On 08/30/2011 10:17 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:56 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Idiocracy" for 99 cents on Vudu > > > > Netflixers will have a rate increase this month if you have both > streaming and disc. The latter will now be extra. Even with the > increase it would be less than what I was paying at Hollywood Video a > month. I wonder though if the majority don't opt for discs it will make > more studios offer oldies and smaller films currently only available on > disc offer them streaming. > > > > We're probably going to opt for streaming only, and pick up disks > occasionally at Redbox and other local outlets.
My disc queue is loaded with films that Redbox won't have. Hollywood Video went out of business a year and a half ago. Blockbuster across the street from HV just closed. I never rented much at BB other than the "exclusives." I forgot that BB also offers streaming and that app was also on the player. Mom and pops have been gone for a long time. One friend ran a really neat rental shop but decided around 2003 or so that it was a "buggy whip" business and closed. He stocked a lot of difficult to find DVDs. Unless you're into sports cable is pretty much a rip-off and many of us who do not watch sports are subsidizing the sports coverage. If people were to make a list of shows they watch monthly on cable they would probably be amazed at how much they are paying per show. And cable itself is often paying under a dollar per network (non-premium) a month for those feeds. Vudu is now getting some of the shows I pay that extra amount for on cable. The broadcast network shows are so bad anymore they aren't worth watching. And as much of a couch potato that I sound like I'm really not.
