Haven't rented a DVD/BluRay for years. We rent movies on lines from Apple iTunes and watch on our Apple TV.
Haven't rented a DVD/BluRay for years. We rent movies on lines from Apple iTunes and watch on our Apple TV.
Same here, I download everything, we haven't rented a movie in years. What I like about the downloading is that we see documentaries, movies and a lot of kids stuff as well (we have 3 children). I try to look for the best quality but the kids don't really notice when they are 'in the movie' anyway.
I love my DVD player. I have a small DVD binder of some favourite movies of mine and keep it close to the TV for easy access when I want to watch a movie. I spend enough time on the computer that I like to have my collection of discs to watch. I've got some TV episodes as well as favourite movies, new and old. It's not a big collection, but it's mine and I don't have to jump through hoops and pay fees when I want to watch a movie.
As far as the rentals, I was doing that for a while but there are really not many such options available anymore. In the end I was finding it cheaper to spend $10 and buy the DVD brand new from ebay (and then have it to watch as long and as many times as I like) than to pay $6-7 to rent the late release for just 1-2 days.
P.S. Isn't it funny this thread comes up now Harold? lol
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.Originally Posted by HaroldCrump
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."
We rented DVD's during the run-up to the Oscars. It's our annual tradition to try and watch every Oscar-nominated movie, so we rented a few discs to help us toward that goal. We also rent movies via the Xbox (which are not physical discs, but nonetheless it's still a rental since you don't get to keep it). Also, we subscribe to Netflix and watch movies that way. And we download occasionally. We've used the library for borrowing TV show DVD's but never for movies, not sure why.
We rent a ton of movies from the Zip Kiosk in Metro stores. At a toonie for the latest movies and a loonie for slightly older movies, it is a wonderful deal.
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It looks like this thread should be moved to the frugal section, Lol.
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Movie Gallery is also down the tubes. One where I live closed a few years ago... and it's no wonder. I think it was $9-12 per rental!! My spouse told me I wasn't allowed to go there anymore (we agreed on this).
A local shop has since opened at $5 for new releases and is doing quite well. The last time I rented a movie, it was to show at a club, so I figured a pirated version wasn't a fantastic idea.
Actually that's illegal too. All rental movies will have a disclaimer at the front saying "for private home viewing only". They want you to pay extra for public viewing rights.
I do enjoy buying Blu ray's and always think it's nice to have a physical library. Much the same as I like to buy CD's and not always download.
I have rented and used Rogers in Whitby but when they closed down we haven't rented since.
I would still rent but to me I just don't think there have been that many films that I would like to see but will always pick up dvd's / blu rays once they drop off from the initial release prices.
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