I was visiting a smaller town here in TX and I saw this small video rental store. It had older people in there and renting movies. They had DVDs and VHS, but no BluRays (that I saw). It made me really miss when you saw video rentals all over. I liked going with my pop to rent movies and we would walk down the aisles looking at all the movies and picking which to rent. Sometimes you would see a movie sitting there that you forgot all about and wanna see it.

You don't get that with VOD or iTunes etc. VOD has some titles, the selection isn't that massive and you have to actually search for many titles on iTunes and Amazon etc. Its not something that just pops up in front of you rarely.

Don't get me wrong, VOD is a lot more convenient. But I still would like the option to go out and rent rather than search on a computer or TV.

I like being outside and meeting people. I hate being locked inside all the time, or at least that is how I feel if I wanna see something. I feel like society is making people anti-social and awkward and everything is at the tip of our fingers rather than us having to seek it out. Never thought I would appreciate the seeking it out...

Can't find the gay porn you want on VOD, I assume?

Should have thought about that before you people kept stealing films from streaming sites, p2p, and pirated dvds.

I don't though lol. I pay for my stuff

If you think that had something to do with it, I have a bridge to sell you. Outlets like Amazon, Wal-Mart, Hulu, Netflix, On-Demand/DVR all had a far greater impact on video rental stores than streaming sites and torrent sites.

You're never going to get any truth from us(the media). We'll tell you anything you want to hear.

Good point, but that's not what those anti-piracy warning ads you get at the beginning of DVDs would have us believe.

Nope, of course not. Hollywood ignores a 2013 study that found those who regularly download or stream for free are more likely to buy DVDs/Blu-Rays or another legal way than those who do not.

There's even one anti-piracy warning message that says piracy funds terrorism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBY4qzUMNw

Know what killed video rental stores?

The chains. Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, etc.

Way back in the beginning, the market was dominated by small mom and pop shops. They'd charge $2 or $3 for new releases. Then one of the chains would move in, and undercut the small shops. This drove the small shops out of business, at which point the chains would jack the price up to $5 or $6 a night.

This stoked the demand for this new, radical online service called Netflix. And the rest is history.

Very true.

The chains neutered the industry. Where mom-and-pops each had their own niches and people would patronize different ones to find different things, the chains made everything about the mainstream and had 'cult' selections which were laughable. THe mom-and-pops couldn't survive on the niche stuff alone and folded.

And that left a gap which Netflix could fill.

Blockbuster nailed the coffin on the mom and pop video stores. That dynamic changed the market completely allowing the situation where pirate and download movies took over and killed blockbuster.

I can't think of any attractive Hollywood actresses.

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Sorry wrong thread!

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I don't miss them at all since I go to my local library when I want to check out movies for free for a week.
Can't beat that.