Redbox - rent dvd’s for $1/day - BRILLIANT
Apr 23, 2008 Just Plain Awesomeness, Movies, Uncategorized
For the last few weeks, I have been trying out the “Redbox” machine at my local Wal Mart. Basically, it is a machine about the size of a Coke machine, located right next to the Coke machines at many Wal Marts (and other places) across the country. You can rent DVDs from it for $1 per day, and your credit card is charged once you return the dvd. After renting several movies from it, I can honestly say that I love the service.
First of all, I live about 5 minutes from a Wal Mart, so it’s convenient. I can drive over there, pick up a dvd, go watch it, and then return it by 9pm the following day, all for a buck. That’s cheap!
The dvd itself is the retail dvd, just in a different case, so you are not missing out on anything that you would get if you bought it. The machine itself is very easy to operate, and within a few minutes, you can be in and out with a handful of dvds to go watch. You can even reserve movies online, so when you get to the kiosk, you just swipe your card, and it spits the movies out.
Yesterday, the movie Cloverfield came out on DVD. So at around 9 am, I went online and reserved that dvd in the machine at my local Wal Mart. Later that night, I went and picked it up, took it home, and watched it. All for a dollar.
Head over to Redbox to see if there is a location near you.
And no, they did not pay me to write this!
Tags: dvd, k cloverfield, Movies, redbox, rentals
Best Buy sent me a $50 Gift Card!
Apr 9, 2008 Just Plain Awesomeness
I opened the mail yesterday to find a letter from Best Buy saying that because I had bought an HD-DVD drive around a year ago or so, and since HD-DVD had essentially lost the HD format war,they were giving me a $50 gift card. Now, I sold my HD-DVD player several months ago, so I made back some of the money. But, I really was not expecting this.
My hat goes off to Best Buy for looking out for their customers. They certainly didn’t have to do that, but I’m glad they did!
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Officially Discontinued
Feb 25, 2008 Technology, Video Games
It was only a matter of time before Microsoft officially discontinued manufacturing the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on, but it took them a few days longer than we expected. Their statement is finally out, and it signals Microsoft’s official withdraw from HD DVD on the console front.
I sold my Xbox 360 HD drive several months back, and I’m glad I did. It played HD movies, but it was a crappy player (at least mine was). So this is good. As much as it pains me to say, I hope Microsoft can adopt Blu-Ray and make a good, cheap player for the 360. I might have to pick one up then…
Tags: blu-ray, dvd, hddvd, Technology, Video Games, Xbox, xbox 360
It’s official: HD DVD is dead, the format war is finally over
Feb 19, 2008 Technology
Toshiba just made a statements saying, “It will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.” As an early adopter of HD-DVD with my Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive and a dozen movies (all of which I have since sold), I was really rooting for HD-DVD. Not that it was better than Blu-Ray in any way. Come on, folks, it was basically the same quality. I guess it was more of an anti-Sony thing. Anyways, I guess that it is all over for HD-DVD now, so I will have to submit to Sony’s standard.
O well, it sure was fun, HD-DVD. I will cherish our memories forever.
This is bad (for HD-DVD)
Jan 22, 2008 Movies, Technology
Earlier this month, Warner Bros. came out and said that they would not be supporting HD-DVD any longer. Well, as you can see, that announcement had a HUGE impact on the hi-def dvd market. These charts speak for themselves.
I sold my hd-dvd player a few months ago, and it looks like that might have been the right decision. What format do/will you use?
