Comments on: “You’re Next!” Studios Tell Netflix

By: Netflix Wants a 50% Discount for Delayed Releases | Inside Redbox

Netflix Wants a 50% Discount for Delayed Releases | Inside Redbox — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:48:11 +0000

[...] known for a while now that Redbox is not the only DVD renter that has a pricing/distribution arrangement Hollywood finds unacceptable. We reported a [...]

By: New Release Delays: Redbox Could be Getting Company | Inside Redbox

New Release Delays: Redbox Could be Getting Company | Inside Redbox — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:08:38 +0000

[...] already heard about at least one major studio putting the squeeze on Netflix to obtain more favorable terms. Now it appears that something more insidious is afoot. [...]

By: jack

jack — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:03:57 +0000

I for one will never pay $5.00 for a rental. I guess I have a few times (5+ years ago), but never more than $1.00 again. I am so sick and tired of these studios putting out junk movies (for the most part) and then expecting us to fork over high dollar amounts to buy or rent. I use both RB and netflix. I have only bought one movie this year (there’s been NOTHING released worth owning). Put out DECENT movies and maybe sales will improve!

By: pjnewsjunkie

pjnewsjunkie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:56:32 +0000

Hey studios – $1 for a legal rental with the possibility of buying the movie if I like it vs. $5 for a bootleg version that helps no one but criminals. If you can buy a good quality bootleg before the movie even comes out – there’s no chance of ever buying a legal DVD.

I think Redbox & Walmart’s blue box is a great way to keep people away from bootlegs.

By: gomakemeasandwich

gomakemeasandwich — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:49:30 +0000

I agree; Blockbuster is such a joke at this point that the last time I even remember going in one was to buy a coke. If the movie studios are stupid enough to seriously choke off the only companies that are providing the movie studio garbage at a reasonable price (Redbox and Netflix), then I’ll find other entertainment options.

By: jeannie

jeannie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:30 +0000

I am not a huge movie person, like so many people are, but then, I seldom see a movie that I enjoy to the extent of purchasing it. So, a $1.00 is about all anybody is going to get out of me. I agree with several of the commenters; give us something fit to watch and we’ll buy them. That probably isn’t going to happen, so, GO Redbox!!

By: angry jerry

angry jerry — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:28:32 +0000

if the the studios want to go to war with consumers like me….lets rumble!
i can wait as long as i need too.there are many other entertainment options available to me.i am never doing buisness with blockbuster again so forget about that and i will continue to give redbox and netflix my full support.so studios you know where you can stick it…

By: Tamera Rhodes

Tamera Rhodes — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:49:59 +0000

It all boils down to one BIG fact! The economy is deteoriating and nobody wants to lose any $$! Regardless of where, how and why they got theirs! The unemployment rate really says it all! How many of these people [citizens of our country that make up our country, unemployed] do you think are going to be able to visit a movie theater to see a movie? How many do you think will buy a movie? How many do you think will rent a movie? Now, even more clearer, how many will rent a movie for a buck? And not even have to set an appointment to view it! The statistics says it all! And our constitution says, “We the People…..”!!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:30:50 +0000

Let’s see, wait 30 days and pay $1 or wait 0 days and pay $4-5 for a rental. Gosh now you movie studio execs, do you really think 30 more days is going to kill me? You Hollyweird types need to get out into the real world amongst people who DON’T live in $10+ million dollar houses and drive $100+K cars. God forbid that you might actually have to cut A-list actor’s salaries down to only a million or so per film and cut your own salaries down to [gasp] less than a few million per year. Could it possibly get so bad that you have to give up the house in South Beach … and the girlfriend who lives there? Well stay tuned, your rude awakening is coming.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:44:20 +0000

About the 30 day window: I find it unnacceptable. It’s got nothing to do with impatience either. I wait patiently for months for a movie to come out on DVD in the first place. Now once it’s out they want me to wait longer just because I want the fair option of renting by the night??? I don’t think so.