How Does Redbox Still Exist?
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With the popularity of streaming services, how is Redbox still in business?
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There's several reason why i like my discs, but the most important is, if a streaming deal ends between a movie studio and a streaming service I paid full price for a movie on, I don't lose the movie. Anything you buy "digitally" is never really yours. Buy a 4k bluray disc, it's higher quality than any stream, and you can encode it to your NAS and watch it anytime, even when the internet is down.
Same. I try to get physical copies of all of my games, movies, and music whenever possible. Stored in a dry place, discs can last literally hundreds so if I buy that content in a physical form, I will have access to that content for the rest of my life. With digital and streaming versions of that same content, you don't have those guarantees.
To get technically, none of the media you buy or have ever bought is technically yours... Licensed... bla bla bla. Thanks Microsoft.
@@SnowyRVulpix None of my CDs have a license agreement, what are you talking about?
I'm a pirate and I don't care.
@@MistyKathrine actually they all do have a licence agreement (that's the "warning" message at the start of the disc) but on DVD/BluRay it's not limited in time.
It does limits the audience you can share it with (only for personnal use for exemple)
Something I didn't see mentioned is that you're allowed to return your rented Redbox disc to any kiosk (doesn't have to be the same one you rented it from). This makes it perfect for truckers. Get a movie at one truck stop, watch it during a break on the road (often in the middle of nowhere, so don't expect good internet for streaming), then return it at the next truck stop.
Because of that, I've wondered how disruptive it would be if someone rented every copy of a popular title out of a machine on the west coast and dumped them all on the east coast
Lol🤣🤣
@@AlyssaNguyen most people don't want to go through that hassle
@@AlyssaNguyen Not that disruptive. The machines are actually pretty smart, sending out data of what movies people are grabbing in what quantities to what machine. Once it's clear a particular machine is getting high demand for certain movies, it has more of that specific movie added to it and if a machine sells out it gets a priority service to refill everything within an hour or so(talked to one of their maintenance guys). As a business model it's run pretty good really and I'd imagine it will stay running for at least 40 more years as even I personally use the service and I have tech everywhere with 6 computers(1 gaming, 1 data server, 1 game host server, 2 laptops, and 1 tablet), every current gen console and the maximum tier internet of 600 I can get. I don't like paying for all these subscription services for stuff I'll use to watch maybe 1 or 2 things. Even though I can afford it, it just feels stupid.
@@AlyssaNguyen each Redbox keeps a daily rental log. You can go online and see which redbox has what you want and you can actually reserve the disc. I have seen Redbox techs swapping out movies to redistribute them.
This is precisely the reason I got myself a library card today. I was so frustrated with being unable to find the movies I wanted to watch on services I'm on and "other" streaming places being crap quality. Now I can rent Blu Rays for free!
Libraries are great!
But what if libraries have to charge monthly fees in the future? Thatd be scary!
It doesn't bother me that I don't have a streaming service that has something I want to watch, because I don't care that way. I am more bothered that there are so many streaming services that I cannot get what I want when I want it. I am hoping for a time where there is only 1 streaming service (and no cable TV) and if you want something (or live), you can get it. I would pay the price to get that.
Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!
@@smileynetsmileynet7922 I worked at a Library in college. We do, its called taxes. Its just important that people voice this to their County governments so they can keep their funding.
Honestly I think the only reason Redbox ever slowed down in business is because Covid slowed down the entire movie industry to the point that new movies just weren't being released, and are still to this day being released at a snails pace when compared to pre-covid movie production and releases. I, like many others, prefer the better quality of the Bluray and the intact surround audio that many streaming services for some reason decided to downmix to stereo. Also you can often buy the movies outright from Redbox for ~$5 to $9 and rip them into your plex server at the quality you want and with the audio track you want ;)
I rarely say this, but this is an underrated comment. One of the key selling points of Redbox is that they were supported by Hollywood. Or, at least, not as antagonized, and would be able to have new releases faster than almost any other streaming service (ahem, Netflix).
But with Disney+, and a few others, Redbox may have tougher competition.
As for me, I rent once or twice every few months. Nothing good has really come out that I couldn't wait 6 more months to watch on a service I'm already paying for.
I literally just got a bluray player for $4 at a Goodwill and am currently out hunting for movies/TV shows on the cheap because I'm tired of streaming fragmentation and the fact that I just like OWNing my content.
