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Post by Hey Man on Apr 18, 2012 14:51:49 GMT -5
A major chain in Canada is no longer going to be renting movies for obvious reasons and that pretty much leaves renting movies from a store almost non-existent in Toronto beyond some mom and pop stores that are still operating, so I was curious - do you rent your movies from a store or are you all about Netflix and downloading. Or will you even just buy the movie you want to see?
In December, Rogers Plus was shuttering 40 per cent of its video shops as it continued to move away from selling and renting physical copies of DVDs, Blu-rays and video games.
"It's a declining marketplace, all we're doing is meeting market need," Sian Doyle, Rogers's vice president of retail, said at the time, and added that the disappearance of more than 400 Blockbuster stores last year did little to boost its rental business.
On Tuesday, Rogers confirmed its more than 90 remaining video stores stopped renting movies and games late last week and are now in liquidation mode.
"We're just refocusing our retail offering and so at those locations we're going to be investing in infrastructure," said spokeswoman Leigh-Ann Popek.
"Some stores are going to be repurposed, some are going to be repurposed and/or relocated to better real estate. The plan is we're going to be opening at least 30 new stores in addition by the end of the year."
The existing rental outlets will be revamped to serve Rogers' other businesses, such as TV and wireless services.
As far back as 2005, Rogers had been signalling that its video business was in decline.
And in February, the company reported its video operations lost $23 million in 2011 on revenues of $82 million, which were down 43 per cent from the previous year.
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Post by R&ROVER on Apr 18, 2012 14:56:28 GMT -5
Only on occasion.
We cancelled our disc mail option from Netflix when a friend bought us a year's streaming for watching his house. So we occasionally get a hankerin' to watch something that isn't streaming (that'd be MOST new things, I might add....and most old things too).
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Post by Hey Man on Apr 18, 2012 15:01:18 GMT -5
Only on occasion. We cancelled our disc mail option from Netflix when a friend bought us a year's streaming for watching his house. So we occasionally get a hankerin' to watch something that isn't streaming (that'd be MOST new things, I might add....and most old things too). I haven't tried Netflix yet - do they have new releases available the same day or even before the street date like some VOD services. I remember people used to complain that they had to wait forever to get a new release per the mail option - because obviously everyone wanted to see some popular new release and there weren't enough copies to go around. |
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Post by R&ROVER on Apr 18, 2012 15:06:58 GMT -5
Not sure about same day as release. You do sometimes have to wait for availability depending on demand. Their mail subscription has excellent depth for older films, however. The streaming option is woefully behind their mail library in terms of quantity, but clearly pretty damn convenient.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2012 11:30:51 GMT -5
Only on occasion. We cancelled our disc mail option from Netflix when a friend bought us a year's streaming for watching his house. So we occasionally get a hankerin' to watch something that isn't streaming (that'd be MOST new things, I might add....and most old things too). I haven't tried Netflix yet - do they have new releases available the same day or even before the street date like some VOD services. I remember people used to complain that they had to wait forever to get a new release per the mail option - because obviously everyone wanted to see some popular new release and there weren't enough copies to go around. See, I don't get that. If I'm that impatient to see a film then I'll probably go see it in the theaters. But if I've waited for it to hit DVD then I can probably wait it out a few more weeks without it killing me. |
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Post by Hey Man on Apr 19, 2012 11:35:13 GMT -5
I haven't tried Netflix yet - do they have new releases available the same day or even before the street date like some VOD services. I remember people used to complain that they had to wait forever to get a new release per the mail option - because obviously everyone wanted to see some popular new release and there weren't enough copies to go around. See, I don't get that. If I'm that impatient to see a film then I'll probably go see it in the theaters. But if I've waited for it to hit DVD then I can probably wait it out a few more weeks without it killing me. Well I think the complaining is based on the fact that people could go down to their local video store and get the new release - so they were hoping that Netflix would be more competitive when it came to new releases since joining their service. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2012 11:57:11 GMT -5
See, I don't get that. If I'm that impatient to see a film then I'll probably go see it in the theaters. But if I've waited for it to hit DVD then I can probably wait it out a few more weeks without it killing me. Well I think the complaining is based on the fact that people could go down to their local video store and get the new release - so they were hoping that Netflix would be more competitive when it came to new releases since joining their service. Yeah you can get the new release at the video store, but you also pay a premium for that for that ONE new release to the tune of 1/2 of what you pay for a month of unlimited rentals through Netflix. |
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Post by marvulder on Apr 19, 2012 13:41:10 GMT -5
I haven't rented for about 2 years. Dvd's are so cheap I just buy them, if they are turds I turn them around fast on fleabay.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2012 11:02:48 GMT -5
Only on occasion. We cancelled our disc mail option from Netflix when a friend bought us a year's streaming for watching his house. So we occasionally get a hankerin' to watch something that isn't streaming (that'd be MOST new things, I might add....and most old things too). I haven't tried Netflix yet - do they have new releases available the same day or even before the street date like some VOD services. I remember people used to complain that they had to wait forever to get a new release per the mail option - because obviously everyone wanted to see some popular new release and there weren't enough copies to go around. Last I checked, back in June last year, Canada had a very limited Netflix selection compared to the US. Around 300 movies or so in total. |
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Post by dute on Apr 23, 2012 23:13:40 GMT -5
Not often, but yes. And I still call it a 'video store'.
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Post by R&ROVER on Apr 24, 2012 6:41:03 GMT -5
I haven't tried Netflix yet - do they have new releases available the same day or even before the street date like some VOD services. I remember people used to complain that they had to wait forever to get a new release per the mail option - because obviously everyone wanted to see some popular new release and there weren't enough copies to go around. Last I checked, back in June last year, Canada had a very limited Netflix selection compared to the US. Around 300 movies or so in total. Streaming or mail-ready? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2012 14:42:59 GMT -5
Last I checked, back in June last year, Canada had a very limited Netflix selection compared to the US. Around 300 movies or so in total. Streaming or mail-ready? Streaming and it is crap. I miss the Video store I really used to enjoy browsing the movies. I would often rent something I had never heard of. It was like the record store. Lots of fun. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2012 18:26:26 GMT -5
Streaming I think. Whatever it is that it shows you on the web page. It's a dreadful selection. A paucity.
I had another look yesterday and it's not changed.
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Post by lugnut on Apr 24, 2012 18:54:06 GMT -5
Streaming I think. Whatever it is that it shows you on the web page. It's a dreadful selection. A paucity. I had another look yesterday and it's not changed. I've never had Netflix myself so I'm not sure, but the other day I was reading a complaint from someone on another forum (who was in the US) who was complaining about the same problem - just a few hundred movies seemingly available. Turned out it's a problem with the Netflix interface that doesn't allow you to freely just browse the entire catalogue, you need to search for a specific movie and then add it to your queue. Apparently once you start watching stuff, it opens up more choices to freely browse based on your viewing habits. Sounds fuckin' retarded to me, but that could be what's going on with the limited choices on the Canadian version too. |
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