Dr XYM, no, I don't rent movies, either from a storefront or via download. Doesn't make economic sense to me unless pirating is involved, and I won't do that, either.
We also don't go to the theater; same basic reason, makes no economic sense.
Well, that, and the crying baby two rows back, the fellow who won't shut up down the row, the teenagers with their cellphones and their texting and their apparent inability to understand the most basic courtesies, the two kids fighting over popcorn, the guy behind you who apparently has the world's worst cold ever and snorts, blows and coughs all through the movie, the ticket cost for just two is more than a Blueray that can be shown to the entire family and lent to your friends, the snacks are priced as if they are gold-plated, you get to be abused first by a series of incredibly badly made and entirely unwelcome local commercials, followed by professional, but just as unwelcome, ads for Coke or whatever... As near as I can tell, theater owners don't *want* my money.
As far as I'm concerned, it's the age of the home theater, and buying my own permanent copy of the content gives me maximum flexibility at a cost I can live with. Looking to get more reasonable towards Christmas, too. With a group of people who buy Blueray, free lending from one to another also adds value; same ethics and methods as lending a book. We've got a significant group of friends who all have Blueray systems and that pretty much sounds the death knell for rental making any sense at all.
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Dr XYM, no, I don't rent movies, either from a storefront or via download. Doesn't make economic sense to me unless pirating is involved, and I won't do that, either.
We also don't go to the theater; same basic reason, makes no economic sense.
Well, that, and the crying baby two rows back, the fellow who won't shut up down the row, the teenagers with their cellphones and their texting and their apparent inability to understand the most basic courtesies, the two kids fighting over popcorn, the guy behind you who apparently has the world's worst cold ever and snorts, blows and coughs all through the movie, the ticket cost for just two is more than a Blueray that can be shown to the entire family and lent to your friends, the snacks are priced as if they are gold-plated, you get to be abused first by a series of incredibly badly made and entirely unwelcome local commercials, followed by professional, but just as unwelcome, ads for Coke or whatever... As near as I can tell, theater owners don't *want* my money.
As far as I'm concerned, it's the age of the home theater, and buying my own permanent copy of the content gives me maximum flexibility at a cost I can live with. Looking to get more reasonable towards Christmas, too. With a group of people who buy Blueray, free lending from one to another also adds value; same ethics and methods as lending a book. We've got a significant group of friends who all have Blueray systems and that pretty much sounds the death knell for rental making any sense at all.