Getting Tough to Rent Blu-rays

[Hayabusa85]

Glad I stopped renting the day I got home and found what I rented was literally covered in shit. Sucks for people that do still rent though.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Hayabusa85

Glad I stopped renting the day I got home and found what I rented was literally covered in shit. Sucks for people that do still rent though.

WTF?

[Old Bones]

If options like Netflix don't go 1080p they to will fail

[JoeDeM]

Originally Posted by Old Bones

If options like Netflix don't go 1080p they to will fail

It's not about quality, it's about convenience, people who download want it quick and cheap, and just good enough.

[Old Bones]

Originally Posted by JoeDeM

It's not about quality, it's about convenience, people who download want it quick and cheap, and just good enough.

Maybe for you , not me , I won't pay to watch inferior product

[BohemianGraham]

As much as I care about PQ, I'll watch downloads of a film before I buy it, whenever I'm hesitant about purchasing something. That way, I know if the film is worth getting because, I place the film itself above the price and/or PQ. PQ is important, but I'd rather have the film to watch. Is PQ really that much of an issue for people who are looking to "try it before you buy it?" For me, the boost in PQ is just a bonus once I get a film I really like on BD after watching a download/streaming copy.

[JoeDeM]

Originally Posted by Old Bones

Maybe for you , not me , I won't pay to watch inferior product

Not for me either, I'm with you and agree 100%

[McHugh]

The blu-rays I rent are always new releases that I did not see in a theatre. For example, two days ago I rented Cowboys and Aliens. With tax it cost me $6.29. To buy it would have cost me almost $30. Having now seen it, I'm glad I rented it. I have never rented a blu-ray that was in poor condition, the worst being finger prints. In fact if you rent the day a movie is released you get a disk that has not been used.

I'm not that knowledgeable about NetFlix but it is my understanding that the quality is not that good when compared to blu-ray. In addition, don't you view it on a PC monitor? The whole point of having a home theatre set up and 60 inch 1080P television is so that I can watch movies in the highest possible quality and sound.

Hopefully the three remaining Rogers in Calgary stay open because even though I buy blu-rays there are a lot of movies that I most likely will only watch once and have a retail price still in excess of $25.

[Hayabusa85]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

WTF?

The movie was located right by the bathroom so obviously somebody decided it would be funny to shit on it I guess. And they didn't open it to check it when I rented it so it wasn't until I got home that I realized. And of course when I went back with it you could tell they thought I did it which just made it even worse. So between being disgusted for obvious reasons and annoyed that they were looking at me like I did it I made the decision to never rent again even though I knew the odds of it happening again were slim to none. And even by the time that happened I was only renting movies since back then they were insisting on sticking those silver stickers on games which were known to damage systems.

[InMyTree]

Originally Posted by Hayabusa85

Glad I stopped renting the day I got home and found what I rented was literally covered in shit. Sucks for people that do still rent though.

Yikes!

[LaszBluRay]

As funny as it sounds, these days I get my blu-rays from the public library. You can go online and order movies, of course the line-up for new releases is long, but you can get older movies and odd ones very quickly. Sometimes they have good movies on the shelves too.

I used to rent movies a lot (VOD just doesn't cut it), but after Blockbusters and the nearby Rogers closing down it's long trip to the Millrise Rogers.