Subj : Re: Ok .. Tyson or Jake?
To   : Nightfox
From : slacker
Date : Wed Dec 04 2024 07:27 pm


> 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 thi
> ng), and people would be able to go to a central location again to rent mo
> vies.  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 used to use RedBox a bit back in the day. I remember it was cheaper than going to Blockbuster and renting but the selection was never great. My friends and I used to do a movie night each week for years and went to Blockbuster those nights until it went out of business because the selection was better and half the fun was wandering around the store trying to find something to watch.


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

Yeah, I think with the dawn of streaming the sheer convenience of it all made people drop physical media more and more as time went on and now we're at a point where it seems like everything is streamed and that's the only option... until Netflix or whatever decides they're not hosting it anymore and you can either dig through the other 50k streaming services to find it (if you have a subscription) or go 'Yo-ho-ho'ing on the pirate seas.. it's just a pain.. where a physical DVD I can go back and watch 10 years later if I want, no matter how obscure it is.

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