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re: Long before Netflix and chill.. there was Blockbuster and chill
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:14 am to oleyeller
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:14 am to oleyeller
I don't know why but there was something about the blockbuster case the tape came in like it was gold. I lost that feeling when they had all dvds with the clear case. That was the routine every Friday night I go get a movie and a sega genesis game and my dad got the new movie.
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Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:17 am to oleyeller
Blockbuster every Friday for the awesome new movie and video game rentals.
Movie Gallery on Thursdays for the 5 older movies for 5 days deal.
Movie Gallery on Thursdays for the 5 older movies for 5 days deal.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:22 am to oleyeller
Blockbuster is a valuable business lesson, too. The most dominant force in the home rental market - there was no good reason for Netflix to eliminate them.
Blockbuster was late to the streaming game. They were short-sighted and saw their value in their locations and their inventory. They were the convenience stores of home video, getting the upsells with candy and other impulse purchases at the registers. Netflix realized that the best location was folks' living rooms or PC screens. With much less overhead, they didn't need to make up that difference by upselling/impulse selling a bunch of crap. By the time Dish bought what was left of Blockbuster, it was too late.
On the other hand, Netflix itself has rapidly evolved from a mail-order DVD rental service to a producer of original content. Both changing the way folks watch television (binging was a thing before, but folks were buying season sets - not as easy to start on a whim - one had to order or find those discs) AND how television content is even produced and released now (entire seasons at one time).
Although everyone could see "on demand" was the wave of the future in the 1990s, certainly by the late 1990s, even the cable networks were slow to that game - keeping their traditional schedules and 1950s business model.
Blockbuster was late to the streaming game. They were short-sighted and saw their value in their locations and their inventory. They were the convenience stores of home video, getting the upsells with candy and other impulse purchases at the registers. Netflix realized that the best location was folks' living rooms or PC screens. With much less overhead, they didn't need to make up that difference by upselling/impulse selling a bunch of crap. By the time Dish bought what was left of Blockbuster, it was too late.
On the other hand, Netflix itself has rapidly evolved from a mail-order DVD rental service to a producer of original content. Both changing the way folks watch television (binging was a thing before, but folks were buying season sets - not as easy to start on a whim - one had to order or find those discs) AND how television content is even produced and released now (entire seasons at one time).
Although everyone could see "on demand" was the wave of the future in the 1990s, certainly by the late 1990s, even the cable networks were slow to that game - keeping their traditional schedules and 1950s business model.
This post was edited on 2/18/16 at 10:23 am
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:23 am to oleyeller
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This wasn't even that long ago. Is it worthy of a nostalgia thread?
no one said nostalgia, i just said this was done before netflix and chill bro. And how many teens today have seen the inside of a blockbuster i wonder!
Actually I think blockbuster is a perfect example of 90s- early 2000s nostalgia.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:43 am to oleyeller
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Long before Netflix and chill.. there was Blockbuster and chill
Yeah I have a memory too.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:55 am to oleyeller
10 years from now we'll have a Redbox nostalgia thread. I do not know how those make money
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:58 am to CunningLinguist
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I do not know how those make money
From people like my wife who rent a movie, forget they have it and return it a week later
Posted on 2/18/16 at 10:58 am to oleyeller
Blockbuster was the best college job ever. I miss that shite. It was always hilarious when people would try to come in and dispute late fees for the softcore Cinemax skin flicks.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:08 am to KG6
There used to be a blockbuster on state Street? Didn't know that
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:09 am to oleyeller
We still have a National Video in my town. I go there about once a month with wife and kids. I still just like to walk the walls looking at any different movies I might want to see. It is the only rental place around besides Redbox.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:10 am to oleyeller
When I was a kid I would get so excited to go to the movie store
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:15 am to oleyeller
Friday nights for my kids meant me walking in the door with pizza boxes and Blockbuster movies.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:22 am to slacker130
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But do remember the days of renting the VCR? You had to put down a ridiculous deposit, grab this giant suitcase VCR and rent a few movies or laser discs.
When I got out of college and had my first real job, my day off ritual was to rent a player and two movies and pick up a giant bag of popcorn at the popcorn store on the way home.
Can you imagine having to unscrew your coax cable from your TV every time you wanted to watch a movie today?
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:48 am to oleyeller
Every now and then I go to Hastings and rent movies. It's very nostalgic.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:50 am to CunningLinguist
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10 years from now we'll have a Redbox nostalgia thread. I do not know how those make money
The key is low overhead, baw. It's a vending machine route. I cat with a truck can cover 1000 machines.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:57 am to PrideofTheSEC
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There used to be a blockbuster on state Street? Didn't know that
I think it's a Chipotle now. Haven't been back to the north side in a while. I remember when that closed, it was the mark where I realized video stores were dead.
Netflix has done a good job jumping on the streaming bandwagon. I really hated their mail stuff and thought Blockbuster was going to win out due to being able to return to the store and get a free movie (goes to show how much I sat around watching movies in college. God I miss not having a job or responsibility). But they adapted to a newer market. I still hate Netflix for actual movies, but their original content isn't too shabby.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 12:08 pm to Pax Regis
GFY
Posted on 2/18/16 at 12:14 pm to oleyeller
I remember renting the new Nintendo 64 with Mario Kart and 2 controllers from Blockbuster before I actually bought the console.
One of my greatest investments ever btw.
One of my greatest investments ever btw.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 2:39 pm to Polar Pop
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From people like my wife who rent a movie, forget they have it and return it a week later
Edit to add: and expect me to return it but never told me we had it in the first place.
I've paid some hellacious fees for shitty chick flicks no one ever watched.
Posted on 2/18/16 at 11:57 pm to roadGator
Phil A Sheo, you talking about The Video Place?!
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