Where's the option for "Rent ALL OF THE TIME"? By my math, with the average price of a Blu-ray title vs a netflix/redbox rental, I'd have to watch the move about a dozen times before I broke even over buying.
Think about that...how many movies in your collection have been watched more than 12 times?
In this day and age, buying movies is only for title that you know you will watch more than often, or as part of some movie collecting pissing match with your internet buddies. Me personally, I must not have inherit the movie hording gene.
Movies i have watched more than a dozen times: 2001 Blade Runner The Matrix Fight Club
(This is partly because I feel the need to 'educate' friends who haven't seen these.. and i own them on DVD)
That said, I generally agree with you. Buying doesn't make sense. Especially with netflix. If you feel like re-watching a movie there is nothing stopping you from putting it back in your cue again and again. I haven't gone over to blu-ray. And as pathetic as this is to admit, i probably won't go to blu-ray unless steve jobs gives it his blessing and makes a blu-ray mac mini
If you have a favorite movie and it goes out of print or the licensing agreement changes with whatever download/streaming service you are using then poof its gone.
Netflix and Blockbuster remove out of print movies from circulation and I've seen more than a few disappear from the digital services. Its even worse with digital services because their licensing agreements change more often. One week its there, the next its not. The ever present, all-encompassing "cloud" is nice to dream about but its just not here yet.
And in the meantime I'm not going to rely on the goodwill of Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Netflix etc. to make sure my favorite films are always in stock and availble. Renting is fine for testing the waters or trying out new stuff but its not a permanent solution by any means.
Well let's see, I buy a ton of blus at $10 a piece, Transformers for instance. I KNOW I'm going to be watching it a lot AND 2 trips to a rental store or Red Box stand plus the cost of the movie most likely equals $10. Don't always think that everyone is actually paying $30 for all of their blu rays. That would be pretty stupid if you ask me.
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Where's the option for "Rent ALL OF THE TIME"? By my math, with the average price of a Blu-ray title vs a netflix/redbox rental, I'd have to watch the move about a dozen times before I broke even over buying.
Think about that...how many movies in your collection have been watched more than 12 times?
In this day and age, buying movies is only for title that you know you will watch more than often, or as part of some movie collecting pissing match with your internet buddies. Me personally, I must not have inherit the movie hording gene.
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Movies i have watched more than a dozen times:
2001
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Fight Club
(This is partly because I feel the need to 'educate' friends who haven't seen these.. and i own them on DVD)
That said, I generally agree with you. Buying doesn't make sense. Especially with netflix.
If you feel like re-watching a movie there is nothing stopping you from putting it back in your cue again and again. I haven't gone over to blu-ray. And as pathetic as this is to admit, i probably won't go to blu-ray unless steve jobs gives it his blessing and makes a blu-ray mac mini
If you have a favorite movie and it goes out of print or the licensing agreement changes with whatever download/streaming service you are using then poof its gone.
Netflix and Blockbuster remove out of print movies from circulation and I've seen more than a few disappear from the digital services. Its even worse with digital services because their licensing agreements change more often. One week its there, the next its not. The ever present, all-encompassing "cloud" is nice to dream about but its just not here yet.
And in the meantime I'm not going to rely on the goodwill of Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Netflix etc. to make sure my favorite films are always in stock and availble. Renting is fine for testing the waters or trying out new stuff but its not a permanent solution by any means.
Well let's see, I buy a ton of blus at $10 a piece, Transformers for instance. I KNOW I'm going to be watching it a lot AND 2 trips to a rental store or Red Box stand plus the cost of the movie most likely equals $10. Don't always think that everyone is actually paying $30 for all of their blu rays. That would be pretty stupid if you ask me.