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Blockbuster and Comcast Team For...Movies By Mail?
Blockbuster continues proud tradition of ignorning broadband
by Karl Bode Monday 09-Aug-2010 tags: Video · business · alternatives · content
Blogger Dave Zatz directs our attention to the fact that Comcast and Blockbuster have teamed up for a venture called DVDs By Mail, which does exactly what its name suggests. From the looks of things, this appears to be little more than a marketing effort created by Blockbuster aimed at temping Comcast's 47.7 million customers with slightly reduced rates. The deal certainly falls in line with Blockbuster's MO: here you have a company that's teetering on bankruptcy in large part because they've failed to adapt to the broadband age, partnering with the nation's biggest and fastest broadband ISP -- to use the U.S. Postal Service to deliver movies. Very adaptive, evolutionary, and innovative there, gentlemen.

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SandShark
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Uhhh...

Bust!

baineschile
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Re: Uhhh...

Isnt Comcast worried about this cutting into their on-demand revenue?
Joe12345678

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Re: Uhhh...

said by baineschile:

Isnt Comcast worried about this cutting into their on-demand revenue?
seeing how they don't have 1080p or in some areas they don't have the QAM room for lot's of VOD this they help them.

But comcast should look into push VOD!

aaronwt
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DVD!?!??

I started watching DVDs in 1998 and stopped in 2005. I started getting DVDs in the mail in 1998 and I have no desire to get a DVD in the mail in 2010. Maybe a Blu-ray Disc, but that is certainly not a DVD.

Macster

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Re: DVD!?!??

Blueray disks are included at no extra charge with this plan. I've also seen some posts stated that there is also free streaming

Lazarus
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Re: DVD!?!??

Streaming is free from the base package on up. If I remember right you do have to opt-in for Blurays to ship, and then they ship to you if they are available on a movie you add to your Q.

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It speaks volumes to me that a company that is dying from obsolescence is still using the term "DVD" as the primary marketing word for their product

spewak
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Ponderous, just ponderous man...

It speaks volumes about the fact that ISP's would rather NOT have their intertubes clogged and would rather offload the movies to the USPS for home delivery. What is interesting is that Comcast cannot partner with BLockbuster on streaming as they have already painted themselves into a corner by capping users' download connections.
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Re: Ponderous, just ponderous man...

said by spewak:

It speaks volumes about the fact that ISP's would rather NOT have their intertubes clogged and would rather offload the movies to the USPS for home delivery. What is interesting is that Comcast cannot partner with BLockbuster on streaming as they have already painted themselves into a corner by capping users' download connections.
This would work if there was streaming to the Set Top.

What's the difference between this and Blockbusters disc-by-mail service? (Which my family currently uses and are VERY happy with)?
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Blockbuster hasn't been relevant for years

Blockbuster isn't relevant *unless it's your only choice for renting movies*.

At least they know they suck at adapting to the broadband age.

The internet is such an important marketing and delivery tool, that any company that misses this wave will find themselves left behind, forgotten about, and tossed out like used toilet paper.

Voodoo288
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That reminds me...

I need to take my Netflix disk to the post office for return...
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Where's the pricing?

Typical Comcast . . . you have to sign up to even see the pricing. That tells me it's more than likely higher than Netflix.
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broberts

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verify ur info

check numbers Karl comcast does not have 47.7 million.more like 23.
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Re: verify ur info

opps stand corrected. its 47 when you count both internet and video.

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Blockbuster is run by idiots

Blockbuster has made consistent missteps since the advent of Netflix. They really deserve to go out of business and quickly.
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Blockbuster is almost done

I got a DroidX last week, and it has a Blockbuster app built in. Apparently they paid Verizon x amount to include the Blockbuster app with the phone, an app that cannot be removed without rooting the phone (which VZW makes clear voids the warranty). It's also an app that's not allowed to use the HDMI port, so no watching on a real HDTV. People on Droid forums are already wondering how to remove the app once BB goes under.

edit to add: Not to mention that a 24 hour rental allows me to watch the movie on this wonderful 4.3" screen at 4 bucks a day (yea, I'll be doing THAT every day!).
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is there a word for "MOST EPIC FAIL"

lol i swear alien retards have taken over the world

wait retard is to good a word.....lol

Simba7
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Will BB just..

..die already? They already screwed up terribly and they sure as hell aren't learning from their mistakes. Now they're copying Netflix? You've GOT to be kiddin' me.

"We'll just copy Netflix's plan but charge more for it". I can see this flopping like crazy. They think the "Blockbuster" name is enough. Reminds me of that one Futurama episode "FUTURESTOCK".
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Re: Will BB just..

said by Simba7:

"We'll just copy Netflix's plan but charge more for it".
In all likelihood, that was Comcast's sole contribution to the partnership.
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Comcast fastest ISP?

Says who?

»/archive

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lol

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God, their board of directors must all be 92 years old.

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They have it all wrong...

BlockBuster needs to be bolder than the competition. They need to offer movies over carrier pigeon. That will show Netflix who's really on the leading edge of movie delivery.

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Re: They have it all wrong...

i for one would pay a premium to receive media content by carrier pigeon
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Re: They have it all wrong...

Wow, Dinner »ushotstuff.com/wg/SquabSmp.htm
and a movie.
chronoss2009
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Re: They have it all wrong...

and all you can afford after that dinner and a movie for the rest fo the month is kraft dinner and water

haha

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