end of an era :/

Not like I didn't see it coming...

I was actually thinking they'd do well with Bluray and beyond, because it's to the point where they're too big for the average person to download. Some of them push 16-18gb per movie, even without the extras. A blank bluray disk is prohibitively expensive too, I think at least $15 each.

But I suppose Netflix fills that gap nicely.

This is going to hurt vacation spot movie rentals for sure.

do I still have to return my videos ?

yep, my friends and I were just talking about that. The end of April every year we take a weekend and go to this big seafood and wine festival. At least one night during that weekend we rent a movie and take it back to the resort we are staying at. They will probably still be there where we go here in a few weeks, but next year probably not.

Also, I used to have Netflix but canceled it. I still watch a movie every now and then and it is nice to be able to go down and rent something. At least I still have Hollywood Video near me.

I think it was time BB was out dated . It reminds me that circut city just went out of business sad thing about them they could not beat best buy even when they where closing there doors . Things change if you dont change you get ran over

You mean you didn't enjoy getting late fees that equals the amount you paid for the movie?

SO.. lets sum this up... DVD costs $20 bucks (yeah yeah... just work with me here) vs. Blockbuster charging $5 bucks to have it for ONE night, and oopsie, I kept it an extra day.. that's an EXTRA $5 bucks....

So I just paid for half a DVD that I could of OWNED, and I still got nothing to show for it.

Fuck em. They Can't adapt to the times and spend their money wisely then why do they deserve to survive? They don't, just like a lot of companies out there. Time will tell.

VOD through internet and digital videos in general will be the wave of the future anyways. Just like CDs are slowly but surely becoming extinct to the likes of iPods, DVDs will too as people will be able to stream whatever movie they want to see when they want to see it (and with Tivo/DVR there's already some of that). As it was, the delivery rental model that Netflix started had been the next wave after brick and mortar stores and Blockbuster just took waaay too long to adapt. By the time they had their similar service running, it wasn't a matter of gaining customers that way or keeping customers they had but efforts to try and take Netflix customers including customers Netflix had already taken from them - not the position you want to be in.

fuck the internet downloading / movies in the mail bullshit

going to blockbusters to find a movie is fun

In 1992. :pimp

It's just a matter of time before the other video stores face the same fate. They should take heed.

All thanks to Netflix.

yup, just like going to Virgin megastore or Tower Records to browse for cd's and listen at the listening station was an entertaining way to spend an hour in the evening a few years back....... times are changing fast

kids that are being born now won't hardly believe that we used to go to stores to buy music and rent movies

the funny part is it would have been so cool to have a netflix type service from them, where you could rent a video by mail or by going to the store for a monthly fee.

The advantage would be if the movie sucked, and you didn't like it, you could just drive to the local store and swap it for something better, rather then mailing it and waiting 3 days for the next movie to come.

I would have easily paid 20/month for a service like that.

They were the first to do that kind of service in the UK and I have been using it for years. It is the only service I ever of their but I use it all the time. We don't have netflix in the UK so this is how I get my DVDS. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't be able to watch most of the world cinema I enjoy.

good riddance.I know a couple of people including myself that had probs with them stealing dvds and claim that you only returned the case. I have yet to find this dvd!:mad::helpme

They do have that service. A friend of mine has been a member for awhile now. You can use the store a certain number of times per month, I believe.

funny video :)