The primary purpose of this box is Renting movies. Yes you can purchase them, but this is mainly for rentals. I use my boxes to rent with the ocassional purchase when the price is right (Black Friday 4.99 HDX movies). But the movies I enjoy I purchase on BD. At 99.00 if they go belly up then I still feel I got my money's worth. You are paying for convenience. For not having to wait for the movie you are in the mood to see to become avaiable andd shipped to your house from netflix (which I still use), or running down to BlockBuster only to find that the movie you were dying to see is all checked out. If you use it for rentals then you don't have to worry unless 99.00 is unaffordable. The same price as 4 BDs that can get messed up or lost. There are pros and cons to everything. BDs are pricey, confusing profiles for the average consumer, constant updates to players, If Blu-ray goes belly up a la HD DVD then you have a player and some disc and players eventually die. If mine BDs die will I feel as though I am out the 3000 + dollars I have put into it or the 2000+ dollars in HD DVD...no hell being out 99.00 pales in comparison. People can always find little things to Bitch about, HD DVD fanboys complained about BD DRM (even though HD DVD had it), Blu-ray fanboys complain about VOD drm (even though they have it) hell VOD fanboys will probably complain about ebook DRM and stick to paperbacks. Yeah you can't play most VOD on other devices but my BDs won't play in anything other than a BD player. If you don't like VOD cool no need to harp on it, If you don't like BD the same applies. Different strokes for different folks. Me I like have the best of both world's. Give it a try IMO they compliment each other.
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The primary purpose of this box is Renting movies. Yes you can purchase them, but this is mainly for rentals. I use my boxes to rent with the ocassional purchase when the price is right (Black Friday 4.99 HDX movies). But the movies I enjoy I purchase on BD. At 99.00 if they go belly up then I still feel I got my money's worth. You are paying for convenience. For not having to wait for the movie you are in the mood to see to become avaiable andd shipped to your house from netflix (which I still use), or running down to BlockBuster only to find that the movie you were dying to see is all checked out.
If you use it for rentals then you don't have to worry unless 99.00 is unaffordable. The same price as 4 BDs that can get messed up or lost. There are pros and cons to everything. BDs are pricey, confusing profiles for the average consumer, constant updates to players, If Blu-ray goes belly up a la HD DVD then you have a player and some disc and players eventually die. If mine BDs die will I feel as though I am out the 3000 + dollars I have put into it or the 2000+ dollars in HD DVD...no hell being out 99.00 pales in comparison.
People can always find little things to Bitch about, HD DVD fanboys complained about BD DRM (even though HD DVD had it), Blu-ray fanboys complain about VOD drm (even though they have it) hell VOD fanboys will probably complain about ebook DRM and stick to paperbacks. Yeah you can't play most VOD on other devices but my BDs won't play in anything other than a BD player.
If you don't like VOD cool no need to harp on it, If you don't like BD the same applies. Different strokes for different folks. Me I like have the best of both world's. Give it a try IMO they compliment each other.
Where are people getting this for $99?