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Post by Dabbit on Feb 4, 2007 4:13:49 GMT -5
I used to belong to lovefilm where you got as many films to see per month as you could watch and return, this usually worked out to be about 8 per month. The thing I found with lovefilm is that you rarely got the up-to-date films rather you got the ones nearer to bottom of your list.
I have found a couple of companies to be different though Amazon and Blockbuster both do online services and both offer more recent films than of lovefilm.
However all this costs of cause and my current deal with amazon only allows me 4 films per month, and blockbuster are a bit more expensive than lovefilm.
I think I'll stick with Amazon for the moment, particularly as summer is approaching and we're often and out and about walking the dog, doing some gardening, or venturing out to other localities.
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Post by Mark on Feb 4, 2007 9:25:56 GMT -5
While I'm not familiar with Lovefilm, you are right about Blockbusters being somewhat expensive. The thing I don't like about the subscription services here, such as Blockbusters and Netflix is that you have to sign up for a monthly fee whether you find anything you want to watch or not. I'd hate to be forced to watch drivel just to get my "money's worth", if you know what I mean.
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Post by Dabbit on Feb 4, 2007 10:22:27 GMT -5
You're right there Mark with Amazon, but compared to hire shop prices here they work out cheap: BUT is it cheap when you get films just to top up the list...I do hire from our local shop ocassionally as well as the online service...
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Post by Mark on Feb 4, 2007 15:09:12 GMT -5
That's all we do, Dave, just get a DVD or two each week, or perhaps none, for the equivalent of about 3 quid each - not cheap.
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Post by Maria on Feb 10, 2007 7:27:47 GMT -5
Many people in the states are going to renting films to be delivered . . like Netflex. One pays a like $5 a month and get DVD's weekly in their mail boxes. Technology is getting so advanced so fast. Now my son received an interesting gift for Christmas. It is a box hooked up to his TV --now this is the interesting part. He can download the latest movies (well most any movie really) right from his own livingroom and it is there in seconds to watch. I have been reading that DVD will be going the way of VHS tapes soon. People will just beam them into there computers or Ipods things. All too complicated for my simple mind. Remember when one only had three TV channels to watch and only saw movies at the cinemas? Simpler times.
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Post by Dabbit on Feb 10, 2007 12:13:03 GMT -5
Thats true enough Maria...Already they are steering towards a non-removal disc such as sky plus...which pauses live TV, records without the need for a tape or removable disc...
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Post by Mark on Feb 13, 2007 19:16:36 GMT -5
Oh, I have one of those already, Dave. It's called a DVR, a digital video recorder. I can record while watching something else, or set it to record when I'm not even there or even set it to record a whole series of programs. It's quite nice for an additional 4.95 a month.
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Post by Dabbit on Feb 14, 2007 4:02:07 GMT -5
It's a bit more expensive than that here I think more like near £20 a month...I am still taping on VHS and have just got a new one (which I can't get installed but someone with the know how is going to help me next week)...I do have a DVD player for the TV down stairs, and the TV in our bedroom has both DVD and VHS built in
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Post by Mark on Feb 14, 2007 13:12:04 GMT -5
I have DVD/VHS recorder/players, but haven't used them in VHS mode for a long time. They play either format, but only record VHS tapes. Next project will be to get a DVD recorder, but there's no rush as I have the DVR.
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Post by Dabbit on Jan 23, 2008 3:25:07 GMT -5
It just proves that money can't buy you happiness - with the sad death of Heath Ledger (aged 28 I think). He apparently died from a drugs overdose, which got me thinking if he hadn't have found the wealth and fame would he have gotten into drugs and ended life at such a young age?
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Post by Mark on Jan 23, 2008 8:54:52 GMT -5
No one can know, Dabbit. Perhaps it could have happened if he had not found fame and wealth, maybe even sooner. Who knows?
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Post by Dabbit on Mar 17, 2008 10:14:28 GMT -5
My Dvd yesterday was 'Transformers' which I have to confess I wasn't particularly looking forward to. But my (f) S- i - L said it was fabulous, so I put it on my list. However, when we tried to watch it on our (slightly antiquated) TV, it refused to play. I then read it was HD (high definition) and it wouldn't play on my older TV.
I guess technology is springing forward and I'm tagging behind
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Post by Dabbit on Jun 17, 2008 1:33:19 GMT -5
I have cancelled my DVD subscription for the summer as we tend not to watch a lot suring the warm sunny periods (shouldn't have canclled it then really). But I am missing my films...
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Post by Mark on Jun 17, 2008 13:55:59 GMT -5
Well, I've never tried one of the DVD subscription schemes - I'd feel compelled to watch films I wouldn't otherwise have obtained, so just go to the Blockbuster store itself on occasion and pick up a film or two.
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Post by Dabbit on Jun 18, 2008 2:03:48 GMT -5
To my knowledge we have one DVD hire shop in the town which serving 24,000 or sp people doesn't always hold enough stock. In addition it is a 20 minute or more walk there (and 20 minutes back) to get the film and then return it.
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Post by Mark on Jun 18, 2008 16:08:32 GMT -5
Sounds like a good opportunity for some enterprising bloke to open up a Blockbuster's!
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Post by Dabbit on Jun 19, 2008 12:07:04 GMT -5
One major chain recently went bankrupt, several local corner shops started DVD rentals but those have failed...
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Post by Mark on Jun 20, 2008 8:58:43 GMT -5
Well, I'm afraid that may be the wave of the future. Now might not be the best time to invest in a DVD rental business with new technologies coming down the road. I think it might very well be the case that Television cable companies and the like will offer pay-for-view of newly-released films at reasonable rates, comparable to DVD rental rates and put them out of business.
No more walking 20 minutes to the local DVD store or driving and using up expensive gasoline (petrol)!
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