Redbox also lets you return discs to any Redbox location. It doesn't have to be the literal machine that spat it out. You couldn't do that with video rental stores.
Back before streaming took over my family loved redbox. It was always convenient and easy to just grab a movie as you walked out of a store. Then just return it whenever and wherever next time you were around. It was definitely a step above the traditional brick and mortar stores.
you could do that with Family Video
@@LordOrwell Never heard of her
My parents. That is why redbox still exists
Same. When I want to go see a movie, they say “wait till it comes out on Redbox”
Leftists face the wall soon :)
ur mom
and ur dad
I'm 25 and I still use it. Need to use my $300 bluray player and I don't have a streaming service. Physical things are satisfying to use too.
Lmao pretty much
Redbox has kept relevant by diversifying their portfolio as well! Redbox has a neat side business where they help service and maintain other company's kiosks. Redbox built a fleet of maintenance workers nationwide to service their kiosks and they offer the same fleet to other similarly styled machines; of course, for a price! Think about all the random kiosks you see at Walmart, they are ALL probably serviced by the same group of people and it's likely that they are a part of Redbox's official network or have been. These machines may seem like vending machines but they often have things that go wrong and companies are keen on limiting downtime as much as possible. Also, most of these machines are not a Rent - Return situation, they are a mobile retailer, which means they need to be refilled! Routine maintenance can occur during refill visits so it makes sense to have a trained tech there to ensure any companies kiosk can stay in good shape!
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I’m ten seconds in and I think the main difference between blockbuster and Redbox is that it’s a lot cheaper to maintain a vending machine than it is to run a whole store
I bet you could run 100 vending machines with 24/7 access for less than the cost of running 1 staffed store.
The premise of the video isn't about Blockbuster's overhead, it's about why consumers prefer Redbox over Blockbuster.
Sorry i am not from us but how many films does this vending Machine have? Do they have old movies or are they all latest releases?
@@pumbi69 not 100 percent sure about the US but the ones in Canada have a pretty good selection
We’ll aren’t you smart
I liked using redbox when I was a kid. It was perfect for Lan parties and trying out games before I bought them
I have one at the Dollar General near my house, and now it's all crappy shovelware games if they have any at all.
Linus has this nice new multimedia room in his house. Watching a Blu-Ray in that room with the muti-speakers and such is far better than attempting to watch a stream. Even with the best quality internet you're still losing out quite a bit due to compression... not to mention not all movies on streams offer Dolby 5.1 or more audio that a Blu-Ray does.
Yeah but for the vast majority the quality is inconsequential. You're absolutely right in saying the physical media offers the best experience but unless you have a top of the line TV with a high refresh rate and proper lumens and an expensive sound system the difference in quality is really not existent. Compression tech has greatly improved. It's not like the days of thumbnail RealPlayer videos. Hell I have invested 5k in my home theater and I still enjoy streaming contend just fine. My biggest complaint is the techs inability to properly upscale my dvds. Once you hit 55 inch displays those movies get the fuzzy treatment and due to my love of physical media I have a ton of dvds that have no hd physical media option.
Who is Linus?
@@VinnytotheK The Linus in Linus Tech Tips
Linus has previously said he rips blu-rays to his home nas, allowing him to stream them over the network/download them onto a device
@@jasonhensley2452 yean and still streaming is worse on any tv than blu ray disc. no matter how mucch worse - its worse - deal with it
I'd take RedBox over any streaming service. Streaming quality will always be beaten by physical BluRays, and I found the scratching issue rarer than the internet hiccuping in the middle of the movie. Plus, you can buy the BluRay (or ahem, even rent) for cheap and copy it to your Plex server. It's a hundred times better than downloading movies from some "alternate" sources.
It would be a sad day if RedBox goes under along with physical media and leaves us at the mercy of streaming services we can't control.
Yea but if you copy it down to your Plex, you're compressing it and now your prior point about quality is kinda voided out. I know, I've done both.
Having choices is always great 👍🏻
@Real Not really. You can have control on how much you compress it before adding it to your library, and you get the full quality when streaming through your local network.
