Arrow Player

[Schlockmeister]

And that's why god created VPNs.

BTW, the address is:

https://www.arrow-player.com/

I subcribed today for a year. To think that for 5 meager bucks a month you get access to such a treasure trove, and a free month trial to boot. I've been waiting my whole life for this golden age of cheap home access to tons of movies.

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by Schlockmeister

And that's why god created VPNs.

BTW, the address is:

https://www.arrow-player.com/

I subcribed today for a year. To think that for 5 meager bucks a month you get access to such a treasure trove, and a free month trial to boot. I've been waiting my whole life for this golden age of cheap home access to tons of movies.

I actually considered this today.....I decided against it.
I already have "Shudder", which is a AMC-provided service of ad-free horror movies for $6 a month (cheaper per-month yearly if you choose). I've had Shudder for the past couple of years and looking at the lists, Arrow has many of the SAME titles Shudder had/has. Both have "exclusives" presumably tied to each service. So my "choice" came down to two principals.
1) Am I happy with "Shudder" enough to continue? (YES)
2) Does Arrow offer Joe Bob Briggs "The Last Drive-In" series and or marathons? (NO)
Arrow's exclusives are "their own" titles from what I saw, well iTunes sell those sometimes at great sales of $2.99/$3.99 (I got Bloodsucking Freaks through iTunes) so I'll keep Shudder and buy any Arrow titles that peak my interest.

[Schlockmeister]

I really wish Kino Lorber (https://kinonow.com/) would go this route instead of rental/purchase.

SVOD over TVOD all the way.

[Bourne1886]

Originally Posted by Schlockmeister

I really wish Kino Lorber (https://kinonow.com/) would go this route instead of rental/purchase.

SVOD over TVOD all the way.

No, have the best of both worlds, not one exclusively over the other in my book. Let’s keep physical releases going. I’d rather be able to pick something off my shelf to watch than rely on streaming. That way it can’t be taken away from you etc.

[Schlockmeister]

Who said anything about exclusively? ARROW is keeping their physical releases going, AND starting this SVOD at the same time.

And so could Kino if they chose to.

[Bourne1886]

Originally Posted by Schlockmeister

Who said anything about exclusively? ARROW is keeping their physical releases going, AND starting this SVOD at the same time.

And so could Kino if they chose to.

The way you worded it sounded like you wanted it like that.

[Schlockmeister]

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear.

By "rental/purchase", I was refering to the digital copies you can get at https://kinonow.com, Kino Lorber's digital service, which is a totally different model to https://www.arrow-player.com/

With Arrow, for a monthly flat fee, you can see all the movies you want.

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by Bourne1886

The way you worded it sounded like you wanted it like that.

I'd prefer "choices" as opposed to "this is how it's delivered, take it or leave it!".
The reason the streaming industry is SO MUCH better than the cable industry is the amount of choices the viewer has. Cable is run by territorially mandated monopolies, this may have been necessary to get the masses connected in the 60's and 70's, but today its both archaic and too expensive to maintain. If a cable company HAS to upgrade its reception equipment to get stations going from VHF/UHF to digital (as they did in 2009) its a major infrastructure upgrade. Go from SD to HD, another major upgrade. Expand channel capacity, major upgrade. These cost millions of dollars and every head-end on the local level has to comply or be left out. The BIG companies like "C" & "C" may subsidize the locals ability to comply, but most of the U.S. cable companies are smaller entities and don't have the convenience of being owned by large telecoms, networks, movie studios, etc.

Streaming, the infrastructure for the most part is already in-place and maintained by "others" (Cisco, AWS, Sun, Veritas, etc.) so the responsibility for delivery is "get it on the 'net" as opposed to making sure the connection stays stable/constant from origin to the residence. There is no limitation of a "vendor" and if you decide to change vendors you can do that month-to-month as opposed to a "multi-year agreement".