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$30 to watch a new-in-theaters release at home sounds reasonable. I would pay it, just to avoid the idiots at the theater. But only if I could get it the day it hit theaters. I'll even stretch it to the first week. But by the time it's 10 weeks old, it has lost all "new" value, and I have waited long enough already that it is nothing more than a soon-to-be free rental. | |
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| | | | Re: $30 rental? said by wings10:4 people go to the theater and spend $50 or more on movie tickets and popcorn.
$30 seems like a good deal if you split that between 4 people.
Theaters will not be happy.
10 weeks after opening, it will only be second run theaters who are unhappy. And lets face it, people go to those places as a cheaper alternative while still on the big screen, so I doubt this will effect them much. | |
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|  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
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kudos:4 | said by jc1350:No thanks. I'd rather wait and buy a permanent DVD copy for $20. No movie is worth $30 for a very limited viewing time.
Second that. $30 is still cheaper than a family outing to the movie theater, but waiting a few more months and either getting it thru Netflix or a DVD rental store makes more sense.
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| quatrixPremium
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kudos:2 | Or =$1 to rent and watch it once. There's no reason to watch movies the moment they're released. It's going to be exactly the same movie six months later. | |
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i only buy physical media and do not support the DRM digital file BS. | |
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|  Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
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kudos:10 | ESPECIALLY NO MOVIE MADE NOW!! (99% of them are trash) | |
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kudos:1 | Let's not blame Directv for this retarded move, so much as the stinkin' movie studios. What a bunch of mooks! 
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Palm Coast, FL | I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. For instance, you have a family of 4 and the cost of going to the theaters would be about $10 per person + snacks or a group of friends who'd rather stay in and watch it all pitch in rather than going to the theater.
I don't really know what to make of this... | |
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| | | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. Or just watch a move that's been out for 6 months for $6. Or redbox a blu-ray for $1.50 + driving time. | |
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| |  wings10I Am LegendPremium
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South Elgin, IL | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. Or Netflix for $8.99 a month unlimited. Disc or Stream. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. said by wings10:Or Netflix for $8.99 a month unlimited. Disc or Stream.
Netflix streaming in mostly OLD movies. | |
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| Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. said by BF69:said by wings10:Or Netflix for $8.99 a month unlimited. Disc or Stream.
Netflix streaming in mostly OLD movies. ??????
I guess you don't watch Starz on netflix? Anyway I am so behind in titles watch/streaming movies from 2010 is plenty new to me. 
If not I get the disc by mail. 
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Camden, TN | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. said by wings10:said by BF69:said by wings10:Or Netflix for $8.99 a month unlimited. Disc or Stream.
Netflix streaming in mostly OLD movies. ?????? I guess you don't watch Starz on netflix? A) Starz movies are NOT in HD.
B) Ocne the Starz deal runs out you can kiss those new movies from them good-bye. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. said by wings10:said by BF69:A) Starz movies are NOT in HD.
B) Ocne the Starz deal runs out you can kiss those new movies from them good-bye.
There will be others. Starz is not the only stream on Netflix. But I am not hear to try to sell Netflix to YOU. Anyway back on topic. I actually have Netflix streaming. I'm just telling how it is. I'm for TRUTH. I don't shill for a company. | |
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. I agree. Movies are not that recent. Thats why i still get discs | |
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|  Simba7I Void Warranties
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Billings, MT | Depends. If you have a nice home theater, I could see this as an alternative. If you don't, it's a rather high-priced movie ticket.
..not to mention I wonder if this is in HD (not over-compressed) with full 7.1 surround and 3D on certain movies. I kinda doubt it, though. | |
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| | | | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. DirecTV super-compresses their HD feed. Their $5 VOD HD rentals aren't even worth it from how crappy it looks with any minimal moving scene. | |
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| | | | | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. the push / download VOD is 1080P much better then comcast VOD. | |
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| | | | | | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. It can be 2160p, but if they compress the crap out of it and then uncompress it, it will still be 2160p of crap. | |
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Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | said by Network Guy:DirecTV super-compresses their HD feed. Their $5 VOD HD rentals aren't even worth it from how crappy it looks with any minimal moving scene.
You should see U-verse -- that is super-compression. AT&T makes DirecTV look like Bluray. | |
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| | | | | | Re: I can see this being valuable in select circumstances.. Yet people pay for it | |
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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| $30!?!? The Adjustment Bureau is one of the movies that will be available for $30. We saw it last month at an AMC theater in a digital presentation. Tickets were $6 each since we went before noon. Plus it will be out on disc in early June.
Why would anyone want to pay $30 to watch it when it costs less in the theater and you can rent it in less than two months for under $6? | |
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| Re: $30!?!? said by aaronwt:Why would anyone want to pay $30 to watch it when it costs less in the theater and you can rent it in less than two months for under $6?
Maybe for those families that have a dozen kids. Then again, those types of families probably aren't spending $30 on premium movies. You're right...no one is going to pay for it. | |
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| Re: $30!?!? said by cdru:said by aaronwt:Why would anyone want to pay $30 to watch it when it costs less in the theater and you can rent it in less than two months for under $6?
Maybe for those families that have a dozen kids. Then again, those types of families probably aren't spending $30 on premium movies. You're right...no one is going to pay for it. Wrong.
We'll pay.
$30 is less than the cost of two tickets at our local Thug-O-Plex, even before you pay for parking, only to be forced to share the air with Lakers Celebrants, Dodger fans, and various nimrods that will stab you with a meat thermometer should you expect them NOT to use their cellphone during the movie.
