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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 6, 2013 18:28:08 GMT -5
Dish Network, which acquired Blockbuster a few years ago, says it will shutter 300 or so remaining stores and discontinue its DVD-by-mail service. This marks the end of the brand, which (in a sense) died of charging Reed Hastings too many late fees (for an explanation, read about the origins of Netflix). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 18:37:47 GMT -5
That leaves Red Box and Netflix.
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Post by douger on Nov 6, 2013 21:44:09 GMT -5
That leaves Red Box and Netflix. And Amazon. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 21:47:58 GMT -5
They still had 300 stores?  It is sad, though-- I remember the fun of going through all those dusty, tiny mom and pop video stores of the 80s and 90s...slowly gobbled up by local chains (Erols! I even had Erols internet for a bit...wonder what ever happened to poor Erol....probably sitting pretty in Caribbean or something!) ....then national chains....now defeated by the Interweb, that filters so much, and a few convienence kiosks and mail order services. |
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Post by kemmer on Nov 6, 2013 23:18:30 GMT -5
They still had 300 stores? It is sad, though-- I remember the fun of going through all those dusty, tiny mom and pop video stores of the 80s and 90s...slowly gobbled up by local chains (Erols! I even had Erols internet for a bit...wonder what ever happened to poor Erol....probably sitting pretty in Caribbean or something!) ....then national chains....now defeated by the Interweb, that filters so much, and a few convienence kiosks and mail order services. Amazing, isn't it? We watched a whole industry rise and fall in a few decades. |
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Post by toon face on Nov 7, 2013 4:21:17 GMT -5
I never even owned a beta max
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 8:22:03 GMT -5
They still had 300 stores? It is sad, though-- I remember the fun of going through all those dusty, tiny mom and pop video stores of the 80s and 90s...slowly gobbled up by local chains (Erols! I even had Erols internet for a bit...wonder what ever happened to poor Erol....probably sitting pretty in Caribbean or something!) ....then national chains....now defeated by the Interweb, that filters so much, and a few convienence kiosks and mail order services. Amazing, isn't it? We watched a whole industry rise and fall in a few decades. Rapid change of modern technology. Hard to believe there was time before cell phones.....even the current state of the internet is amazing...not that long ago I'd have to have fired up the desktop, waited for everything to boot, connected to the dial up (if I had enough minutes left!)....it would make those weird "ping" noises...THEN I could post!! Now - click on the iPad, boom!! It was the late fee-library model that really killed them. It was kinda fun shopping for movies-- but ease of ordering via cable or streaming just cut way too much into profit margins. Not just video stores-- records/music stores, too. And the big bookstores that depended a lot on music sales- part of Borders' demise. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 8:22:44 GMT -5
I never even owned a beta max My in-laws still have one. My father-in-law is still bitter, "They were higher quality!!!" |
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Post by douger on Nov 7, 2013 8:43:28 GMT -5
Isn't it about time for someone to blame the corporation for the loss of jobs? Where's joefriday when you need him?
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Post by Moses on Nov 7, 2013 10:20:09 GMT -5
Isn't it about time for someone to blame the corporation for the loss of jobs? Where's joefriday when you need him? ? |
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Post by Moses on Nov 7, 2013 10:22:23 GMT -5
I never even owned a beta max My in-laws still have one. My father-in-law is still bitter, "They were higher quality!!!" But they were!!! I bought a fancy $600 stereo VHS when they first came out thinking I was going to be clever and save money by recording CDs on them. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 10:29:41 GMT -5
That leaves Red Box and Netflix. And Amazon. Yep. I love Amazon Prime. |
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Post by Cowboyz on Nov 7, 2013 11:04:01 GMT -5
I do appreciate the technology but there was something fun about going into a video store, looking at all of the movies on the wall. My boys picking out their movies and me picking out ours. I don't know, it's like the difference between holding a real book or picking um my Kindle.
