Comments on: Fox Hates You, Says “No” to Redbox Rentals for 30 Days

By: Redbox Formally Launches SaveLowCostDVDs.com | Inside Redbox

Redbox Formally Launches SaveLowCostDVDs.com | Inside Redbox — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:06:18 +0000

[...] name-dropping Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox and Warner Home Video as companies trying to limit customer access to new releases at Redbox kiosks. The site, which has been up and running for several weeks prior to [...]

By: ssusan

ssusan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:38:36 +0000

i think when someone is very creative and successful there will always be people trying to thwart their success . keep up the good work you are the best*******

By: JJJ

JJJ — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:58:24 +0000

“our system cannot be hacked” HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Then do this, put the detailed, complete, and I mean complete, technical specs on the web and let the “hackers” go for it and then see how well it stands up.
If you are going to let it write to screen memory, what prevents someone from simulating a screen in software and pick the data up that way? Does your device contain a Terminator movie like AI and can tell that you are trying to trick it?
People are going to be downloading movies from home soon, there will be no need to waste gas driving somewhere to go fill up a USB drive.
What the F-ing hell were you thinking when you came up with this brilliant idea?

By: Tim Delaney

Tim Delaney — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:52:07 +0000

Hi everybody. I have some news that I think all of your bloggers will appreciate. My company has developed a technology that the consumers love, the retailers love, and even the studios love. Since our system cannot be hacked and the studios will make their money on every rental or sale, you will soon see that our technology is going to replace a lot of the rental options you have. To put it in a nutshell, you will be able to rent or purchase movies, music, video games, ringtones, magazines, etc., at a very low price and at locations more convenient than Redbox. You will simply be able to download your chosen content onto a USB flashstick or your SD Micro card (memory card in your cellphone). You will then be able to play the movie back on your cellphone, pc, netbook, pda, or your tv. Best part of our system, you will not have to return anything as the file will simply disappear when your rental period expires. Bottom line, our technology will put a huge dent into NetFlix, Redbox, and every movie rental retail store. You the consumer will have much more control, it’s much more convenient, and you never have to return a thing.

By: FalconFour

FalconFour — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:19:57 +0000

Hey, Stupios-… er, Studios.

People want to give you money via Redbox.

Shut the HELL up and take the damn money!

As has been said before… you’re running out of feet to shoot… come on, stop smoking that smack and stop killing brain cells. Dear god…

By: loveredbox

loveredbox — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:28:44 +0000

Another stupid move by FOX. Who would want to pay 30times more for a worthless movie when it’s available for a dollar at redbox? Having more redbox kinosk will be another good use of our bail out money. At least this will be one good thing from tax payers money to tax payers who are cautious about their spending than paying huge bonus for FOX executives who are either way going to file bankruptcy by the time I’m ready for my retirement! Long live Redbox!

By: JA

JA — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:59:41 +0000

Ben, what are you smoking? Redbox isn’t using the economy to make their argument, they making a business: They are buying movies at the same prices and from the same sources as everyone else and using good old fashioned hard work, good technology and the free market (liberal concepts, since when????) to drive down the cost – and because they are doing such a good job, the studios are left with the desperate plan to use their size to disembowel copyright law that’s over 100 years old in order to protect their price-fixed, antiquated business model.

The only thing Redbox is doing wrong is that they are doing too good of a job of not paying off any of your typical leeches: No big corp markups, no union bloat, no tariff bloat, no offshoring, no monopolies, no lobbyists, nothing but hard working people all over the US making something that cost them 10 – 20 dollars a pop available to their customers for a buck a night.

I have an idea: Why don’t *you* and Sam quit whining and go find a real argument — what Redbox is doing is as free market and American as Mom selling apple pie at a freakin’ bake sale outside a baseball game.

By: Chefbpk41

Chefbpk41 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:03:53 +0000

With the crap these studios are doing to Red Box people are starting to by
boot legs for these films and they are losing much more. At least red box is paying a decent price for these disc’s And the bootlegs are most of the time screeners copies and out way before the movie hits theaters ..so what are they saving ..zip!!!

By: paul lapke

paul lapke — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:46:41 +0000

fox mean to us

By: littleamazon

littleamazon — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:00:05 +0000

If I really want to watch a movie, I go to the movie theater or the drive in but I am very selective on what I choose (no popcorn and soda for me, just the movie at matinee price). I think that lately movie quality has been poor and that affects the selections available at Redbox or any kiosk.

I don’t buy movies as much anymore due to cost and needing more space to store them once I buy them. I think that Fox’s and other companies’ move against Redbox and the like will only affect them the more. I don’t think that they are considering how their income will be affected restraining this market.

I see a lot of arrogance and greed in their actions.

I don’t mind the 14 day wait period to rent and think it is a better idea than 30 days. In this difficult financial times, people are willing to wait to save money. This might be a pattern of behavior that continues even after the recession.