Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Netflix to Shutter Legacy DVD-by-Mail Business



https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...0f0740c6f56c40

Kinda sad.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Netflix to Shutter Legacy DVD-by-Mail Business



https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...0f0740c6f56c40

Gamefly should come in and scoop up that remaining audience. Netflix never did add 4K disc rentals to their offerings. Not that it mattered, but if they had, I would have adjusted my plan. Redbox, Gamefly, and what few remaining mom and pop rental shops left will have that segment of the disc rental market all to themselves now.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Gamefly should come in and scoop up that remaining audience. Netflix never did add 4K disc rentals to their offerings. Not that it mattered, but if they had, I would have adjusted my plan. Redbox, Gamefly, and what few remaining mom and pop rental shops left will have that segment of the disc rental market all to themselves now.

Redbox

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Ender14

Still haven't seen either Terrifier movie. Trailers didn't really interest me. Are they actually quality movies or is it just basic straight-to-video exploitation fare?

Haven't seen the first one but I liked the second one. The clown has so much character without saying anything.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Redbox

I read Redbox is installing 1500 kiosks at General Dollar Stores.

[kfbkfb]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/busi...274467995.html
^^^
After 25 years of operation, Netflix announced Tuesday that 2023 will see the end of the DVD rental service...


Guess I'll have to go with my plan B:
Subscribe to a streaming service for a month or 2, binge watch all the content I'm interested in, cancel, move to another streaming service and repeat.


Kirk Bayne

[bhampton]

Redbox at the dollar store will be interesting. I would like to see them survive.

They have been pulled from grocery stores and Walmarts in my area.

I just bought 4 movies at a dollar store for $2.14 total so I would be checking what’s in store before using the Redbox. What is in store is not new release and some rent and rip Redbox users don’t tend to even want the hard copy.

I’ve seen some used movies at the dollar store and I wonder if they will work with Redbox to take some of the used discs.

I’m sure Netflix is in a death spiral. They will only be streaming and will never be the essential app for streaming. That said, it’s such a poorly managed company it’s long overdue. The habit of raising prices while degrading service is a hard sell. And NF originals are often unwatchable.

[Ender14]

If you're an Insidious fan you should check this out https://www.youtube.com/live/DHrtasmkrV8?feature=share. It's been running since last night and they respond to comments as a demon. Pretty cool marketing.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Gamefly should come in and scoop up that remaining audience.

If publicly traded it would be interesting to see if the Netflix announcement would have sent their shares up.

For me it will end > 17 years of monthly payments to Netflix (disc and streaming). AFAIK Netflix never did disc by mail outside the US.

Will checkout what Gamefly offers.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by kfbkfb

Subscribe to a streaming service for a month or 2, binge watch all the content I'm interested in, cancel, move to another streaming service and repeat.

Been doing this since the beginning with all except Netflix. In September Netflix streaming will get the permeate axe, would have already done except for one series the spouse watches.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

If publicly traded it would be interesting to see if the Netflix announcement would have sent their shares up.

For me it will end > 17 years of monthly payments to Netflix (disc and streaming). AFAIK Netflix never did disc by mail outside the US.

Will checkout what Gamefly offers.

They have a pretty good selection of 4K disc material. I have Cool Hand Luke and Plane arriving on 4K disc today. You can also get a lot of used 4K discs for under $10.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Anyone here ever used 4K Blu-ray 4U (here) for disc rental? had them bookmarked for quite sometime but never used.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Anyone here ever used 4K Blu-ray 4U (here) for disc rental? had them bookmarked for quite sometime but never used.

Never heard of them.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Never heard of them.

Used to have several small, independent rental sites bookmarked but I never used. Most are gone now . One site even specialized in 3D titles.

[Steedeel]

Watched Mulholland Drive in 4K tonight. Pristine looking with punchy, clear audio.

Film is a delight of course.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Ender14

If you're an Insidious fan you should check this out https://www.youtube.com/live/DHrtasmkrV8?feature=share. It's been running since last night and they respond to comments as a demon. Pretty cool marketing.

The video isn't playing anymore. Too bad. I've seen all the movies except for the first and saw the last two in theaters. Glad the first is getting a UHD release.

[alchav21]

Well it's Official made my Spectrum News, Netflix out of DVD Market. What do you guys think now, will it change any of your future plans? Like backing up your Disc Players!

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...y-mail-service

[cheez avenger]

Plane on 4K disc rocked! So much fun and the 4K DV was near reference, but the Atmos was reference.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Well it's Official made my Spectrum News, Netflix out of DVD Market. What do you guys think now, will it change any of your future plans? Like backing up your Disc Players!

One disc player and a conputer usb disc reader is all I need for now.

Whatever Netflix does has makes no difference to me. ESP after ending the disc rental part of the service which I haven’t used in many years.I have access to several streaming services and Netflix is the bottom feeder.

Enjoying The Last Thing He Told Me on ATV+ and looking forward to being Ghosted by Ana de Armas tomorrow.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by bhampton

I have access to several streaming services and Netflix is the bottom feeder.

Agree.

At onetime we had several SVOD active, as of yesterday only have Prime (includes shipping) active all the rest or dormant or will soon be. Have several AVOD or FAST accounts but never use them.