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Netflix and "Rental" Disks
DaveMMR:
It happened to me when I rented Scott Pilgrim from the Redbox. Had the stamp and all the special features were disabled.
But I actually don't mind it so much either - I actually thought it was a good idea from a business standpoint. DVD's (and BluRays) were always priced to own and if they have to cripple rental versions to keep prices from going up (theoretically) on movies for the consumer to buy or for the rental company that'll pass those fees to the consumers, so be it. If they're special features I'm interested in seeing it's because I'm interested in the movie itself and would be buying it anyway. I'm only spending the buck for rental or streaming it for the flat Netflix fee so I don't particularly feel ripped off.
Samstag:
Amazon's video on demand service carries a lot of extras, and offers them free even if you don't rent the associated movie. I don't know if they're any good or the same as you get on the retail version since I rarely watch extras.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: jamesjones626 on January 31, 2011, 07:32:57 pm ---I dont see what the big deal is, I never watch the extras.
--- End quote ---
I buy some movies more for the extras than the film itself. Rob Zombie's Halloween.....not a very good movie, but the 4 hour "making of" intrigued me enough to get it.
Malenko:
Haruman, you can borrow my BluRay of that movie if you want.
piecesof8:
I had noticed that with the last few blu-rays I've received from Netflix too. Not a big deal for me though - if I'm renting it, that means I want to watch the movie and send it back. If the movie was one that I like enough to watch all the extras or for repeated viewings, I'd buy it.
I haven't tried streaming Netflix to my TV yet, mostly because the selection pretty much sucks right now - looking at my queue, less than 20% of the movies I have in there are currently streamable. My other reason for hanging onto physical media is quality: blu-rays look amazing on my 52" TV, but I wonder how much quality I'd have to exchange for the convenience of streaming?
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