Hollywood Video - Blu-ray Forum

RickM · 07-20-2008, 04:36 AM

Here in my city in Minnesota, both Blockbusters have closed and the two Hollywood Video stores remain. I see that they are now finally promoting Bluray on their website. I hope to see more than one BD copy of Bank Job on the shelves in my city. It looks like they will be offering a bit more of a selection, and hopefully some catalog titles. Right now in this store, it's like crowding in at the 5x8 porno rental section of the old VHS rental stores..lol

But, I was surprised today when I rented Vantage Point and Ruins that they asked for additional money for a damage deposit. They can't repair Bluray discs that fail onsite apparently.

Also, the whole staff has turned over including the long time manager in a single week. It makes me wonder who is winning the retail DVD rental battle Blockbuster? Netflix? Hollywood?

What is the state of Bluray selection for rent where you live? Which store?

jq71586 · 07-20-2008, 04:41 AM

We have one Hollywood video and one Blockbuster. The blockbuster has a bad selection (less than 20 movies) but charges a reasonable price. Hollywood has a much greater selection, but charges 8 dollars and change for a blu rental. So... I don't rent blus at all. I just buy now.

ArieS · 07-20-2008, 07:21 AM

Wow, this is crazy.
Here in SoCal, between Netflix and Blockbuster you can get anything on BD for really cheap. I feel for you guys...

gnash · 07-20-2008, 07:29 AM

I have three BBV's within ten minutes of me and one Hollywood Video. I think if you combined BB's Blus you might have half the selection Hollywood has. I think I pay $4.99 per BD rental at Hollywood.

Mr.Sparkle · 07-20-2008, 07:31 AM

I rent from BlockBuster alot, I have the $12 a month thing where they send me unlimited movies in the mail (one at a time though) and I can rent 2 in the store at a time (good for DVD or BluRay), it's fairly cheap and my local blockbuster has alot of blurays, 100+ titles, almost all of the "new releases" and a good amount of catalog titles, while the website has pretty much EVERY single bluray, long waits on some of the new ones though. I can rent anywhere from 5-8 movies a month, so I'd say it's worth the money and I really only buy blurays that I REALLY want to own and watch many times.

gnash · 07-20-2008, 07:40 AM

Not relevant to the thread, but ArieS...are you totally deadset on Romo, because I hear Favre's available.

aviman33 · 07-20-2008, 12:06 PM

We have (1) Blockbuster within 20 minutes and (2) within 20 minutes. The closest store just went Blu a few months ago, so their selection is terrible. The other (2) have a pretty good selection. Even though I'm a gold card member and I can call and have them hold titles, it's still a PIA to drive 20 minutes one way to pick them up.

BTW, the nearest Hollywood is 1 hour away.

EvanX · 07-20-2008, 12:09 PM

Our Hollywood video closed 6 months ago....all we have are Blockbusters, which I refuse to rent at. So....we don't rent anything anymore.

jj5206 · 07-20-2008, 01:27 PM

we have 2 hollywoods, 3 blockbusters, and 3 family videos.

I go to one of the hollywood videos (its by my dads office) and it is always packed and always has a lot of the movies off the shelf and has a wide selection for blu's. And they don't ask for a damage deposit unless they just started doing that this week.

The blockbuster also has a smaller selection of blu's but still a lot.

Family video wont get blu until its mainstream, and quoting the manager. "Nobody has a blu-ray player now, so why would we sell the discs. We don't want to loose money."

Personally when its around 5 bucks to rent a blu at blockbuster and four something at hollywood, i think im just going to get netflix.

RickM · 07-20-2008, 03:08 PM

Thanks for the info folks. My "release" dates for all movies are when the DVD is released. I never go to the theaters anymore. I'd be willing to bet that most of you don't either. Going out on a limb, I'll bet most of us have systems that are superior (size vs space) and certainly much more convenient than going to theaters.

That's why I even bother to rent. I haven't seen Doomsday or nay other titles just hitting DVD in the next few weeks, so I want to see the movie before I buy.

Also, for you Hollywood Video rental people. Every year around Christmas, they sell their calendars for 3 bucks. In those calendars, are a 2 for 1 rental coupon for each month of the year. So I buy 2 calendars and have two 2 for 1 coupons for each month. If a Bluray title isn't in stock I rent the standard DVD and if I like, I'm off to buy it in Blu.

dagon01 · 07-20-2008, 03:37 PM

There isn't a Hollywood Video within an hour of me unless you count all the shuttered ones.

The 1 Blockbuster has a good selection although their new releases have been coming in late the last few weeks.(they did have The Mummy returns for rent 2 weeks before release but I didn't rent it because they didn't have the first one yet).

DealsR4theDevil · 07-20-2008, 03:55 PM

Hollywood Video is run by a bunch of morons. I've worked there for 4 years and ever since Mark Wattles sold the company it has been one bad decision after another.

Oh and BTW, did any of your local Hollywoods ask u for a 25 cent donation lately? Cuz exactly 0% of that is a donation.

