movie rental stores a thing of the past?

I agree moon it is nice to be able to go into a video store and look around at all the titles and descriptions. I have only rented from redbox as well once and I like you did not care for it so much. I do like the convience as they are all over and in some cases I don't even have to get out of my car anywhere then I normally would to get since they are appearing in Walmart and places like that here.Alot of Blockbuster and the video stores are closing here as well so I am not renting as much as I used to either. I guess it is a sign of times changing and we either have to live with it or do without. Thanks for your question.

hI moonlitmagikchild, Ya, they do seem to be fading out. I don't like it either but like you said RedBox and Netflix and Pay-Per-View are all taking over. Where I live, blockbuster just closed it's doors. We have a locally owned video store who is getting all of blockbusters old customers. It's huge and has been thriving here for years so I hope they make a go of it. If I rent a movie I do go there just to support the business. I really would love to see them succeed.

I don't know what is a redbox...so apparently, we don't have one here or if we do, I am not aware of it. We have movie rental places where one can go and rent out movies. But Cds have also become cheaper and most people I know buy their own movies....I don't see the point because they watch the movie just once and do not see it again...or share it with others....except for a few that the children like. My husband doesn't like the bother of going and checking out movies to rent....and he buys the CDs sometimes...but he's not a movie person and so we don't watch many.

i remember there were video shops which rent VCDs, DVDs, etc. about five years ago. i can say they were earning at that time, since everytime i go there and rent movies, there were always a lot of people doing the same thing like i search and rent. but when piracy becomes a business tolerated by some local government officials, video rental shops were closed. i am not sure if the biggest movie renting store in the city still operates. but if they still in the business, i do not think they earn the same thing they do, back in five years, since buying a CD with 9 to 12 movies only costs a dollar to 2.

Yeah Redbox is also in most stores here to and I live in a small town lol. But it wont take over rental stores because you have to use your credit card which a lot of people dont have. And they dont have a large selection so if there is a new movie chances are you will have to wait a few days just to rent it. I dont think it will ever take over movie rental stores.

what is redbox?

i am in canada and we still have a lot of blockbusters and other rental stores here so i would have to say no, i dont think so.

I can't say it makes me sad because I don't rent movies anymore...I just buy them. I haven't rented in years. But I certainly understand where you're coming from. I feel the same way about books. I've responded to a discussion or two regarding whether or not ebooks will ever replace tangible books. I don't think there's any danger of that but it would certainly bother me if it happened. Like the video stores there is something enjoyable about going to a bookstore and being able to browse through and touch the books before you buy them. I don't keep up with the changing trends in video rental but maybe it will be some time before we see the end of the video store.

Hey moonlit! The same thing is happening here too! Blockbusters is still around, but just barely! They charge way too much money to rent DVD's and that is why they are slowing fading away! There are too many new ways to watch movies now and no one wants to pay their prices! There is still one store that my bf goes to where he rents movies! That store is a small store and they sell CD's, DVD's and some other stuff and they have been in the same place for years now! They have some kind of special if you rent movies during the week. I just wish he had better taste in movies since he likes those stupid horror ones or the very violent killing kind that I hate! Once in awhile he brings how something good that just came out!

I love watching movies and I have definitely noticed this growing trend! I used to be a member of Blockbuster and I used to rent my movies from there but they have gone out of business! I guess the new trend is to get your movies online now and so I have become a member of lovefilm.com. You can rent or buy dvds from them and if renting there is no rush to post the dvd back. I'm on a subscription plan with them and this definitely works for me. It's a shame that this has to happen but I guess it's the kind of time we live in now! New technology coming out all the time and being updated and easier and faster ways to rent or buy movies! I rent two dvd movies per month on the subscription plan I'm on. If you pay more then you can have an unlimited amount of dvds. I think that this is the future now and it's the only way to go! Andrew

You are not alone our blockbusters and Hollywood videos are disappearing too. We have the redbox which seems to work really good. Its not the same as going to a video store by no means. I think the best is netflix you can look on the computer at your convenience and get movies delivered to your mailbox. Its the best plan out there I think. They also have a new system where you can actually connect it to your Wii if you have that system.

Strangely, they still survive despite the rampant piracy of new shows and series. I am still a member of one shop and I am very fearful that it will close down one day without my noticing it. Then I will lose all my deposits. I will try to close my account but I heard she never return your money but give you instead some old outdated discs. Either way, you lose!

hi! here in my country we still have rental stores but not as popular as 10 years ago.i missed the time when i was a kid my bother or my father brought me there ,choose limited of videos.but now there are just few of them as most of DVDs stores prefer to just sell them instead of providing a rental activity.:)

Yeah, here too, they are going out of business, and they are trying to find a new way to increase the clients, but always failing... I think that technology changes the world in many ways and the good business of the past, now they are not profitable.

I think between RedBox and NetFlix, the Blockbusters and Hollywood Videos are going to be an ancient relic one day soon. The problem is that RedBox charges $1 per night, and Blockbuster is a minimum of $4.50 even though you can keep it for a week. We also have a Blockbuster box (like RedBox) at our local gas station, so I think Blockbuster sees the writing on the wall. I recently felt like I was forced to join NetFlix. I love Indies and there are a lot of movies from a few years ago I haven't seen. Well, you can't find these in the box. For $9/month (or two Blockbuster movie rentals), I can see many more movies via NetFlix. So what I do is use a combination of both. I still get new releases on occasion from RedBox and use NetFlix the rest of the time. I loved Blockbuster, but they have priced themselves out of the market.

With the cost of DVDs today I don't even bother renting anyways. Why pay a few bucks to rent it when for just a little more I could own a copy ( so long as you wait a bit after the original release for the price to drop ).

We used to have three....dowon to one now.....I also like the choices and being able to pick out what you want instead of having a limited variety!

We have some but i didn't rent movies often because many times cd's where scratched and didn't work ok and you have to return it soon. Now days i just download everything or go to cinema. But in our country there is still many rentals and i know just for one redbox like machine.

This subject hac crossedmy mind a lot recently. I too miss going to the video store and browsing; it's almost like going to look around in a record store. These days, like music, everyhing is going digital, micro, automatic, etc. Redbox is convinient, but I do still want to look around in video stores.