Blockbuster.......boom outta here!!!

They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

Same here....I have not idea how much I use, anyway to tell?

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

There's a joke in there somewhere if anyone here is smartass enough to make it.

(11-06-2013 05:24 PM)Tanyaskees Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

Same here....I have not idea how much I use, anyway to tell?

log into your account and I bet it is on there somewhere. Maybe even on your bill.

(11-06-2013 05:27 PM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

There's a joke in there somewhere if anyone here is smartass enough to make it.

Kinky stuff always costs extra.

Don't cross the streams. We gotta cross the streams Ray.

(11-06-2013 05:42 PM)SayWhat? Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 05:27 PM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

There's a joke in there somewhere if anyone here is smartass enough to make it.

Kinky stuff always costs extra.

OldManGrizz is in big trouble.....

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

Mine said 300 GBs, I used 380 in Sept, but only 280 in Oct. Still it is very easy to go over 300.

(11-06-2013 05:54 PM)GringoStarr Wrote:  Don't cross the streams. We gotta cross the streams Ray.

Well Played

Unlimited data plans available?

(11-06-2013 07:32 PM)oldmangrizz Wrote:  Unlimited data plans available?

You might have a heart attack.

(11-06-2013 08:27 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 07:32 PM)oldmangrizz Wrote:  Unlimited data plans available?

You might have a heart attack.

Or have a hard time seeing the hair growing out of your palms.

(11-06-2013 06:40 PM)smytiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

Mine said 300 GBs, I used 380 in Sept, but only 280 in Oct. Still it is very easy to go over 300.

How do you find out? I haven't gotten said notice.

(11-06-2013 05:22 PM)Grateful Tiger Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

We recently received a notice from comcast stating they would start charging more if you go over 130 gigabytes of data per month... Not hard to do when you stream radio, tv, and movies.

So far we have not received such a notice ( WOW is our provider and they are part of Comcast ). I am not surprised if any have though. The cable providers are losing the TV business but maintaining the broadband business which is relied upon even more by the same customers that abandoned the TV product. These providers will find ways to increase the revenue from their internet product offerings.

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

Blockbuster didn't own those. They licensed their name to the owners.

Blockbuster has made bad move after bad move since the early 1990s.

Netflix wasn't created to stream, but they knew where they needed to invest their money. Blockbuster's big idea was a music store.

(11-07-2013 06:07 AM)Latilleon Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

Blockbuster didn't own those. They licensed their name to the owners.

Blockbuster has made bad move after bad move since the early 1990s.

Netflix wasn't created to stream, but they knew where they needed to invest their money. Blockbuster's big idea was a music store.

I think it NCR that rolled out the Blockbuster kiosks and owned them but they sold them about about a year or two back.
Netflix was an innovator with their mail to home system and then when they started their focus on the streaming side of the business. One of the more brilliant moves by Netflix was the early development of streaming apps for game systems and networking DVD players before anyone had ever heard of a smart TV.

(11-07-2013 08:47 AM)eltigre Wrote:  

(11-07-2013 06:07 AM)Latilleon Wrote:  

(11-06-2013 04:51 PM)eltigre Wrote:  They were really hoping that the kiosk business would save them but even those are going away. This time last year my family got all our movies from Redbox kiosks. Now we stream almost all movies via Amazon, Vudu, Target Ticket, Crackle, and many others. Don't even have to leave the house.

Blockbuster didn't own those. They licensed their name to the owners.

Blockbuster has made bad move after bad move since the early 1990s.

Netflix wasn't created to stream, but they knew where they needed to invest their money. Blockbuster's big idea was a music store.

I think it NCR that rolled out the Blockbuster kiosks and owned them but they sold them about about a year or two back.
Netflix was an innovator with their mail to home system and then when they started their focus on the streaming side of the business. One of the more brilliant moves by Netflix was the early development of streaming apps for game systems and networking DVD players before anyone had ever heard of a smart TV.

I also think blockbuster didn't get into those things because they didn't want to hurt/offend the franchisees that were their bread and butter.

Blockbuster could have bought Netflix in 2000. They said no. It might not have looked like a smart move, but if they were forward thinking, they probably would have done it.