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On Wednesday, DISH Network, which purchased Blockbuster in 2011, announced it was closing the chain's 300 remaining U.S.-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centers.
"Consumer demand is clearly moving to digital distribution of video entertainment," said DISH president and CEO Joseph P. Clayton in the press release about the closures. His statement echoes many from recent years about the migration of entertainment from physical objects -- CDs, DVDs, books, games -- to bits, bytes and pixels available on various screens and portable devices.
Your late fees are waived: Blockbuster closes - CNN.com
In the article there is a link to a 2008 Onion clip which makes fun of how people used to rent movies.
No question that Netflix is a far, far better way to rent movies.
No question that Netflix is a far, far better way to rent movies.
We had one real close to the house when the kids were growing up. We often went over in the winter and got movies to watch. Pretty nice times.
Yep, I use to get all excited when I knew that 'one' new movie was being released. I'd schedule my day around hitting the store when I knew I'd have a chance to get it.We had one real close to the house when the kids were growing up. We often went over in the winter and got movies to watch. Pretty nice times.
Yup. I loved being able to just go to the store and browse. It's not the same now. Plus I like to watch a lot of obscure movies, foreign horror films and such, and they are hard to find now.
Netflix. Watched "Them" the other night.
I'm not going to wax nostalgic about a place that was truly a waste of space and time.
Good riddance.
Correction: the combination of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other pay-for-view websites are a far better way, as the selection of each alone is kind of terrible.
Anyway, it was never possible for video rental stores (even just that name alone is so anachronistic) could possibly compete with instant streaming (and torrents).
I will, however, miss those independent rental stores that made a point of stocking everything.
Can't say I'm sorry to hear this because of the way they used to rape people for late fees. Insane.
Well it's easier, but easier doesn't always mean better. I was talking to my husband about this last night, and we were talking about how so many things are becoming obsolete that were a part of growing up. Bookstores? Video stores? Record/CD stores? Lots of things are no longer needed, but that doesn't mean they aren't missed.
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