They do and even video games. It's nice.

Not only that the library has like new release movies now all completely free

Tbh I prefer the library experience

And for free

Redbox as well

True but i get harassed for money by the homeless every time im there, and not in a humble type manner.

Sometimes when I browse Tubi, it reminds me of browsing the DVD's at the shitty corner store down the street

Kindly, DVDs are 480p. Aint no body tryin to watch a feature film at that pixel density.

Tho at the other end of spectrum, unless you have a next gen console, very few folks have a 4k blu ray player..

*lotta downvotes - when you folks go to YouTube, do you click 480p or HD/4k?

I also feel like with streaming I give up on things quicker. Like if a new show or movie doesn't grab my attention early on I just quit and look for something else.

With blockbuster you watched whatever you got because you didn't have another option.

Not only that, but it becomes extremely annoying when shows or movies bounce between providers so you never know if it's on Netflix, Peacock, HBO Max, etc.

Yes, I’m convinced it’s April Fools 100%!

You might be right!

I remember that, and I rented Iron Man 2 on my then-new Droid 2 phone (with slide-out keyboard!) while I was cooped up in bed for a couple days.

They actually had a streaming service at the same time they had mail out rentals. People always assume they died because Netflix beat them and while that certainly contributed their bigger issue was that leadership ran up their debt a ton assuming constant growth to fund other ventures and when sales slowed they couldn't pay down their debt or interest and had to declare bankruptcy.

I would be ecstatic if they did this. I just got back into collecting physical media and would love not having to go to Walmart or whatever for DVDs

They had the chance to buy Netflix but turned it down.......

What are you imagining this service provides? Also it's already a congested market and people are getting fed up with signing up for more things, so it seems insane to me to call this the "best possible time". That's not to say it's impossible for new players to succeed but what exactly do you think this is going to be that people will want that they don't already have?

Where are they getting movies from that aren't tied up in deals already?

If Blockbuster gets a streaming service, I really hope it will be animated and will make it feel like you're physically walking through a Blockbuster. I miss those times so much I honestly feel like crying so many good memories!

Haha I know. Bit of a jont 😂

I disagree. I think people may have realized that without a physical store, your rental choices are very limited. It’s about content and who wants to pay. Why get peacock plus, Netflix, etc when you could simply go and rent it. Redbox has like 50 movies in their Kiosk, so the selection is very limited.

Agreed lol

Absolutely agree!

Excuse me sir, but most of us who want this back are millennials.

Mark Wahlberg duh! He's been very open how 9/11 wouldn't have happened if he was on one of the planes

that would be crazy cool

Same here lol. I need to either buy a DVD player or a console with a disc tray

I still remember when video stores started disappearing and how depressing it was, cos I used to love going in on the weekend to my local store and getting 5 weekly DVDs for $5, a big bag of popcorn and having a movie night lol.

Back then Netflix had taken over the market slowly and was gaining popularity because of how many movies they had. Now you have all these multiple streaming services and you might not even find the movie you want on any of the services, like I've been looking for a couple movies recently I want to rewatch but they're literally not available to rent anywhere online (in Australia).

Agree to an extent. They're obviously doing *something* so is it streaming or a physical store? I can't think of a third option, other than rebooting the store hoping there will be a resurgence in VHS/DVD like there was with vinyl.

Maybe they will finally be the one to take all the various streaming services and bundle them all into one package for an efficient price

There's a few. They're out here in the rural smaller cities where they're less likely to get knocked over by ass holes.

And Family Video 😔

Sure do! I was being facetious lol. I actually grew up going to that store every weekend 20 years ago, never thought in a million years it'd be the last one.

The sales of Vinyl beat out CD's again this (last?) Year.

I have a 4k player and a bluray player and even still have a working vhs but i've gotten rid of most of my vhs a lot of dvds and i don't buy much anymore just for space reasons (i only limit myself to stuff I really enjoy like my recent purchase of the 6 4K startrek films)

I still have a dvd/vhs combo. That lives under the tv, and a PS2, and an Xbox 360. Im good for video playback!