HD Rentals: The Art of the Impossible (1 Viewer)

[Felix Martinez]

Unless I read incorrectly, they're planning on raising the rate according to your media selection (Blu-ray). I don't believe they are raising rates across the board.

 

[Felix Martinez]

And I would submit that those of us who don't care about online streaming should get a credit

 

[PaulDA]

I just hope zip.ca (our Canadian equivalent) doesn't get wind of this and apply such a rate differential.

Even our local video store charges the same price for HDM rentals as for SD rentals (though they tend to stay on the "new release" shelf a bit longer).

 

[WillG]

Eh, it was only a matter of time before a blu ray based rate increase. I they can get their BD availibilty problems straightend out then I wouldn't mind paying a little extra.

 

[Jim_K]

Well here's my last 30 days of rental activity

Blast of Silence (DVD)
Stardust (DVD)
Predator (Blu-ray)
Sweeney Todd (DVD)
There Will Be Blood (DVD)
Independence Day (Blu-ray)
Solomon and Sheba (DVD)
Dangerous Crossing (DVD)
Kings of the Sun (DVD)
Daisy Kenyon (DVD)
Atonement (DVD)
Enchanted (Blu-ray)

SD DVD = 9
Blu-ray = 3

If they raise it too much just for me to be able to get a couple titles a month on BD it's just not worth it to me.

I guess I'll wait and decide what I'll do when the hammer drops.

 

[Brandon Conway]

My last 30 days:

Disc Rental:

Enchanted (BD)
Grand Canyon (DVD)
The Dragon Painter (DVD)
Duel in the Sun (DVD)
Woman in the Dunes (DVD)
Murder on the Orient Express (DVD)
Sweeney Todd (DVD)
Mighty Aphrodite (DVD)
Gone Baby Gone (BD)
I, Robot (BD)
Before the Devil Knows Your Dead (BD)
Out of Africa (DVD) (At Home)
Atonement (DVD) (At Home)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (BD) (At Home)

Instant Viewing:

It Could Happen to You
MI-5: One Last Dance
MI-5: Traitor's Gate
MI-5: The Rose Bed Memories
MI-5: Lesser of Two Evils
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Enemy Below
Holiday
Columbo: Candidate for Crime
Columbo: Double Exposure
Columbo: Publish or Perish
Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem
Columbo: Swan Song
Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality
Columbo: Negative Reaction
Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light
Columbo: Playback
Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind
Columbo: A Case of Immunity
Columbo: A Matter of Honor
Columbo: Now You See Him
Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore
Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder
Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case
Columbo: Try and Catch Me

Sure beats buying the Columbo TV sets. I would not be surprised to see an increase in price for use of the Instant Viewing in the near future.

 

[RickER]

In the last 2 months, i have had discs come from Las Vegas, Houston, and Delaware, of all places! In each case it was a standard DVD, but one thats been out for a while. Its like the only disc they have in the whole system! Of course since i am in Tulsa, it took 4 days to get my disc from Delaware. I got ripped off that week. I do the one at a time, and usually watch 5 or 6 movies a month. My local NetFlix is from Oklahoma City. Unless the disc has to go 1000 miles the turnaround is the next day, so if i have alot of time on my hands i could watch 3 in a week. I think thats worth the $10 or so a month.

 

[DeanR]

Netflix finally sent me the HD DVD of Eastern Promises today which has been in my queue for months. I almost keeled over. Maybe they will send me American Gangster soon, it's my last HD DVD in my queue.

 

[TonyD]

i was shipped american gangster today.
this was in the q since release and has always been long wait.

also netflix did an update to the site last night and
now nearly half of my q had a "wait" status added on.

 

[Doug Otte]

I finally gave up on the HD-DVD version of AG, switched it to DVD, and got it immediately.

Doug