Even quality discussion aside, you still keep control of the movies you have and not deal with greedy jerks arbitrarily taking movies away from you.
streaming will not always be beaten by physical media
@@Michael-zf1ko just use kodi with a real debrid subscription
i live in a rural town and have a red boxes to rent from. one is at a 711 a quarter mile from my house so renting for 1.50/2.00 is worth the drive to save from avoiding the $6 rental.
during covid it saved me when i was laid off and needed to save money and was bored. 2 movies, a bag of chips and a seltzer water/coffee/soda from the 711 for less than $8 kept me sane without spending more than i could 😂😂😂
Biggest thing I always liked with physical discs is the extra content (like some movie related mini games or just the cool menu’s some had when going through the contents
And deleted scenes and behind the scenes stuff. Yeap
I also like the trailers at the beginning of the DVD'S.
If what Ubisoft and Sony and others are doing isnt a wake up call for actually owning your media. Then that's on you. There is nothing wrong with owning what you buy.
100%. A lot of my friends have called me a luddite because I insist on buying physical copies of all of my games, movies, and music when ever possible. Discs can literally last hundreds of years if they are stored in a dry place, ensuring I will have access to my media for the rest of my life. It's also why I insist on still having an optical drive port in my PCs, my brother is like, "why do you have a blu-ray burner" because I use it. I wish more PC case manufacturers would make cases with a drive slot.
@@MistyKathrine same, i also wish games came on disk, and weren't just steam keys.
I honestly don't understand why there isn't a general sense of panic around the ever-growing loss of media ownership. I mean, I sort of get it, it's convenience. But how on earth is that enough to overlook just how fragile and out-of-your-control your access is to the stuff you paid for? Physical copies for me, forever.
@@ScampiTheSighted how often do you replay an old game?
Sure, there are some games that I played multiple times, but the majority of all games I ever bought haven't been touched for years and will never be touched again.
@@Jehty_ I actually almost exclusively replay my few old games, it's why I don't really consider myself much of a gamer, rather an enthusiast for specific titles. I'm sure a lot of people play the way you describe though, but even in that situation, wouldn't you rather have the option to revisit things? Or take comfort in knowing that no one could stop you from playing it short of breaking the device it's stored on?
When we moved 4 months ago 6 miles down the road and went from 100mbps internet down to a 500kbps Internet connection that will drop connection the moment it storms, is after 6 pm, or it just feels like it, is the moment I realized Redbox still fills a definite use.
No streaming service is ever close to blu-ray quality. It's like 50+ mbps.
That's very true, which is why I buy Blu-Rays for the movies I really want, or if I see them super cheap when out thrifting, but for $5 month for something like Peacock, or free for PlutoTV/Tubi/Roku Channel/etc.. with tons of content, then I'm okay with not having Blu-Ray quality.
Yeah, but personally, if I'm invested in seeing a film in it's highest quality, I'll just buy to own it, and opt for 4k if it exists. Random movies I'd opt for convenience over highest quality.
And I'm pretty sure dvds are still a major seller which boggles my mind that people would dip that low in quality.
I love Redbox for newer movies. Streaming a movie for $5 is ridiculous to me. You’re paying $5 to use your internet to play something on a server?
I mean servers are probably more expensive than those redboxes
And streaming is 1080p... In 2022 1080p for movie? Gtfo. Also IMAX in theaters using film grain is HD equivalent of 16K-20K
@@nagasako7 LOL. Who told you that lie?
Nothing in this line of thinking makes sense. Do you complain about using the power lines to access power? Have you ever built a server of anything? Are servers free? Do your specific ISP comes with movies included? Also, 5 for one movie, or $15 for an entire movie catalog accessible 24/7, and the membership of the bay of pirates is also free, if you are that low on cash. 5 bucks don't even cover the gas price of going to pick up a movie, or you'll have to wait until you have to do something near a redbox and remember that you wanted to watch that specific movie when going past it...
I mean, maybe you have dial up or something, then it makes sense. If not that just some mental gymnastics to not try new stuff
In the case of Black Widow on Disney plus they were charging 30 dollars.
An underrated feature of redbox is the ability to drop off movies at any redox ecen if it isn't the one you got it from
Also literally the only game rental place I can still think of
Also a good thing so that you don't rack up jindreds of dollars in payment if you don't deliver it back within 2 weeks or so it just goes with you own this now and charges you 30 bucks
Game Fly is a better deal but I can see how someone would prefer dropping off to a kiosk
@@saynotop2w I think they mean the only game rental that still has some kind of physical pickup/drop off that isn't the mail. I actually kind of miss renting games from blockbuster/Hollywood video, but I PC game now so even if they still existed I would be SoL
Redbox phased out games a couple years ago in my area, I was kinda sad.
