• Hollywood Rolls Out $30 Rentals.
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[quote=Allthingsdigital] Would you pay $30 to rent a movie? Hollywood thinks you may. Four of the big studios are rolling out a “premium VOD” offering, where renters at home can pay extra to see films that were just in theaters but aren’t yet out on DVD. Time Warner, Sony, Comcast and News Corp.’s movie studios are all in (News Corp. also owns this Web site), and the films will start rolling out on DirectTV–and in some Comcast cable markets–soon. And once you get past the initial sticker shock, this one makes sense. Or at least it might to a certain segment of the population that wanted to see something in theaters but couldn’t get there in time. In fact, for some moviegoers, $30 could be a bargain. Average ticket prices hit $7.89 last year, and it’s much more in urban centers: Two tickets at my local theater in Brooklyn will set me back $25. And if you need to hire sitters, pay for parking, etc., you’ll quickly get past $30. And if that still seems too high, no worries–you can still wait and pay less down the road. Regardless of how this specific price point works out, the fact that Hollywood can try it illustrates why the movie business is faring much better against the digital disruption that has blown apart the music and newspaper businesses: Hollywood has conditioned moviegoers to the notion of “windows,” which gives it the ability to charge different prices at different times in a product’s life. Even if you have no idea what a window is, you know you pay a certain amount to watch a movie in a theater, a different price to buy it on DVD, a different price to rent it via Apple’s iTunes, or a certain amount a month to get it via Netflix, etc. That flexibility is now the envy of other media businesses that are just now trying to get there. [/quote] Source: [url]http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110331/hollywood-rolls-out-30-rentals-smart/[/url]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA No.
no thank you another excuse for people to pirate movies
If this were real the piracy numbers would skyrocket
Wouldn't this make it significantly easier to leak movies onto the internet?
I assumed this was an April Fools thing, but this was posted yesterday. :sigh:
Nah they aren't that retarded are they? :v:
And I though £4 for a HD movie from Virgin on demand was expensive.
If it's not an april fools joke, then it's clearly the death of an industry.
Why would I pay this if I can watch them for free anytime? I can just read the transcript and use the power of imagination!
Did you guys even read it? It's just if you want to watch it before it's on DVD. You can wait the same amount of time and pay the same amount of money for a DVD.
April Fools. :colbert:
[QUOTE=Chickens!;28932749]Did you guys even read it? It's just if you want to watch it before it's on DVD. You can wait the same amount of time and pay the same amount of money for a DVD.[/QUOTE] still seems really stupid
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;28932795]April Fools. :colbert:[/QUOTE] Except the article was published on March 31.
[QUOTE=nikomo;28933159]Except the article was published on March 31.[/QUOTE] That doesn't mean it isn't a april fools joke.
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[QUOTE=Chickens!;28932749]Did you guys even read it? It's just if you want to watch it before it's on DVD. You can wait the same amount of time and pay the same amount of money for a DVD.[/QUOTE] You can watch it before it is on DVD though.
$30 to watch a movie that hasn't come out on DVD? What ever happened to all those bootleggers that used to sell VHS tapes on the street corner? :sigh: I miss those days before the interwebs
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;28934199]$30 to watch a movie that hasn't come out on DVD? What ever happened to all those bootleggers that used to sell VHS tapes on the street corner? :sigh: I miss those days before the interwebs[/QUOTE] They moved to torrent sites/usenet.
Uh, I'd rather go to the theatre twice for $22, thanks.
[QUOTE=Fetret;28934274]They moved to torrent sites/usenet.[/QUOTE] They were far more interesting to talk too than the guy who uploaded my linux distributions
Sounds like PPV or something....pay an expensive fee to see something exclusive once; usually cheaper than seeing it in real life though. But in this case it would be backwards...pay less to see it in thearters, and even still, buy it on Blu-ray. Don't see why this would fly with anyone!
[QUOTE=Chickens!;28932749]Did you guys even read it? It's just if you want to watch it before it's on DVD. You can wait the same amount of time and pay the same amount of money for a DVD.[/QUOTE] If you wait and pay the same amount you get to keep the DVD.
Movie ticket: $10 Redbox: $1 a night Obvious intermediate value: $30 I'm guessing April Fools.
Its worth it for a new release which the only other way to watch it is in theaters. Plus there is no limit to how many people can watch it being on a screen at home which means no tickets/cheaper costs.
You can go to the cinema and have a popcorn orgy for that price.
Cheaper than taking your average family to the cinema though.
My local theater charges $5 a ticket on weekdays and like $7.50 on weekends and I live in one of the biggest cities in the country. So for $30 to see a movie once before it is even on DVD is bullshit. I could spend anywhere from $20 to $28 for four people at the theater.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;28934356]They were far more interesting to talk too than the guy who uploaded my linux distributions[/QUOTE] No argument there, these linux distributors are not very chatty at all.
They only want to charge that because they know people will figure out how to tap into the PPV feed, make copies, and upload to TPB. They're really just doing the pirates a favor by giving them the means to get better copies of current-run movies than the shitty cam copies. Also, probably just April Fools. Though with all movies now shot digitally, the delay between release and DVD has nothing to do with converting to video and everything to do with milking the box office.
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