RickM · 07-20-2008, 04:03 PM

The only donations at Hollywood, is where they put your name on a little cut out paper rabbit or show and put it in the window for some cause.

I was unhappy that they stopped the dollar credit for early return of a rental, and now the Blurays have a manditory damage deposit, that they just seemed to have started.

Thanks for the info, I miss the old staff and policies there. I used to be like Norm going into Cheers, now they ask me for ID.. so sad

ArieS · 07-20-2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnash

Not relevant to the thread, but ArieS...are you totally deadset on Romo, because I hear Favre's available.

Hehe, I'm really curious to where Favre will end up...

Blu-ray Fanatic · 07-20-2008, 07:00 PM

OMG! Hollywood Video is definitely going down the wrong path with its Damage Coverage fees and false donations. I haven't been to my local Hollywood because of the following reason(s): They are expensive, no subscription plan, and everything else is from the complaints of this thread.

By the way, Hollywood called me about a month ago and was asking why I dont visit very often. Hmmmm I wonder why.

Chevypower · 07-20-2008, 07:06 PM

i am on first month membership at local Hollywood store, so get them for $2.50 - only rentable for 5 day periods. Once it ends, and goes up to $5, i will stop renting, might check out Blockbuster, if that's expensive, i will try Netflix. I don't want to buy every movie, there are not many movies I like to watch over and over again.

Scorch · 07-21-2008, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

OMG! Hollywood Video is definitely going down the wrong path with its Damage Coverage fees and false donations. I haven't been to my local Hollywood because of the following reason(s): They are expensive, no subscription plan, and everything else is from the complaints of this thread.

By the way, Hollywood called me about a month ago and was asking why I dont visit very often. Hmmmm I wonder why.

They have MVP plans where you can have X number of movies out at a time.. depending on how much you pay. Netflix is cheaper, though

cjl_04 · 07-21-2008, 01:35 PM

i work at movie gallery which bought the chain of hollywood videos we have a pretty good selection of blu rays the problem is i dont think we have enough of the "older" titles.

jq71586 · 07-21-2008, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorch

They have MVP plans where you can have X number of movies out at a time.. depending on how much you pay. Netflix is cheaper, though

Yeah, I have the MVP plan. Netflix is cheaper, but my Hollywood is only a couple minutes away so it works out for me. The MVP plan used the cover blus, but now they don't. I remember the last blu I rented was Sunshine, the first day it came out.

alexakajeff · 07-21-2008, 07:13 PM

I have 4 Blockbuster and no Hollywood Video. Their renting selection is great, but their on sale stuff is terrible. Everything is $34.99 and they only have releases that were either just released or were released a month ago.

07-20-2008, 04:36 AM	#1
RickM Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Minnesota	Hollywood Video Here in my city in Minnesota, both Blockbusters have closed and the two Hollywood Video stores remain. I see that they are now finally promoting Bluray on their website. I hope to see more than one BD copy of Bank Job on the shelves in my city. It looks like they will be offering a bit more of a selection, and hopefully some catalog titles. Right now in this store, it's like crowding in at the 5x8 porno rental section of the old VHS rental stores..lol But, I was surprised today when I rented Vantage Point and Ruins that they asked for additional money for a damage deposit. They can't repair Bluray discs that fail onsite apparently. Also, the whole staff has turned over including the long time manager in a single week. It makes me wonder who is winning the retail DVD rental battle Blockbuster? Netflix? Hollywood? What is the state of Bluray selection for rent where you live? Which store?

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07-20-2008, 04:41 AM	#2
jq71586 Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Fall River, MA Blu-ray collection:55 Trading Score:29	We have one Hollywood video and one Blockbuster. The blockbuster has a bad selection (less than 20 movies) but charges a reasonable price. Hollywood has a much greater selection, but charges 8 dollars and change for a blu rental. So... I don't rent blus at all. I just buy now.

07-20-2008, 07:21 AM	#3
ArieS Special Member Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Portland, OR 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:33	Wow, this is crazy. Here in SoCal, between Netflix and Blockbuster you can get anything on BD for really cheap. I feel for you guys...

07-20-2008, 07:29 AM	#4
gnash Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI	I have three BBV's within ten minutes of me and one Hollywood Video. I think if you combined BB's Blus you might have half the selection Hollywood has. I think I pay $4.99 per BD rental at Hollywood.

07-20-2008, 07:31 AM	#5
Mr.Sparkle Senior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:54 DVD collection:78	I rent from BlockBuster alot, I have the $12 a month thing where they send me unlimited movies in the mail (one at a time though) and I can rent 2 in the store at a time (good for DVD or BluRay), it's fairly cheap and my local blockbuster has alot of blurays, 100+ titles, almost all of the "new releases" and a good amount of catalog titles, while the website has pretty much EVERY single bluray, long waits on some of the new ones though. I can rent anywhere from 5-8 movies a month, so I'd say it's worth the money and I really only buy blurays that I REALLY want to own and watch many times.

