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JimShaw · 09-02-2009, 05:27 AM

I received a Blu from Netflix (New In Town) and was surprised to see at the start of the Blu up popped an ad for Overstock.com.

I have never seen an ad on a Blu or a DVD.

Is this something new or have I been blind? If it is new, maybe they can now start dropping prices?????

jkwest · 09-02-2009, 05:36 AM

maybe

steve_dave · 09-02-2009, 06:20 AM

Well,

I forget which movie it is but instead of previews...its one of those "Truth" ads for anti-smoking. I'd take the ad for Overstock.com over a forced PSA.

KingBing · 09-02-2009, 01:21 PM

I have never seen anything like that on any Blu's that I have watched. I will look for it though.

DC_Street · 09-02-2009, 07:25 PM

so Netflix charges you more for Blu-Ray and then you have to watch ads so they can make even more money off of you? wow

JimShaw · 09-02-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DC_Street

so Netflix charges you more for Blu-Ray and then you have to watch ads so they can make even more money off of you? wow

That is what I was thinking. OR is it Neflix or the maker of the Blu? Is it on Blu's only or on DVD's also?

DC_Street · 09-02-2009, 08:49 PM

the more I think about it the more I think that it could be possibly be just the rental blu-rays in general. Maybe this is something new they are going to start doing so they studios can make more money off of rentals since obviously they make a smaller %age of profit when giving rights to a rental vs the amount of profit they make off of selling a blu-ray to a customer.

then again when I was with Netflix I remember each envelope had a ad of some sort inside of it and I think overstock was one of them so it could just be a new Netflix trick to gain a larger profit margin.

steve_dave · 09-03-2009, 12:48 AM

No, its not Netflix's doing.

The retail sale version of New in Town also has the Overstock.com commercial.

NJ_RAMS_FAN · 09-03-2009, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by steve_dave

No, its not Netflix's doing.

The retail sale version of New in Town also has the Overstock.com commercial.

overstock.com? WTF!.. lol.. I hate the previews already. especially the ones that you can't skip.

iori · 09-03-2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by steve_dave

No, its not Netflix's doing.

The retail sale version of New in Town also has the Overstock.com commercial.

Terrible

JimShaw · 09-03-2009, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JHM

Terrible

Agreed unless they start dropping the prices down to 19.99

09-02-2009, 05:27 AM	#1
JimShaw Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Menifee, CA 4K collection:49 Blu-ray collection:1069 Trading Score:141	Is this new on Blu? I received a Blu from Netflix (New In Town) and was surprised to see at the start of the Blu up popped an ad for Overstock.com. I have never seen an ad on a Blu or a DVD. Is this something new or have I been blind? If it is new, maybe they can now start dropping prices?????

09-02-2009, 05:36 AM	#2
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	maybe

09-02-2009, 06:20 AM	#3
steve_dave Blu-ray Duke Member since:Nov 2008 Trading Score:21	Well, I forget which movie it is but instead of previews...its one of those "Truth" ads for anti-smoking. I'd take the ad for Overstock.com over a forced PSA.

09-02-2009, 01:21 PM	#4
KingBing Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Boston, MA PSN: KingBing Blu-ray collection:224 Blu-ray reviews:20	I have never seen anything like that on any Blu's that I have watched. I will look for it though.

09-02-2009, 07:25 PM	#5
DC_Street Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:43	so Netflix charges you more for Blu-Ray and then you have to watch ads so they can make even more money off of you? wow

09-02-2009, 08:49 PM	#7
DC_Street Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:43	the more I think about it the more I think that it could be possibly be just the rental blu-rays in general. Maybe this is something new they are going to start doing so they studios can make more money off of rentals since obviously they make a smaller %age of profit when giving rights to a rental vs the amount of profit they make off of selling a blu-ray to a customer. then again when I was with Netflix I remember each envelope had a ad of some sort inside of it and I think overstock was one of them so it could just be a new Netflix trick to gain a larger profit margin.

09-03-2009, 12:48 AM	#8
steve_dave Blu-ray Duke Member since:Nov 2008 Trading Score:21	No, its not Netflix's doing. The retail sale version of New in Town also has the Overstock.com commercial.

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