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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:59 pm

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The other night I wanted to watch Skyfall, so I assumed I could either stream it as part of my subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon Video, or Xfinity On Demand, OR be able to rent it via one of those services for a rental fee of $4 or $5. Much to my disappointment, the ONLY option through those services was to PURCHASE at around $15.

After looking into it further, it appears many movies are like this...not included in the services I'm paying for (I understand certain movies come and go from time to time), but also not available for rental (unless I go to one of the few remaining brick and mortar places that may still have the DVD, or order the DVD through Netflix and wait three days for it to come in the mail). What gives?

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pittmike

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:27 pm

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I don't do that much but I noticed more PPV movies on xfinity are like this. Buy can't rent.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:31 pm

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pittmike wrote:

I don't do that much but I noticed more PPV movies on xfinity are like this. Buy can't rent.

I notice it's like that if the movies are available before they're released on DVD. Then you can rent.

I haven't noticed it with old movies.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:58 pm

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Hatchetman

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:05 pm

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all the James Bond ones you have to buy. sad trombone.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:07 pm

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Hatchetman wrote:

all the James Bond ones you have to buy. sad trombone.

Are you crazy? They run James Bond binge watching every other month.

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pittmike

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:08 pm

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The first time I noticed it was with Black Mass. I had wanted to watch it for a while. But for like 6 months it was buy only then rent once.

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Hatchetman

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:11 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

all the James Bond ones you have to buy. sad trombone.

Are you crazy? They run James Bond binge watching every other month.

well you can buy or wait around for them to run on AMC or wherever you see them.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:13 pm

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Hatchetman wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

all the James Bond ones you have to buy. sad trombone.

Are you crazy? They run James Bond binge watching every other month.

well you can buy or wait around for them to run on AMC or wherever you see them.

For the record, Skyfall is on in 2 weeks. I get the desire to watch something based upon your mood but I just find it funny that the idea of renting it from Family Video is too much trouble.

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ToxicMasculinity

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:31 pm

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Did you check out VUDU? They have a good service.

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Drunk Squirrel

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:33 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

all the James Bond ones you have to buy. sad trombone.

Are you crazy? They run James Bond binge watching every other month.

well you can buy or wait around for them to run on AMC or wherever you see them.

For the record, Skyfall is on in 2 weeks. I get the desire to watch something based upon your mood but I just find it funny that the idea of renting it from Family Video is too much trouble.

I'm not sure I've rented a movie in 15 years from a store.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:38 pm

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Drunk Squirrel wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

all the James Bond ones you have to buy. sad trombone.

Are you crazy? They run James Bond binge watching every other month.

well you can buy or wait around for them to run on AMC or wherever you see them.

For the record, Skyfall is on in 2 weeks. I get the desire to watch something based upon your mood but I just find it funny that the idea of renting it from Family Video is too much trouble.

I'm not sure I've rented a movie in 15 years from a store.

I get that. It's just that if you are hankering for a specific title, renting from an actual store isn't really that much of a hardship.

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Drunk Squirrel

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:43 pm

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No, I get that. It was more of a realization how it was once such a huge part of my weekends walking around the video store with my future wife i n the old "I dunno, what do you wanna watch?" cycle. Got me wondering if I still have a membership at Family Video or if they even still do them.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:53 pm

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Drunk Squirrel wrote:

On the occasions when I do wander a video store without a specific title in mind it usually just reinforces that most movies are crap.

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Heisenberg

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:40 pm

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There's a free app called "JustWatch." You can search for a title and it tells you what platform (Netflix" Amazon" etc.) it's available on. You can also set what platforms you have and search that way. It's not perfect, but I find it helpful on those nights where I'm trying to find something to watch.

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HawaiiYou

Post subject: Re: What happened to streaming movie rentals?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:46 pm

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i had a similar experience with Dirty Dancing a month or so ago. I never had watched it but always wanted to watch it. Looked and looked for it and it was not even available to buy. I think TNT had it a few weeks ago and I was able to see it there.

Other than the music, terrible movie. Not sure what all the hype was about after all these years.

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rogers park bryan

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:48 pm