07-20-2008, 07:40 AM	#6
gnash Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI	Not relevant to the thread, but ArieS...are you totally deadset on Romo, because I hear Favre's available.

07-20-2008, 12:06 PM	#7
aviman33 Banned Member since:Jan 2008	We have (1) Blockbuster within 20 minutes and (2) within 20 minutes. The closest store just went Blu a few months ago, so their selection is terrible. The other (2) have a pretty good selection. Even though I'm a gold card member and I can call and have them hold titles, it's still a PIA to drive 20 minutes one way to pick them up. BTW, the nearest Hollywood is 1 hour away.

07-20-2008, 12:09 PM	#8
EvanX Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Michigan Blu-ray collection:47	Our Hollywood video closed 6 months ago....all we have are Blockbusters, which I refuse to rent at. So....we don't rent anything anymore.

07-20-2008, 01:27 PM	#9
jj5206 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Illinois Home Theater Gallery:22 4K collection:36 Blu-ray collection:243 DVD collection:288 Digital collection:238	we have 2 hollywoods, 3 blockbusters, and 3 family videos. I go to one of the hollywood videos (its by my dads office) and it is always packed and always has a lot of the movies off the shelf and has a wide selection for blu's. And they don't ask for a damage deposit unless they just started doing that this week. The blockbuster also has a smaller selection of blu's but still a lot. Family video wont get blu until its mainstream, and quoting the manager. "Nobody has a blu-ray player now, so why would we sell the discs. We don't want to loose money." Personally when its around 5 bucks to rent a blu at blockbuster and four something at hollywood, i think im just going to get netflix.

07-20-2008, 03:08 PM	#10
RickM Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Minnesota	Thanks for the info folks. My "release" dates for all movies are when the DVD is released. I never go to the theaters anymore. I'd be willing to bet that most of you don't either. Going out on a limb, I'll bet most of us have systems that are superior (size vs space) and certainly much more convenient than going to theaters. That's why I even bother to rent. I haven't seen Doomsday or nay other titles just hitting DVD in the next few weeks, so I want to see the movie before I buy. Also, for you Hollywood Video rental people. Every year around Christmas, they sell their calendars for 3 bucks. In those calendars, are a 2 for 1 rental coupon for each month of the year. So I buy 2 calendars and have two 2 for 1 coupons for each month. If a Bluray title isn't in stock I rent the standard DVD and if I like, I'm off to buy it in Blu.

07-20-2008, 03:37 PM	#11
dagon01 Member Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	There isn't a Hollywood Video within an hour of me unless you count all the shuttered ones. The 1 Blockbuster has a good selection although their new releases have been coming in late the last few weeks.(they did have The Mummy returns for rent 2 weeks before release but I didn't rent it because they didn't have the first one yet).

07-20-2008, 03:55 PM	#12
DealsR4theDevil Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Trading Score:76	Hollywood Video is run by a bunch of morons. I've worked there for 4 years and ever since Mark Wattles sold the company it has been one bad decision after another. Oh and BTW, did any of your local Hollywoods ask u for a 25 cent donation lately? Cuz exactly 0% of that is a donation.

07-20-2008, 04:03 PM	#13
RickM Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Minnesota	The only donations at Hollywood, is where they put your name on a little cut out paper rabbit or show and put it in the window for some cause. I was unhappy that they stopped the dollar credit for early return of a rental, and now the Blurays have a manditory damage deposit, that they just seemed to have started. Thanks for the info, I miss the old staff and policies there. I used to be like Norm going into Cheers, now they ask me for ID.. so sad

07-20-2008, 07:00 PM	#15
Blu-ray Fanatic Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:San Antonio Blu-ray reviews:1	OMG! Hollywood Video is definitely going down the wrong path with its Damage Coverage fees and false donations. I haven't been to my local Hollywood because of the following reason(s): They are expensive, no subscription plan, and everything else is from the complaints of this thread. By the way, Hollywood called me about a month ago and was asking why I dont visit very often. Hmmmm I wonder why.

07-20-2008, 07:06 PM	#16
Chevypower Special Member Member since:Feb 2008	i am on first month membership at local Hollywood store, so get them for $2.50 - only rentable for 5 day periods. Once it ends, and goes up to $5, i will stop renting, might check out Blockbuster, if that's expensive, i will try Netflix. I don't want to buy every movie, there are not many movies I like to watch over and over again.

07-21-2008, 01:35 PM	#18
cjl_04 Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Lubbock, TX Blu-ray collection:633 Blu-ray reviews:1	i work at movie gallery which bought the chain of hollywood videos we have a pretty good selection of blu rays the problem is i dont think we have enough of the "older" titles.

07-21-2008, 07:13 PM	#20
alexakajeff Banned Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray reviews:2	I have 4 Blockbuster and no Hollywood Video. Their renting selection is great, but their on sale stuff is terrible. Everything is $34.99 and they only have releases that were either just released or were released a month ago.

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