died out so much.  It seems that people generally don't want control over their own stuff.  But lately I feel like I've seen more people posting online about buying physical media again because people are mainly getting tired of streaming services removing content.

Nightfox
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