Comments on: DVD Sales Continue to Drop, Rentals on the Rise

By: High-Def Discs Need a Blu Christmas in ‘09 | Inside Redbox

High-Def Discs Need a Blu Christmas in ‘09 | Inside Redbox — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:51:40 +0000

[...] all the doom and gloom surrounding DVD retail these days, it’s nice to get some good news every now and then. [...]

By: Blockbuster to Move Away from Rentals as Primary Business Model | Inside Redbox

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:34:15 +0000

[...] by Shane Smith on Oct 02, 2009 under news A popular topic here at Inside Redbox has been the cratering of DVD sales as rentals become more popular. It appears, however, that Blockbuster Video plans to buck that [...]

By: A New First for Video-on-Demand | Inside Redbox

A New First for Video-on-Demand | Inside Redbox — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:13:12 +0000

[...] than DVDs do, and the studio is trying to help the format gain traction without impacting already ailing DVD sales. In the Atlanta test, the studio promoted the releases to customers, by saying, “Watch on [...]

By: sandy

sandy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:29:17 +0000

I never paid full price for a dvd. Used is just as good as new that’s why we have E-Bay And Amazon and pawn shops and yard sales and cable and yes Redbox. My point is people are not walking into Walmart and paying full price for a dvd they can get cheaper anywhere else and who’s going to pay full price and then some at a movie theatre. The movie industry needs to start putting the blame on themselfs. Someone dropped the ball and know it’s the blame game. The bottom line is they didn’t come up with the $1.00 movie first. I agree with Mike the industry is greedy cut back on hiring top dollar stars. Except the top dollar star sells the movie. So it’s a no win situation . The industry needs
to make the movie so we can watch the movie.

The only solution I can think of is: 1- the movie industry starts rethinking their sales plan and starts looking at the whole picture.
2-They stop selling to redbox.
3- Redbox stops dealing with big name greedy companies and goes more independent.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:13:02 +0000

The economy is partly responsible for the shift from sales to rentals. Who can afford to buy a movie these days. Blockbuster was in trouble long before Redbox came along. I rent more movies now because of Redbox. I usually only bought movies from the $5 box at Wal-Mart. The studios should rethink their business model now. Who knows where this technology will go tomorrow.

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:38:03 +0000

With the crap that they are putting out who wants to buy it. Most of the new movies are a waste of film. I’ve rented some that Ican’t believe the actors even worked the movie.

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:34:34 +0000

Exactly, with people out of work and having less money to buy, rent. Oh, wait President Obama has the stimulus plan, people could use that cash. With blu ray and rumors of other media who wants to buy. They only end up at goodwill stores.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:06:06 +0000

The studios and traditional rental stores who are complaining about rdbox, it’s their own fault things got his way. I used to rent new releases for $2.99 each for like three days, and I never complained. And catolog movies were $1.00 each. It’s when they started raising, rasing, and raising prices when I got angry. Now even the old movies are $2.00…ridiculous. They did it to themselves. I would still be renting for three bucks a piece now if they didn’t start all this and motivate companies like redbox to start doing business the way they do. BUt redbox CANNOT raise their price and still get customers like me. Like I said, I used to pay three bucks, but it was for three or five days. For one night I WILL NOT pay more than a dollar.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:34:49 +0000

Hey Joey, I was just writing a response to your comment, but it got a bit long so I turned it into a post instead.

Check it out here…
http://www.insideredbox.com/movie-studios-vs-redbox-what-are-the-real-options/

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:09 +0000

You two are complete idiots aren’t you? By buying Previously Viewed movies I am supporting my local Video Store and my community. Not to mention the titles I bought were older titles not New Releases. But I guess it dosn’t matter what answer I give you want to make it look like I’m a hipocrite. My points are valid you know it, everyone who reads this site knows it, and most important I know it. Good luck in your attempts to save your $1 a day rentals of new releases because you are fighting an entire industry that has allready identified Redbox as a detrament to this industry.