Blockbuster Broadband Video Box A Disappointment > What are they thinking???

said by CrzyCrakr:

They are really doing some bonehead stuff lately. First there is the new stores with the big HDTVs and all the current gen consoles for people to play on and now this. They are really blowing money for nothing.
Really they have a good thing with their online service and free trade ins at the store. If they are trying to expand it would be better for them to add games to the online rentals. They could kill two birds(Netflix and GameFly) with one stone. The the dumbass CEO says the same thing about the set top box as he does about renting games. He cries about not wanting to hurt his stores. Give me a break. I have checked out all four blockbusters near me and their in store game collection stinks. I think that if they did the same in store trade ins like they do with the movies it would be a total hit. I like being able to get a free in store rental when I drop them off at the store and as so have it release the next items in my Q.

said by aaronwt:

I'm done with disc rentals of any kind. I have almost 700 HD DVD/BD titles now. From now on I'll either be purchasing the title or watching it from VOD on VUDU, 360, FIOS VOD, or the PS3. Or watching it streaming from Netflix from my TiVos or 360.
I dropped Blockbuster and I came back to Netflix strictly for the video streaming, I will not be renting any discs.

And my future purchases will be very low while my future VOD watchings will be very high.

said by CrzyCrakr:

Yeah but you have to pay like $8.99 for unlimited streaming or a little less for a limited streaming plan. You are still paying for the DVD rental. Seems a waste of money to not rent them if you are paying for it anyway. If they had a streaming only plan that would be cool but they would have to get a much better streaming selection for that.