Survey finds most Americans think in-store movie renting is fading out

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Mark @ Jul 24th 2008 4:27AM

I think in-store renting is fading out, partly because you have digital but also Netflix and even Blockbuster have their own delivery service. Who needs to go to the store when they'll send you the videos through the post? I certainly do not believe digital is going to be the preferred format for ownership for a very, very, very long time. Maybe resident trolls like Nfinity will buy substandard videos locked to their XBox 360 or whichever device for the same price as a DVD but no one else will.

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Leonardo DiCrapio @ Jul 24th 2008 8:36AM

"Blu-Ray, if it survives, will remain n niche market (similar to the same ones that still buy CDs over MP3s) but in the case of videos there are much stronger forces working together to make this expand at rapid rate. As we see studios are simply more willing to support digital downloads then even Blu-Ray."

I hate to burst your bubble, Nfinity, but CD's aren't a niche market. MP3's are lossy. Of course, many people were, have been, and are going to be taken in by Apple's iTunes (myself included) and their DRM-protected AAC songs that will only play on an iPod. Try hooking your iPod up to a good stereo and see how great (or not so great in this case) it sounds. I guess if you are listening to a No High No Lows Gotta Be Bose SoundDock, maybe your iPod sounds all right, though.

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Big Wizz @ Jul 24th 2008 10:07AM

@Nfinity,

No way does Blockbuster/Netflix start going away in 1-2years. While I think we can all agree that B&M stores are not going to grow (and will actually shrink), the VAST majority of Joe Six-Packs do not download movies/shows/porn.

I live in a city @500k people and all the Blockbuster/Hollywood Video's are quite busy in the evening (especially weekends). Some families have other things to worry about than getting delivery vehicles for digital downloads.

Btw, the new avatar is good, but the old one is classic.

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James @ Jul 24th 2008 11:27AM

@Nfinity

Let it go. I was as big a supporter of HD DVD as you were, but Blu-ray has won. Trusting a press release from an organization called Cinemanow regarding media delivery is like going to the national beef council for objective information on the pros and cons of eating steak.

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YouFaceTheTick @ Aug 9th 2008 1:42AM

Lio, you can buy from Apple and still convert the music to WAV, then rip back to DRM-free MP3s.

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Mark @ Jul 24th 2008 4:27AM

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