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Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
#25Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:28pm
The times they are a-changing.
... I do love my Redbox machines, though.
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#26Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:43pmAre they really changing, though? You say you love your red box (and the numbers show you're FAR from alone) but doesn't that mean people still want to rent?
#27Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 4:02pm
Yes, it's changing.
From big brick-and-mortar stores full of employees and 75 copies of one movie to auto-mat services and Internet streaming and mailing services.
People will always rent entertainment. It's how they rent it that's always changing.
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#28Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 4:10pmNo, I get that. But what I was saying is that people are still willing to drive somewhere to rent a movie and drive to bring it back. A lot of people, in fact.
#29Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 5:24pm
I do it, so yes.
I don't like subscribing to a service, because I don't rent often enough to justify it. And I don't like the quality of streaming (still). So I rent!
And there are Redbox kiosks everywhere. I can reserve online and pick 'em up at my convenience. I have one that's 2 blocks from me and three more within 2 miles.
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#30Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 5:57pm
"And I don't like the quality of streaming (still). "
The quality of streaming on the provider's end is certainly fine. It just all depends on what you're using to stream that provider's content.
#31Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 6:16pmI've never seen streaming on anybody's TV that was good enough for me.
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#32Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 6:18pmI agree. I stream because it's really one of the only available options now, but I'll still buy a blu ray of a film I like instead of streaming it on Netflix.
Liza's Headband
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#33Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 1/12/14 at 6:59pmMaybe we have different standards or maybe it's the time and money one has to invest in their wireless system like we did, but the picture/sound quality on the Samsung Smart TV we use for streaming Netflix is nearly perfect.
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#34Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 9/18/14 at 10:15pm
There are still 50 stores still open and they are running independently. Here are some of them:
North Pole, Alaska
Grand Forks, North Dakota
And El Paso, Texas
Life After Blockbuster: Catching Up With the Owner of Some of the Last Remaining Blockbuster Video Stores
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