http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/ Engadget HD Comments for Blockbuster bullish on DVD rentals, could hike rates to support upgrades http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/Sep 24th 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/Sep 25th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/They feel that they can cut CSR hours, lower raises to 15 cents a year, and still keep "high quality" employees that go out of their way for customers.
BBV has turned into a revolving door the last few years I was there.
A person would get hired, realize how much work had to be done (due to low staff) and end up leaving 3 months later.
An average store would go through 8 new employees in a year.
Now with the economy the way it is, I've heard my old store is doing about 12% less revenue, only has 2 manager, and now closes at 10pm instead of midnight.
Thank God I was able to get out of there 3 years ago.]]>Sep 25th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/Sep 25th 2008 5:09AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/Sep 25th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/Sep 25th 2008 7:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/
BB has been on Blu-ray's jock from the get go pretty much and they still lack a decent Hi-Def library. So much for promoting a format they appear to half heartedly support. I know it will take time to catch up due to movies not yet appearing on Blu-ray or due to how voluminous a venture it all is to rebuild a film library, but why doesn't BB have any and all recently released movies on Blu-ray? Very very suspect and very very cheap. Pretty annoying. Plus they might as well drop their game rentals if they are only sure to have say a Star Wars game on launch but Brothers in Arms a week later to never. Seriously annoying.

In the end and currently, Netflix is losing for me only because of wait time, but then again BB Online has been slacking regardless which makes it almost like not having a BM option, speed of service and or Hi-Def movie watching options. If only I could get Netflix & Gamefly at around what I pay for BBO service now.]]>Sep 25th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/
No, it does not! When are you download fanboys going to realize that digital downloads are currently NOT a threat to physical media? With more and more ISPs enabling draconian bandwidth caps and with broadband still far from reaching the majority of people (at least in the U.S.), downloads are nowhere close to threatening physical media, even in rental, no matter how often Engadget and its readers try to make it look differently.]]>Sep 25th 2008 8:29AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/Sep 25th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/
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Sounds like you have a gripe.]]>Sep 25th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/blockbuster-bullish-on-dvd-rentals-could-hike-rates-to-support/
Time-Warner is testing 40GB caps.

Cox has a maximum 60/15 cap. http://www.cox.com/lasvegas/highspeedinternet/pricing.asp

Telus has a 60 GB consumer cap. http://broadbandreports.net/faq/telus/all#10282

Shaw Cable - 100 GB

Bell Canada recently got into a lot of hot water for proposing bandwidth caps on their *resellers*!

And you are completely ignoring other functions like Internet TV, which is starting to take off. If people start to use their PC as their TV and they like to watch a lot of it, you can bet that there will be issues.

I love how people talk about the "now" when it comes to bandwidth caps but never take into consideration the future.]]>Sep 25th 2008 5:23PM