Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
I wonder how much longer Blockbuster stores will be open, $1.50 still saves $3.50 over a BB rental or PPV. I think I could drive a couple blocks to save $3.50. And the actual disc will have better quality. Of course, with BB you can keep the movie for 5 days or so, this would make them a better value if you weren't diligent on returning the movie in one night.
Remember, you also have another option with netflix, and you don't have to leave your house. You can also get it in two flavors, streaming or the disc with quite a bit of titles.

If Wal Mart was smart they just would have ordered enough inventroy for customers and Redbox.
Walmart and Target have a lot of stores, and there is just so much capacity to stamp discs on any given title. As DVD sales have declined, studios have cut back on the amount of first order product they get stamped, so they are not stuck with large inventory if the title does not sell well. Nobody, not the studios, not the retailer, wants to be stuck with a large inventory of unsold DVD's. However, if you have Redbox guys going in and buying all of the stock in large suburban markets, this cuts down first release weeks heavy foot traffic, and that cuts in deep with overall foot traffic into their stores. It is not just Redbox though, it is what little mom and pop video stores that are still in small towns all over the country that do exactly what Redbox does. They don't have distribution deals with the studios - they are too small. This is why Walmart had to limit the amount of copies any one person can buy. Redbox also had to purchase at retail prices, and they charge less than DVD's normal rental price which led to revenue loss(inventory cost versus rental price). Their business model was unsustainable.

I wonder how many movies are released that people are willing to buy before watching/renting? Not many in my case.
Go to a place like Blu ray.com where the average person is a real HD on disc enthusiast, with Bluray collections numbering into the hundreds and in some cases thousands. If the title is big, and it comes from Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, they will blind buy the title without thinking about it. When it comes to Universal, Warner, and Paramount, they usually wait for the reviews. Currently, between review copies, and movies I have purchased, I have close to 900 Blu ray discs. I rent Warner, Paramount and Universal, along with MGM and Lionsgate titles before I buy. They seem to be the most inconsistent with picture quality.



The bottom line on how people rent will depend on their habits and lifestyle I believe.
I agree.....