If You Rented A Movie In The Last 30 Days, Was It From A
Isn't it obvious? Either Phil's getting into the movie rental business, or "Branding Faith" is coming out as an audio book, and he's trying to find the best venue to place it in.
All jokes aside... Phil, love your blog, man!
Thanks for the response. But I cannot assume or conclude that this is Phil's answer to my question unless you are representing him. Anyway I will leave it at that.
No idea what you're asking. I was curious to see where people are getting their entertainment from and how movie distribution is changing.
I believe you need to add "Video On Demand" as a category. My family regularly downloads movies through Verizon FIOS (both regular and High-Def formats). That's our preferred method.
Phil, I assume you've probably already seen this, but in case not ... Enjoy!
Historic 'Blockbuster' Store Offers Glimpse of How Movies Were Rented in the Past
OK for some reason the HTML link didn't come through on that last comment, so here's the URL to copy and paste:
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Just rented a couple of movies prior to a flight to Florida via itunes. You've got the movie for 30 days...once you open it you've got 24 hours to view. Pretty nice setup with my ipod touch. Made the plane ride "fly" by...and a heck of a lot better than toting around my laptop!
I use Netflix (BlockBuster was fine until they jacked up the price, quit the online coupon and limited the in-store swap, plus Netflix has free watch-online w/o limit - sorry for the commercial) for me, but when the family wants to watch something specific that night or browse for the movie, we go to the store.
What about Redbox or other similar service? It's not an option here and I've rented a few from them in the last month. Best deal going currently, in my opinion.
Jeff
I checked rental store... I guess that's the closest to what RedBox is. It's a beautiful service... $1 a day video rentals. If you have the discipline, you can get a rental for just the dollar. Inevitably my wife and I forget, and keep it for 2-3 days. The only real problem is selection. I really feel that the cost far outweighs any other problems.
I agree about Redbox. It's the only way my wife and I rent movies. It's nice that you can rent online, pick it up and return it to any location.
As a new Wii owner, I wish they did video games too.
I bought an Apple TV last night and rented my first HD movie. The speed and picture quality was unreal on my 46" 1080p LCD TV. And let me say that Phil's podcasts look awesome as well.
Rented from blockbuster, got a movie in the mail from netflix, took advantage of the "watch now"feature in netflix, and both rented and purchased from itunes, all this month.
I use blockbuster online. I get my movie in the mail and then return it to the local store and get another movie for free.