All this talk about 28 Days Later just makes me want to rent that movie again.
I think this is all about trying to make On Demand used more. They are trying to get consumers hooked on that. It just won't work tho. I hate how On Demand works. If I fall asleep or shut it off, I gotta watch it within 24-48 hours or it's 6 bucks down the drain. I lost one because I started it at 7 one night and tried to finish it at 7:05 the next day. Gone. Never Again.
It's not about OnDemand it's about people not buying DVDs anymore and certainly not Blu-rays so instead of making movies people actually want to buy they are doing all of this crap and raising the cost of Purchasing said Blu-rays at the same time. So it's a double f u to the consumer.
@malexandria1 Back during the days of VHS, movies were 90 bucks out of the gate. It wasn't about selling them to the consumer right away because they wanted a Rental only window. They had control of Rentrak and decided how much per rental they got. I think they would like a rental only window now where the majority of the revenue goes to them. If Netflix would pay what Comcast etc pay for Demand, they'd get them as well.
If it was about Sale only, they wouldn't even have On Demand, or allow Blockbuster to rent (Blockbuster most likely pays a huge portion of rentals in the first 28 days).
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All this talk about 28 Days Later just makes me want to rent that movie again.
I think this is all about trying to make On Demand used more. They are trying to get consumers hooked on that. It just won't work tho. I hate how On Demand works. If I fall asleep or shut it off, I gotta watch it within 24-48 hours or it's 6 bucks down the drain. I lost one because I started it at 7 one night and tried to finish it at 7:05 the next day. Gone. Never Again.
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It's not about OnDemand it's about people not buying DVDs anymore and certainly not Blu-rays so instead of making movies people actually want to buy they are doing all of this crap and raising the cost of Purchasing said Blu-rays at the same time. So it's a double f u to the consumer.
@malexandria1 Back during the days of VHS, movies were 90 bucks out of the gate. It wasn't about selling them to the consumer right away because they wanted a Rental only window. They had control of Rentrak and decided how much per rental they got. I think they would like a rental only window now where the majority of the revenue goes to them. If Netflix would pay what Comcast etc pay for Demand, they'd get them as well.
If it was about Sale only, they wouldn't even have On Demand, or allow Blockbuster to rent (Blockbuster most likely pays a huge portion of rentals in the first 28 days).