Blockbuster Still Not Getting This Whole Broadband Thing > I think there is a place for it

said by AstroBoy:

Redbox has the kiosk idea covered! We used Redbox often, even tho we have Netflix, until Netflix did streaming. Now we only use Redbox when we want a movie "now" and can't stream it.

The SD card idea is stupid. I will not buy a Blockbusted player, unless it has Internet access and can download to the SD card! But then, Netflix already has streaming, so why bother?

said by BF69:

You are required to bring back the DVDs from RedBox don't you?

said by AstroBoy:

Yes.

Yes, that is why I don't use the service much, 2 trips! I forgot about that. Streaming is the best way to go. DVD by mail is second best. Second best would be SD card with download option over the Internet. That would be really good, but not as good as streaming.

I assume you would need to return the SD card also. Maybe you can use your own card, I hope not. I would hope the kiosk has them pre-loaded and ready to go quickly. Otherwise, copying 2-4 GB of data to an SD card could take forever. I would not want to have to wait 4-8 minutes while it copies. That would suck big time!

4 minutes assuming 2GB at 10MB/sec.
8 minutes assuming 4GB at 10MB/sec.