Rogers announced the other day that they were getting out of the DVD rental business. And Blockbuster went bankrupt a few years ago. Just curious to know if anyone still rented DVD's or if they use Bell Expressview or their Rogers box to get movies. And there are online possibilities too.
I have a DVD player, but in all honesty rarely use it.
Too expensive to buy rent movies on Rogers/Bell boxes. We occasionally rent them from the vending machines in the grocery store for a day, zip em and load them up on the MAC's or iPad. Then we can watch them when mobile or on the big screen at home via Apple TV. Rarely use the DVD player. Never bothered with blue ray.
They went bankrupt only last year.Originally Posted by Cal
Anyway, I enjoy going to the movies [only to watch the good ones of course]. For others, I buy DVD's/receive them as gifts/borrow from friends.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Yes, I rent them from the library. In fact I just picked up the last season (part 2) of the Sopranos today.
As to why the tax-payer-supported library lends out movies/video games etc is beyond me, but I like to take advantage of it. Maybe the library put Blockbuster out of business?
Mike Holman
Money Smarts Blog Investing and Personal Finance
+1 for the library.
We haven't rented DVDs for several years now.
The library pre-orders all the latest stuff and all you need to know is the DVD release date and place a reservation just before that date.
There is no value whatsoever in buying regular movie DVDs these days (except for some truly special releases or collectors editions).
As for tax-payer-supported libraries, this is exactly the right use of tax payer dollars.
Among all the other asinine ways in which tax payer dollars are squandered away, this one delivers exceptional value for money.
I forgot about the library.
Last year I borrowed The Twilight Zone series; loved the black & white ones!
I agree with your comments Harold; libraries are wonderful for all they provide!
Last edited by Toronto.gal; 2012-04-19 at 10:10 PM.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Yeah, I pretty much use netflix for everything these days... except Canada's still got a fairly limited library on there. I haven't rented a physical disc since 2010, have never had cable, but I do still buy some things now and then.
Fair enough. I guess the reason I find it odd is that I thought libraries were about books, not movies and video games.
Mike Holman
Money Smarts Blog Investing and Personal Finance
Big up on the library! I'm in there all the time, and just put holds on whatever movies I want. I also rent movies from iTunes if there's something I can't find in the library.
I also have a steady stream of reserved movies available at the libraries to the point that I rarely rented from Rogers. However, I've always been torn over whether video loans are indeed the way tax-payer money should be used. They have been duplicating a service (and a non-essential one at that) that is offered by private industry and this practice has almost assuredly assisted in the early decline of the industry (including several mom-and-pop video rental outlets). I just wonder if movies and video games should be a priority when text books are in short supply at some schools.
However, the other face of the capitalist in me said, "If they are going to take the taxes out of my pocket to provide this service then I may as well make use of it."
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