10-07-2016, 03:16 AM
(10-07-2016, 02:58 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I guess it all depends on how you like to browse and if you know what you're looking for. I had a debate with a younger guy at work about this and of course he kept mentioning the convenience of searching at home (Good point) and be able to find something in an instant at starting it immediately (another good point). But that just doesn't apply to me as much as someone like him I guess.
There were so many video stores at the peak that I never felt like I was going out of my way to stop in there. It was either right on my way home, and/or it was near a Kroger, or Walgreens, or food place, that I'd just kind of make the stop as part of another trip. I'll do my grocery shop and rent some movies/I'll pick up my prescription and rent some movies/I'll pick up dinner and rent some movies. It never seemed like an inconvenience to go in there.
For anyone that has HBO Go and you want to look through "all available movies", which I would guess is around 200, it will take you at least 20 minutes to scroll through them. And I feel like I'm flying through the screens too. "Nope, nope, no, not a chance, next..." It's not like I'm stopping to think over every one or clicking on the info. And half the time I get so far ahead that I have to stop to let the next row movies load. I spend 20 minutes to look through what was one wall at Blockbuster, and usually watch nothing.
I feel like I could go into Blockbuster, take my time to find a couple new releases, and grab a handful of old movies (say 2 or 3), maybe browse the bargain bin, and be in and out of the store in less than 20 minutes. And I'd be set movie-wise for a week.
Maybe I just browse movies like an old fogey or something. I just know it's a slower process for me now to look through way less a selection.
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with you. It was purely by accident that I discovered movies on demand, because of my son (he's 16 yrs old). I forget what actually happened, nothing crazy, but he said something like "yea I saw it on movies on demand" and I was like "what? that's going to charge us extra! " Then he told me no and told me about the free movie options. I'm an old fogey too, it's amazing to me that there are people that weren't around before the internet, smart phones and cable. Hell I'm only 43yrs old. But I'm sure every generation feels the same when they're getting passed by.
