Blockbuster

[SurferGeek]

Blockbuster sat on the sidelines far too long while Netflix grew it's business model of movies-by-mail. Sitting on their hands has put them behind the eight ball and I'm not sure they'll ever be able to recover.

I have so many similar horror stories of poor treatment at BB stores, as well as Hollywood and other similar places. I'm so glad I joined Netflix.

 

[propologist]

wow people really still rent movie..amazing

 

[Clutch]

I love Netflix, but their "HD" Streaming movies suck. I have a big plasma TV and these movies look more atrocious via streaming than DVD.

I get streaming in HD and the movies look flawless on my 1080p lcd.

 

[darthgordon]

For those that do streaming, what do you use? I have a VGA cable going from my computer to my TV but there's no way that will give me high def.

 

[themanwoaname]

wow people really still rent movie..amazing

i actually prefer to own, and rarely do rent but when i do its from blockbuster.

 

[rollerboi]

If anyone is interested in trying Netflix, please PM me. We can help each other immensely.

I stopped Netflix simply because of the lack of closed captions on their streaming videos (I'm deaf). Last friday, for a date night with my wife, we drive around to 5 redboxes trying to find something remotely interesting. The movie we ended up getting sucked, too. I'm fortunate to have a decent DVD collection at my school library that I can check out, though. I highly recommend the movie "Kinky Boots", it was so much fun to watch.

 

[El Duderino]

I just got Netflix the other day and love it, the movie selections are awesome, especially for someone like me who's into horror and foreign films.

 

[micdavis]

I've never rented a single DVD at Blockbuster.

 

[Jet Beetle]

I went to BB about two years go just to pick up the mego type Star trek figs and a couple of communicators when they had them going for 5bucks each. The ones I visited looked like junkyards - toys and crappy framed posters. I't like they are now part video store part flea market.

 

[Roger Ramjet]

Their day has came and gone. Such will it be will more companies that fail to evolve as technology changes.

 

[JediG60racer]

For those that do streaming, what do you use? I have a VGA cable going from my computer to my TV but there's no way that will give me high def.

I use a DVI cable from computer to TV, or HDMI from Xbox 360 to TV.

 

[darth_myeek]

Year's ago I rented Swordfish at Blockbuster to specifically watch the ball bearing explosion, and my copy had the scene chopped way down. I thought omg it's been chopped for 9/11, but later when I bought a copy from Tower the scene was there exactly as I remembered in theaters & I realized Blockbuster is a censoring piece of **** which was the last dollar I spent with them.