(There are two theater complexes here that seem to "get it" when it comes to security, but they're a bit of a drive, and their approach is still somewhat reactive, rather than dis-inviting the brutes. So we're not inclined to attend as much.) | |
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In that perspective I could see it. So basically, family & friend viewing for those with big screens that want to avoid the theatres. | |
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
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| Re: $30!?!?
said by HappyAnarchy :Well, I work so I won't generally being viewing movies with my 3 kids and wife before noon. That puts it up to $10 per person, total of $50 not including snacks.
In that perspective I could see it. So basically, family & friend viewing for those with big screens that want to avoid the theatres.
I work too, but not typically on Saturday and Sunday which is when we will see a movie at the theater. Besides they don't have $6 shows on weekdays. | |
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join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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| the only sales Will be from accidents, mischievous kids, really drunk people, those with tons of money (and don't care), and the occasional "honey, why not" arguments.
They'll make some money, but certainly a majority of people will skip this and wait to buy/rent at a more reasonable price.
I'd rather wait the extra 30 days Netflix is now forcing me to than ever consider this. | |
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Cheyenne, WY | Thank You The Bit-Torrent bootleg move crowd will thank you. Now they can set up an HD camera in front of their HDTV's at home and see who can be the first to cap', for bit Torrent, an inferior but free copy of the latest crap from Hollywood, and they don't have to worry about getting kicked out of a theater someplace. Hello Piratebay.
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| | | Re: Waste of bandwidth DirecTV's VOD is delivered via the Internet, not the satellites. But at least with it being $30, you won't have to worry about hitting those monthly ISP caps. | |
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| | | | | Re: Waste of bandwidth My mistake. The only VOD I watched on directv was the free variety that only arrives via Internet. And when I didn't have a connection, the box showed a message that it needed an Internet connection. | |
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New Orleans, LA | 10 weeks? Is this a joke? I thought this price tag was for movies that were recently released. | |
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join:2009-01-25
Amissville, VA
kudos:1 | NO thanks If it won't last in the theater (bomb) it's not worth $20 for any type of DVD to gather dust after viewing (BOMB).
I either won't see it or see it on spike channel or comedy channel for the broadcast fee I'm already paying for the rest of the junk passed off as entertainment. | |
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| BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: NO thanks said by westdc:If it won't last in the theater (bomb) it's not worth $20 for any type of DVD to gather dust after viewing (BOMB).
I either won't see it or see it on spike channel or comedy channel for the broadcast fee I'm already paying for the rest of the junk passed off as entertainment.
Who says anything about being a bomb? Most movies make 95% of their theatrical release money in the first 6 weeks. So after 10 weeks it's closer to 99%. So what do the movie studios have to lose? | |
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| | Just Go With It? The least they could have done was chosen a better movie
Absolutely horrible.. Adam Sandler must be stopped for the sake of humanity! | |
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Acworth, GA | Corporate America What a joke, a pandemic of insanity is running amok in the former USA. $30? Are you serious, DirecTV? | |
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: 30 dollars...really? said by kdwycha:When you can just download a torrent that works just fine except for the little thing that says "Copyright (insert studio name) 2011 - Unauthorized distribution prohibited." every 30 mins or so at the bottom?
Not that I would know that. I was at a friends and seen it say that
you only get that with screeners.
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BTW, People waste too much of their lives sitting in movie theaters; it's like a tradition now - new movie comes out, everyone must see it immediately. For what purpose? To be able to discuss it Monday morning with co-workers? An industry is based on this. yikes!
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| | | Re: Good. When is the movie industry going to realize that they are competing with every movie ever made, now available in better quality than ever before? People are less willing to pay large premiums to watch movies when they're new because generally there are much better movies already available for cheaper. The same crap movies will be no better or worse when they are released on disc for lower prices. | |
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Camden, TN | Re: Joke OK so $12.50X4 =$50 plus $28 for tickets as yo say. That's $78 to go to the movies. Not counting gas. You can pay $30 to watch at home and you can get pop-corn and drinks MUCH cheaper than $50. | |
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| aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
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| Where have you been the last twenty years?
This is nothing new. McDonalds used to do the same thing. Their combo meals would cost more than each item separately. Now granted it was only five or ten cents more, but it cost more to order the items bundled together than separately.
Anyway at the AMC theaters here, you can get a large drink and large Popcorn and get a refill on them. So I see many people bring the family and extra cups and bags. Dump the drink into the cups and the popcorn into the bags and they get a refill before the movie starts. It certainly makes it a better deal when bringing the family to the theater. | |
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| BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Work in Progress... Of course it is. That why I don't get all the complaining. If one doesn't want to pay $30 then don't. People act like the $30 and 10 weeks things are permanent and can't be tweeked.
It's obvious that after 6 weeks movies have made most of thier money. The money that is made after that the theater owners get most of that anyways. No doubt when the math comes in that shortening the window to say 6 weeks makes more money than leaving the movie in the theater for 4 extra weeks they will shorten the window. When the math comes in that dropping the price to $20 from $30 will bring in more money they will do that.
This is good in the long run as the idea of shorter and shorter windows get accepted. | |
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I realize it's in HD and 'encrypted', but there's known ways around that.
at 10 wks..it's nearly a sure bet that an R5 dvd rls (Russia) or Asian based video source will have been ripped and an Eng source of audio muxed in.
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At least they are attempting *something* ... I see it as a stab at NetFlix, second run theaters and slightly at piracy abound. | |
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| polished PPV biz? SOME movies 10 weeks into a mediocre run end up ported to DVD release anyway-- charging $30 for a DIGITAL PPV license really is excrement *Hi-Def or not*.
The ppv/rental business isn't going in the direction of more expensive content (at least where consumer demand is heading). I won't say however this stupid move will kill DirecTv.. they ain't going anywhere anytime soon (barring a missle/asteroid takes out their satellites & the backups). | |
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