http://movies.yahoo.com/news/seth-rogen-...08864.html

Great lesson in economics and creative destruction.

Too bad progs are such frightened rabbits that they keep clamoring for the gov't to get involved to save them from actual progress.

I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

End of a era

Didn't even know they still existed. Thought it was online and in name only.

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Netflix.

(11-12-2013 02:48 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://movies.yahoo.com/news/seth-rogen-...08864.html

Great lesson in economics and creative destruction.

Too bad progs are such frightened rabbits that they keep clamoring for the gov't to get involved to save them from actual progress.

The day Dish Network bought them they were done. Dish has just been trying to figure out the best way to close the remaining physical stores and DVD service as they only wanted them for their digital distribution.

Disruptive technologies per Clayton Christensen.

why does everything with you always have to be political torch?????

(11-12-2013 03:22 PM)john01992 Wrote:  why does everything with you always have to be political torch?????

Such a laughable question coming from you of all people.

(11-12-2013 03:18 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Disruptive technologies per Clayton Christensen.

Based upon creative destruction per Schumpeter. I have Christensen's books on Kindle, haven't read them yet.

(11-12-2013 03:22 PM)john01992 Wrote:  why does everything with you always have to be political torch?????

Why does everything have to be ignorance with you, zero? (Note the appropriate use of a comma)

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Why not just rent something digitally? Can rent almost anything on a Roku/Xbox, PS3, or other similar device.

(11-12-2013 03:16 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Netflix.

Netflix has nothing. At least not in the way of TV seasons, which is what I usually am looking for. I tried it for a few months but cancelled because I never used it.

(11-12-2013 03:31 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Why not just rent something digitally? Can rent almost anything on a Roku/Xbox, PS3, or other similar device.

I don't have any of that. I do have a Kindle Fire HD and have rented through Amazon, then streamed via micro HDMI, but the price is high for HD and only 24 hours, and like Netflix (and Google), the selection is poor.
We haven't had Blockbuster in years, but we had a Hollywood Video up until a couple years ago and I used it all the time. It seems the only option now to really get what I want is piracy.

You can get a roku box for fairly cheap... or an xbox 360/ps3 in the very near future for cheap thanks to the next gen systems coming out. All of those should have ways for you to rent. Yes, it is only 24 hours but that is the way everyone is going.

(11-12-2013 03:34 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:16 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Netflix.

Netflix has nothing. At least not in the way of TV seasons, which is what I usually am looking for. I tried it for a few months but cancelled because I never used it.

That and the movies are old.

The last movie ever rented from Blockbuster was the Seth Rogan directed "This is the End". The final rental was in Hawaii on November 9th at 11 pm.

(11-12-2013 03:36 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:31 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Why not just rent something digitally? Can rent almost anything on a Roku/Xbox, PS3, or other similar device.

I don't have any of that. I do have a Kindle Fire HD and have rented through Amazon, then streamed via micro HDMI, but the price is high for HD and only 24 hours, and like Netflix (and Google), the selection is poor.
We haven't had Blockbuster in years, but we had a Hollywood Video up until a couple years ago and I used it all the time. It seems the only option now to really get what I want is piracy.

Why does the 24 hours thing matter though? I get timing being important when you are renting from a physical store location because you may be picking up a movie when you are already out out of convenience, but with digital streaming you simply buy it at the moment you want to watch it...unless you're someone that wants to watch a rented movie multiple times.

I mean I get it, it just doesn't really bother me. I'm guessing you're probably older than I am though. I'm just used to digital stuff and it doesn't really bother me that that is the only option for things these days (other than RedBox, which I refuse to use after they charged me for having a movie for 12 days despite only having it for 1 and then refusing to refund the remaining amount).

(11-12-2013 03:49 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:36 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:31 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Why not just rent something digitally? Can rent almost anything on a Roku/Xbox, PS3, or other similar device.

I don't have any of that. I do have a Kindle Fire HD and have rented through Amazon, then streamed via micro HDMI, but the price is high for HD and only 24 hours, and like Netflix (and Google), the selection is poor.
We haven't had Blockbuster in years, but we had a Hollywood Video up until a couple years ago and I used it all the time. It seems the only option now to really get what I want is piracy.

Why does the 24 hours thing matter though? I get timing being important when you are renting from a physical store location because you may be picking up a movie when you are already out out of convenience, but with digital streaming you simply buy it at the moment you want to watch it...unless you're someone that wants to watch a rented movie multiple times.

I mean I get it, it just doesn't really bother me. I'm guessing you're probably older than I am though. I'm just used to digital stuff and it doesn't really bother me that that is the only option for things these days (other than RedBox, which I refuse to use after they charged me for having a movie for 12 days despite only having it for 1 and then refusing to refund the remaining amount).

$5 is a lot for 24 hours. It matters because I have a 4 year old who likes to watch a movie he gets into several times over a week. Or he might want to pick out a few and decide later when and in what order.

I also like to physically browse through the movies rather than scrolling through 20 per page. It is also nice walk through as a family and have everyone pick out a couple. I find Netflix and Amazon to be worthless unless you already know exactly what you want to get. Now, instead of "Let's get a movie", the idea never comes up unless it starts with "I want to see x, y, or z".

I get it too. The video store model simply is no longer economically efficient. I just personally prefer it. On the other hand, I have adjusted. I just don't watch as many movies as I used to.

(11-12-2013 03:34 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:16 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Netflix.

Netflix has nothing. At least not in the way of TV seasons, which is what I usually am looking for. I tried it for a few months but cancelled because I never used it.

If you are willing to go the route of automated bitlockers through software ... sayyyy maybe JDownloader ... the internet is meeting the gap in consumer demand you are experiencing. I will not publicly post the URLs I know of ... but if you want to know PM me and I'll hook you up. I will offer some caveats ... and to make sure you've read them your PM should include the word I self-censored in the caveats below:

- (WARNING: Rant / philosophy ahead) I still support the things I like through a Netflix subscription and having cable TV. In the case of music I buy used CDs I want ... rip them ... then toss them. This makes sure I don't send a single penny to the RIAA. If there is an artist I really like, I'll buy some of their merch or see them live. Basically I avoid supporting ancient broken distribution models and anything that is distributed with DRM that I cannot readily crack. But I go out of my way to support better more liberated distribution models and support outstanding producers of content I like directly. And I do mean go out of my way. I even subscribe to a service that can be sort of called "the adult netflix". Why? If you are an unscrupulous little freeloading pr*ck though you can get just about anything for free if you know where to look on the internet. But if everybody did that, it would destroy much of the content we all enjoy. The adult entertainment industry is probably the hardest hit by freeloaders. So if you enjoy watching amateurs in terrible lighting where the dude can't make it more than 5 minutes and the camera angle is terrible ... keep surfin' those flash video pr0n sites and never putting a dime into the system.

- Most of what I get I simply refuse to wait to see (Top Gear) or they simply aren't available here (Brainiac) or aren't commercially available (Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Junkyard Wars, etc). I am all for "illicit" distribution in these cases ... it meets the above criteria I laid out.

- Don't bother surfing around some of these places if you are tempted by free software. If you want free software ... use Linux. It is free and better ... and you won't be committing a major crime to use it. Linux just requires a higher IQ to use. But if you think you're going to merrily skip in and download that Adobe suite for Windows and not get your computer completely owned ... please, don't bother sending the PM. You are just another sucker waiting to turn their computer into a spam / hack / identity theft node for pr*ck in a former communist country.

(11-12-2013 03:01 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I actually wish there was still a place I could get a DVD without having the limited selection of Redbox.

Netflix... They also have Redbox online too... Or at least my Playstation 3 does..