It amazes me there are still any video rental stores left, not least because they are expensive. I last went into a shop to rent a video 7 years ago. Now thanks to the wonders of online/postal rentals, I can rent as many DVD's per month as I can watch for less than I would pay to rent 2 films from a physical store. If Blockbuster hasn't captured a decent share of that market, it's quite understandable that it will go out of business.
I imagine in 5 years time that the idea of even receiving DVD's by post will be pretty much non-existent as broadband speeds will have increased to the point that shipping a physical disc is pointless.
God knows my mates blu-ray player takes an eternity to load the sodding things. we timed it last time, high end Sony player, took almost 4 minutes to load the menu.
It was quite something. We were quite sure it had crashed, or was going to demand an internet connection to download firmware updates. (The Blu-Ray box suggested this might be necessary.)
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andrewducker) wrote2010-09-24 12:01 pm
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I imagine in 5 years time that the idea of even receiving DVD's by post will be pretty much non-existent as broadband speeds will have increased to the point that shipping a physical disc is pointless.
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