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Nov 7, 2013 11:49:32 GMT -5
I do appreciate the technology but there was something fun about going into a video store, looking at all of the movies on the wall. My boys picking out their movies and me picking out ours. I don't know, it's like the difference between holding a real book or picking um my Kindle. I understand the tough and feel, but at least with movies and kindle we can have instant gratification, also for kindle you can get free, and or really cheap books from new authors who are trying to make a name for themselves. Think of all the gas it saves.  |
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Post by douger on Nov 7, 2013 11:52:36 GMT -5
I do appreciate the technology but there was something fun about going into a video store, looking at all of the movies on the wall. My boys picking out their movies and me picking out ours. I don't know, it's like the difference between holding a real book or picking um my Kindle. I understand the tough and feel, but at least with movies and kindle we can have instant gratification, also for kindle you can get free, and or really cheap books from new authors who are trying to make a name for themselves. Think of all the gas it saves. Sort of the same dilemma faced by big box stores. People want to see and touch products they're interested in, but turn to eBay and Amazon when it comes time to whip out the credit card. |
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Nov 7, 2013 11:56:14 GMT -5
I understand the tough and feel, but at least with movies and kindle we can have instant gratification, also for kindle you can get free, and or really cheap books from new authors who are trying to make a name for themselves. Think of all the gas it saves. Sort of the same dilemma faced by big box stores. People want to see and touch products they're interested in, but turn to eBay and Amazon when it comes time to whip out the credit card. Well with shipping costs, and gas to go to the store these consumers are probably not saving much. I shop amazon a lot, but then again I am an hour drive from the big city. Sales taxes are already starting to be added to amazon purchases so that is going bye bye. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 12:13:07 GMT -5
They still had 300 stores? It is sad, though-- I remember the fun of going through all those dusty, tiny mom and pop video stores of the 80s and 90s...slowly gobbled up by local chains (Erols! I even had Erols internet for a bit...wonder what ever happened to poor Erol....probably sitting pretty in Caribbean or something!) ....then national chains....now defeated by the Interweb, that filters so much, and a few convienence kiosks and mail order services. Amazing, isn't it? We watched a whole industry rise and fall in a few decades. I went from 78s to 45s to LPs to cassettes to CDs to mp3. Business needs to keep up. |
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Post by douger on Nov 7, 2013 12:40:05 GMT -5
Amazing, isn't it? We watched a whole industry rise and fall in a few decades. I went from 78s to 45s to LPs to cassettes to CDs to mp3. Business needs to keep up. You forgot eight tracks. |
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Post by com6063 on Nov 7, 2013 12:41:19 GMT -5
Vinyl will never be dead!! |
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Post by douger on Nov 7, 2013 12:46:51 GMT -5
Vinyl will never be dead!! My ears are pretty much toasted. I'm hardly an audiophile. It's sort of like vacuum tube amplifiers. People who appreciate great sound swear by them. I remember hum and a great deal of heat. I remember snap, crackle and pop with vinyl. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 7, 2013 13:02:15 GMT -5
I'd go digital, and get rid of Netflix physical, but their physical disc availability is much greater.
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Post by douger on Nov 7, 2013 13:07:27 GMT -5
I'd go digital, and get rid of Netflix physical, but their physical disc availability is much greater. If the streaming availability was better I'd ditch the Bluray player from my stack. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 13:27:52 GMT -5
I went from 78s to 45s to LPs to cassettes to CDs to mp3. Business needs to keep up. You forgot eight tracks. I skipped those. |
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Post by douger on Nov 7, 2013 13:34:04 GMT -5
You forgot eight tracks. I skipped those. I wish I had. I can't tell you how many cartridges my decks devoured by the third or fourth play. They did not take searching for a particular track well. Kerchunk. |
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Post by davo on Nov 7, 2013 13:36:45 GMT -5
I do appreciate the technology but there was something fun about going into a video store, looking at all of the movies on the wall. My boys picking out their movies and me picking out ours. I don't know, it's like the difference between holding a real book or picking um my Kindle. Trouble was, there were so few movies worth watching (at least for adults) more than half the time I came home empty handed. P.S. And were they ever greedy! It's been a pleasure to watch them dry up. |
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