[citation][nom]gnookergi[/nom]It's called a Redbox, people. I have at least three of the things within a 5 minute walk of my house and all within a couple hundred feet of each other. I'm sure you've got to have at least 1 you can use. You'll just have to suffer if you're in the mood for an oldie.[/citation]
closest one to me is a 45 minute drive. [citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]you must be on some good drugs to think something like this[/citation]
cable, 100$+ where i live, most movies and tv are censored unless i will pay 15$ more a month for the hbo like channels. and considering that i only watch tv for 5 hours a week at most (new shows, barely rewatch old ones) aside from when new shows come out, so i can see if they are worth watching, netflix, even at 20$ (assuming the cost of a 2 dvd and streaming plan) usually has everything i want to watch, instantly, and if it doesn't, it comes to me on a dvd.
id say netflix is a far better option than cable. [citation][nom]PotShotScott[/nom]Content providers want to be paid. Netflix wants to offer premium content their going to have to pay the providers. Think too about the growth in servers needed to stream all the netflix content that they do deliver now and the growth rate in streaming video. Companies are in business to make a profit and when costs eat into profit the consumer pays the difference. It's how business works! All this bitching is a clear indication that we're living in an entitlement society where people feel like they are worth top dollar but the services they buy should be super cheap - and when they're not they treat the business like its full of greedy corporate bastards. NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE. The sooner people realize that the better. Let the market decide the price. The people voting with their wallets will make more of an impact than any amount of whining could.[/citation]
lets say you are apple, you make the iphone, it costs 200$ to make, you sell it for 600$
the price of a component just went up to 250$
what do you do? hike the cost of the iphone to 650-700$ or do you eat that 50$ because you are still making 350$ in profit per phone sold.
we PAY them now so they can improve their service. new servers and all that is FACTORED INTO CURRENT PLAN. until we see numbers, as in they are going into the red because of all this crap, than the total NET PROFIT that they make as a business is suppose to be used to improve that business
closest one to me is a 45 minute drive. [citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]you must be on some good drugs to think something like this[/citation]
cable, 100$+ where i live, most movies and tv are censored unless i will pay 15$ more a month for the hbo like channels. and considering that i only watch tv for 5 hours a week at most (new shows, barely rewatch old ones) aside from when new shows come out, so i can see if they are worth watching, netflix, even at 20$ (assuming the cost of a 2 dvd and streaming plan) usually has everything i want to watch, instantly, and if it doesn't, it comes to me on a dvd.
id say netflix is a far better option than cable. [citation][nom]PotShotScott[/nom]Content providers want to be paid. Netflix wants to offer premium content their going to have to pay the providers. Think too about the growth in servers needed to stream all the netflix content that they do deliver now and the growth rate in streaming video. Companies are in business to make a profit and when costs eat into profit the consumer pays the difference. It's how business works! All this bitching is a clear indication that we're living in an entitlement society where people feel like they are worth top dollar but the services they buy should be super cheap - and when they're not they treat the business like its full of greedy corporate bastards. NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE. The sooner people realize that the better. Let the market decide the price. The people voting with their wallets will make more of an impact than any amount of whining could.[/citation]
lets say you are apple, you make the iphone, it costs 200$ to make, you sell it for 600$
the price of a component just went up to 250$
what do you do? hike the cost of the iphone to 650-700$ or do you eat that 50$ because you are still making 350$ in profit per phone sold.
we PAY them now so they can improve their service. new servers and all that is FACTORED INTO CURRENT PLAN. until we see numbers, as in they are going into the red because of all this crap, than the total NET PROFIT that they make as a business is suppose to be used to improve that business