http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/ Engadget HD Comments for At $1 a day Redbox is perfect for consumers, not so much for Hollywood http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 12:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 12:41PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 6th 2009 11:07AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
OK, you can't always get the latest releases as quickly as a Blockbuster, although if you check first thing Tuesday mornings they're easy to reserve. But it is a great business model for the consumer. Especially if you still like having physical media with all the extra features (which I do) and don't mind driving, or walking a couple of minutes to get it. Everyone I know is loving it. Studio's? Apparently not so much. But when it comes to new technology and renting/vending methods they seem to be behind the curve most of the time anyway. No wonder they're getting clobbered and then complaining that it is our fault for not doing it their way...]]>Apr 3rd 2009 12:52PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 1:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 6:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
I'd love it if Engadget HD could do a little investigating into the inner workings of movie rentals. It used to be that Blockbuster simply paid a higher price for their discs than the consumer which gave them the right to rent it as much as they wanted, with the understanding that there was a physical limitation to how many times a disc could be rented before it needed replacing.

But is this this still true? Or do rental places give hollywood a cut of each rental they make now similar to record stations? And I would assume that digital rentals have some sort of revenue sharing agreement. I doubt Hollywood would let Netflix pay a set price off a movie and then make unlimited money off of it by streaming a single copy to millions of households.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 1:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 1:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 1:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
Regardless of why, that's why I never rent from on-demand services... it's rape.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 1:20PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 1:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 2:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
With so many alternatives, the day of plonking down $19.95 for a DVD you'll watch 2x, maybe 3x, is long past..... not to mention the economy.

If studios were wise, they'd release DVDs for $9.95 the same day as the theatrical release. Word is at least one major studio is studying the idea (they already do it in China because the Chinese will pirate it the same day anyway.)]]>Apr 3rd 2009 1:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
so to me it is worth spending 20 bucks on a movie that i can watch over and over. plus i get the extra features ]]>Apr 5th 2009 10:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 1:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
DVD's don't work. They worked in the age of the CD when you needed the physical media. This is the age of VOD, where people will pay to watch when they want to watch, just like iTunes allows people to buy the song they want without having to buy the whole album.

Ultimately, there are movies that I'd never buy but still want to see. I realize that there are movies I'd watch over and over again (which I buy) and movies I see once and that was enough (which I hope to never see, not even on TNT or TBS). This kind of shortsightedness is horrible. They only focus on the money they make with something old instead of how many more people get to see movies because they're only a buck. Those are the same people that would have never paid the $20 to get the DVD, or the $10 to see it in the theaters.

Chance Stevens
Editor, http://www.tvlampsnbulbs.com]]>Apr 3rd 2009 1:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 2:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
Also love that you can return it at any Redbox. We rented at a McDonalds in Baltimore while driving home from South Carolina to keep the kid entertained for the tail end of a long drive, and returned it the next day in CT.

I have DirecTV, and while VOD is available, it takes forever to download a movie...I'm just as happy plunking down a buck (or 2 or 3 if we are tardy in returning it) for a movie..]]>Apr 3rd 2009 2:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://www.insideredbox.com/redbox-codes/. You can't use a promo code when reserving online, but it sure is nice to have a free rental!

I don't currently own a Blu Ray player, but if Redbox takes its cheap rentals to Blu Ray at all locations I might feel the need to purchase a Blu Ray Player!
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Might work better for me if I rented on, say Saturday morning and returned it Sunday night, thus having plenty of time to watch the movie. ]]>Apr 3rd 2009 6:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
I've been going there ever since then and I love it.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:29PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 3rd 2009 10:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 4th 2009 12:06AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/Apr 5th 2009 1:42PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/at-1-a-day-redbox-is-perfect-for-consumers-not-so-much-for-hol/
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