10-07-2016, 01:45 PM
I thought of another huge plus. Renting TV series back then like The Sopranos, The Wire, Entourage, etc. I watched all of those through rentals. By the time I got to The Sopranos it had already been out for a few seasons. So when I started with the series it had long been in the non new release section. It was a $1 a rental, and I want to say each dvd had like 3 or 4 episodes. I devoured almost all of these shows in no time. I'd grab 2 of them a week or something, and I could watch an entire season for like 3 bucks.
Now? If you don't have HBO good luck watching something like Game of Thrones. I just checked on Itunes, each individual episode is $3.99, but I think you own it? Regardless, it would cost you $39.99 to get it through Itunes. Same price on Amazon. $3.99 an episode, or you can buy the whole season for $19.99. Or you could just buy the physical copies, which makes more sense, for around 40 bucks.
None of that seems as appealing as being able to rent the entire first season for 3 or 4 dollars. Yeah, you can get a lot of shows a season later on Netflix but not all of them. At the video store you could pretty much get any show you want. Want to watch Smallville? Just rent it. Now, if it's not on Netflix? Sign up for another service that does have it (None have had it or currently do, but it's coming to Hulu I heard), or pay a crap ton of money to get it through Itunes.
Now? If you don't have HBO good luck watching something like Game of Thrones. I just checked on Itunes, each individual episode is $3.99, but I think you own it? Regardless, it would cost you $39.99 to get it through Itunes. Same price on Amazon. $3.99 an episode, or you can buy the whole season for $19.99. Or you could just buy the physical copies, which makes more sense, for around 40 bucks.
None of that seems as appealing as being able to rent the entire first season for 3 or 4 dollars. Yeah, you can get a lot of shows a season later on Netflix but not all of them. At the video store you could pretty much get any show you want. Want to watch Smallville? Just rent it. Now, if it's not on Netflix? Sign up for another service that does have it (None have had it or currently do, but it's coming to Hulu I heard), or pay a crap ton of money to get it through Itunes.
