centipede
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Post by centipede on Feb 24, 2016 9:39:50 GMT
To all surviving Video/DVD stores and those who went before them.
I know it's technological progress, but I say screw the torrent services! Just because it's progress doesn't mean it's all good! I don't want to clog up my internet, just waiting for something to DL and I sure don't want the NSA's Prism watch like it's their damn business. I want to get my disc, pop it in and return it.
I prefer renting to buying DVDs because they don't fill up my shelves. And I know, unfortunately, the movie or game you want isn't always available in physical form, so that's when I DL them. If I don't get anything from a store, it's because they're not stocking what I want.
I only know of one remaining DVD rental in my area, and I will support it as long as it stands. A few months ago, I joined another so I could rent out South Park: The Stick of Truth and it had a wider selection of games and movies that I was planning to utilise (I was going to rent out Blur!). Unfortunately, a month ago, it had its closing down sale. And now, one of the larger video stores has closed down on the other side of town.
There are Blockbuster vending machines around, but they don't have the selection and variety I want, only the latest Hollywood turds.
So join me for a drink as we remember those victims of the future and those who have yet to join them.
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Spirit Bomb
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Post by Spirit Bomb on Feb 24, 2016 10:44:00 GMT
What about Game Fly? Have you tried that option? I hear it's sort of like Netflix.
Anyway, yeah, I totally agree with what you're saying. Torrenting stuff is bad for many reasons. Namely, it's bad for the economy, because when people download free movies and games on the internet, that means used media shops aren't making as much money and will likely go out of business at that rate. That kind of stuff shouldn't be free. That's why I usually refuse to watch entire movies that have been uploaded to Youtube. I don't support that shit. I love my local used game/dvd shops. They're my primary source for buying games, movies, and seasons of shows. I would be unhappy without them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 12:42:26 GMT
What the generations who will grow up without rental outlets won't understand is that renting provided an opportunity to discover game and film titles that you might not otherwise have tried-- handling the box, looking at the art, reading the description and deciding if it excites your curiosity was an experience unto itself. Now, you have to look at Youtube videos of gameplay and/or download a demo if available(which doesn't necessarily represent the finished product) to figure out if you want to purchase it. This is not to mention the fact that some games and movies are not worth owning-- they're either too short, mediocre or forgettable to warrant the cost of an outright purchase (even used).
I used to rent consoles prior to choosing one. When a lot of people were buying a PS1 because all their friends had one, I decided to make an informed decision and rent one from Blockbuster along with a few titles to see for myself. I also did the same with an N64, eventually bought the latter and have never regretted it since.
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Post by manicottimafia on Feb 24, 2016 17:26:09 GMT
I will toast to rental stores, but online services are not a bad thing. They are simply more convenient. You don't have to go to the shop, you don't have to worry about the item you want being out of stock, and you don't have to worry about returning the disc either.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Feb 24, 2016 19:41:18 GMT
I always prefered buying movies instead of renting them since it was almost the same price.
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Post by PhantasmaStriker on Feb 28, 2016 8:45:19 GMT
*Toast*
Even though I don't rent, I'm still glad there is a very nice entertainment store around here that carries both new and used DVDs/BRs.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 4, 2016 20:07:01 GMT
@player1 I remember renting N64 games, too. Especially Donkey Kong 64 because you had to get the Expansion Pak at the check-out counter. It made the game feel really special.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 2:28:11 GMT
@dan E. Kool: I would say that Perfect Dark is the other game wherein an Expansion Pak is almost mandatory to get the most out of it.
As far as special: one of the games I rented with the console was Ocarina of Time. As cheesy as this sounds now, that moment when I stepped out into the openness of Hyrule Field for the first time, looked up into the sky with the sun there (lens flare!)...only to watch it set later, night fall and the moon rise...it was a glorious, magical thing to me, having come from playing 2D games on Atari, NES and SNES(previously only the original Starfox gave me a real glimpse of 3D polygons on a home system). Because this type of thing is so commonplace now, I think that most younger enthusiasts in this hobby can't understand what a technological watershed it was-- a large fully 3D environment open to explore with a day/night cycle, melee target lock-on, the option to view in 1st or 3rd person, horseback riding, underwater exploration, time travel. I guess it's part of the reason the game I rented with the PS1-- FFVII-- just didn't impress me at all by comparison (yes, that's blasphemy to PS1 fans I know) because it was an evolution of a series, but not a revolutionary transformation the way OoT felt.
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Post by Guilion on Mar 6, 2016 5:37:52 GMT
Ah, the first world. We still have plenty of BlockBusters (Albeit with a different name) to go around here I'm afraid so I see no point in toasting.
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 6, 2016 10:57:09 GMT
I always prefered buying movies instead of renting them since it was almost the same price. 3D movies cost around $30 in United States, I never see them for rent other than on streaming services, which don't display the same quality as the original ones. Some downloads are OK, but in my experience they never match the sound of original copies. Maybe because they try to shrink them enough to make them easy to stream or download, stripping them sometimes of more things than just the secondary languages and subtitles. |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 6, 2016 15:58:22 GMT
@dan E. Kool: I would say that Perfect Dark is the other game wherein an Expansion Pak is almost mandatory to get the most out of it. As far as special: one of the games I rented with the console was Ocarina of Time. As cheesy as this sounds now, that moment when I stepped out into the openness of Hyrule Field for the first time, looked up into the sky with the sun there (lens flare!)...only to watch it set later, night fall and the moon rise...it was a glorious, magical thing to me, having come from playing 2D games on Atari, NES and SNES(previously only the original Starfox gave me a real glimpse of 3D polygons on a home system). Because this type of thing is so commonplace now, I think that most younger enthusiasts in this hobby can't understand what a technological watershed it was-- a large fully 3D environment open to explore with a day/night cycle, melee target lock-on, the option to view in 1st or 3rd person, horseback riding, underwater exploration, time travel. I guess it's part of the reason the game I rented with the PS1-- FFVII-- just didn't impress me at all by comparison (yes, that's blasphemy to PS1 fans I know) because it was an evolution of a series, but not a revolutionary transformation the way OoT felt. Unfortunately, I've never played Perfect Dark  But I loved Golden Eye and I guess the feeling would be the same for Perfect Dark. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 19:00:44 GMT
GoldenEye was the first popular multiplayer FPS for consoles and thus has wide name and character recognition; but Perfect Dark is technically superior in every other way (ex. supports up to 4 players and 8 bots simultaneously, more gameplay options). Because I have PD, I've never felt the need to own 007-- although I should probably pick up a copy for when nostalgic friends are over regardless.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Mar 6, 2016 19:08:57 GMT
I always prefered buying movies instead of renting them since it was almost the same price. 3D movies cost around $30 in United States, I never see them for rent other than on streaming services, which don't display the same quality as the original ones. Some downloads are OK, but in my experience they never match the sound of original copies. Maybe because they try to shrink them enough to make them easy to stream or download, stripping them sometimes of more things than just the secondary languages and subtitles. It's an expensive format, but I hate not going for the best. So I always by that format if it exists for the movie I'm buying. |
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 8, 2016 2:35:57 GMT
Balder it is money better spend.
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Post by Balder on Mar 8, 2016 7:40:19 GMT
stratogustav yeah there's definitively worse things to spend money on, like DVDs in the year 2016.
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But I loved Golden Eye and I guess the feeling would be the same for Perfect Dark.