Blockbuster Closing up to 960 Stores

[jonathan1683]

I never liked blockbuster they ripped everyone off. I always went to smaller stores for movies.

 

[Manos]

Holy crap. 960..? lol

 

[unlicensedhitman]

Next is Hollywood Videos.

 

[Shadow703793]

Does this mean they are going to have "clearance" sales where we could buy the DVDs??? :lol:

At any rate, RIP.

 

[rawirig]

lol, here in new zealand the internet is too slow to even stream sd movies and plus we have internet caps i'm on the biggest plan which only offers 40gb of downloads. i still rent dvds for better quality and not having to wait around.

 

[Guest]

Hollywood Video already succumbed to the closing disaster. They had well over 50 stores in the Atlanta metro area and now they're left with a little under 10.

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

[citation][nom]rawirig[/nom]lol, here in new zealand the internet is too slow to even stream sd movies and plus we have internet caps i'm on the biggest plan which only offers 40gb of downloads. i still rent dvds for better quality and not having to wait around.[/citation]

I keep being used to the US being compared to european and other countries where our internet is considered slow. But internet caps? I'd break a limit that small in the blink of an eye. Even when my speed was still locked at 1.5 Mbps. They really need to work on that, internet's pretty important. It's definitely something I'd look at if I were considering changing countries.

 

[omnimodis78]

[citation][nom]excalibur1814[/nom]...or more and more people are watching illegal crappy copies instead of renting/purchasing.Not good.[/citation]
Illegal crappy copies? Hmmm odd because I have never rented a DVD that didn't skip, yet the mkv files i download are perfect copies... So these rental rip-off places can all go bankrupt for what I care because they're obsolete and unreliable in providing their customers with quality merchandise.

 

[p00dl3_h3r0]

The one thing blockbuster style places had that red-box didn't was the collection of slightly older copies. Too bad they were usually beat the shreds by that time, and were STILL overpriced. Automotive wasn't the only industry to eat it hard due to not keeping up with the times.

 

[belardo]

Killed by Red Box. $1 daily rentals.

Theres 2 of my corners (1 on each side).... go figure.
Theres 2 units in every grocery store in my area too.

 

[yang]

If i remember correctly, the main reason our family stopped renting from blockbusters is simply because they charge significantly more for their rentals than a corner rental store.

 

[anamaniac]

[citation][nom]excalibur1814[/nom]...or more and more people are watching illegal crappy copies instead of renting/purchasing.Not good.[/citation]
Crappy?
Normal television: 420p
Normal rip:420p-720p
Colour and audio are also in the same range, so often, a better product is recieved.

I know those 700MB rips are better quality than even the so called "high deffinition" my cable provider gives me...

 

[martel80]

[citation][nom]rawirig[/nom]lol, here in new zealand the internet is too slow to even stream sd movies and plus we have internet caps i'm on the biggest plan which only offers 40gb of downloads. i still rent dvds for better quality and not having to wait around.[/citation]
I'm from a former communist country (Czech Republic) and here you can get unlimited cable TV 10/1.5Mbit (REAL!) internet for about $27/month (first four months are at half that price), about $20 startup price and you don't have to have a TV plan at all.
And I thought we were still burdened by monopolies of the old era... Guess it must be all those European regulations that many bitch about.

 

[Andraxxus]

It may affect those with internet caps.

 

[thejerk]

OLD.NEWS

About 1/2 of the stores in Chicago have been closing for the last six months. It's pretty noticeable if you live in a major metro area.

 

[mt2in]

Hopefully a blockbuster in my neighborhood closes, it'll make room for walgreens to go up across from rite aid! Or maybe a jiffy lube! Or a massage parlor!

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Didn't we have an article earlier this week that said Blockbuster was closing 40% of its stores? This seems like a repeat.

 

[dimar]

I've been using Zip, here in Canada, for about half a year now. For 25$ a month, getting DVD/Blu-Rays 3 at a time, by mail. They got huge selection. Best thing ever. Having bad memories about blockbluster and how much I had to pay them...