Subj : Re: Ok .. Tyson or Jake?
To : Nightfox
From : paulie420
Date : Wed Dec 04 2024 07:19 pm
Ni> Some time ago, I thought someone could buy an abandoned Hollywood Video
Ni> or Blockbuster Video building and buy a bunch of Redbox and similar
Ni> machines to stock it with (I did see one or two other companies doing
Ni> the same thing), and people would be able to go to a central location
Ni> again to rent movies. I like RedBox, but sometimes it can be
Ni> inconvenient if you have to drive a ways to a particular machine to get
Ni> a movie.
Time has changed so much; there was a point where Redbox WAS the easiest way... I still remember Blockbuster Tuesdays - I bought so many DVDs!
Ni> I find it weird that physical media has died out so much. It seems that
Ni> people generally don't want control over their own stuff. But lately I
Ni> feel like I've seen more people posting online about buying physical
Ni> media again because people are mainly getting tired of streaming
Ni> services removing content.
I agree - I mentioned my DVD purchasing... I did move away from that media; sold all my DVDS, but I ripped then into high quality media files. I don't mind the non-physical, but its the cloud/streaming that I'm against. I want to own the data else I own nothing... and, owning hard media is still cool for the in-box STUFF.