@@saynotop2w Gamefly had a minimum 3 day turnaround for me, and when I was subscribed, they literally broke my queue. I had popular stuff at the top, so I might get it when it became available, and eventually they just stopped sending me stuff, even though games on my list were available. I unsubscribed because of that.
@@CreativityNull I remember when Netflix was still a mail delivery service instead of streaming only. I think those were better days.
Damn Jake without Linus’s house feels very odd, wonder if he moved in yet
Looking at his shirt, I think so. His shirt is full of cat hair :P
Like a lot of others already said, it's not about the DVDs... It's about the superior quality of Blu-Rays!
Redbox will always do amazing in small towns, especially small mountain towns. My mom and I live in the California desert, and we can’t afford WIFI, so we rent movies from Redbox. Also, we used to live in the mountains, where the wifi stops working pretty much daily, so you basically can’t stream movies. People in the mountains go crazy for Redbox. The Redboxs we have out here do amazing.
Blu-Rays still have the advantage when it comes to video- and especially sound quality.
that bit at the end was the most accurate thing ever.... i stopped going to redbox because disks were scratched to the point of failure at least 50% of the time... even when i would get netflix in the mail it was never as bad as redbox
Blu rays are much more scratch resistant than DVDs. It’s mainly the movies that appeal to kids that have scratching so bad to be unplayable. Blu-Ray players can play through scratches better on DVDs than DVD players because their lasers can focus on a smaller spot.
I still use Redbox from time to time. They have titles that are sometimes not on Netflix. Also I'm old school and prefer the DTS soundtrack and my internet connection can but isn't always able to handle the extra bandwidth of Dolby Atmos. I'm more surprised that Netflix hasn't bought the company.
Redbox isn't taking away any of Netflix's customers. Why would Netflix buy them just to put them out of business, if Redbox is almost out of business anyways.
@@littlejackalo5326 does Netflix still do mail order DVD rentals at all? I know a while back they separated the businesses, but still ran both.
@@bahamutbbob They still do of course no where to near as many customers back in the day. I'm guessing it's for rural areas where dialup is all you can get. Which I figure they may as well buy Redbox. I see them in several small towns.
For me Redbox is the best way to get uncompressed movies with 5.1 sound that I know I wouldn't rewatch and therefore wouldn't want to actually own. i watch up to 3 movies a month and it's still cheaper than a subscription
I rent them out. Especially the 4k blu rays. Physical media just sounds and looks better. So much more noticeable with higher end equipment.
Ya, losing Family Video hurt. Redbox barely does 4k blurays.
I'm at the point of either I need to start buying 4k, or give up entirely.
Yep it's true, this is especially true with people that travel, Redbox is extremely popular with the truckers. We can pull in anywhere rent a movie watch it on our game consoles and return it anywhere there is a Redbox.
I LOVE THAT REDBOX IS STILL AROUND!
Everytime I go the the grocery store, I check what movies The Box has. $2 is definitely a great price over $6.
And you go to that grocery store everyday?
Or do you have to drive just to return the movie?
@@Jehty_ you would have to drive back there to return it or any Redbox nearby
I still LOVE Redbox because you can purchase discs for not much more than it costs to rent them. I know you usually have to wait a month or two before they start offering them for sale after being released, but I'm pretty patient, and 95% of the discs I buy have been pretty much scratch-free...almost brand new, really.
I was waiting too see this comment. Thank you.
The blu rays are better quality than streaming and you own it
Remember: Business is like warfare. Only things that work stay.
Well explained actually and financially that makes sense 💪😌
Best of luck to them. anyone that competes against the problem of a million different streaming services has my backing.
Ive always liked that you can buy the discs for pretty cheap instead of renting or if you want to keep it after watching its usually much cheaper than buying the movie at a store and especially cheaper than buying it digitally or online through Amazon or whatever
Redbox is a great place to buy physical media for cheap. While you don't get the case it is still really nice, of course some of the discs can be smudged, most of the time the discs play just as well as a new one for a quarter of the price.
Dude I forgot my PS4 has a blu ray player omg you're right.
You Rent them not buy them meaning you got Return the disc
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom Yes but you can still buy them. What's your point?
That gut wrenching feeling when you go to put the family movie in after an hour of arguing only to find out it's too scratched to play.
Car wax/polish can help if not actually scratched into the media encoded layer, just fyi and hf.
That's why Blu-ray was invented, to have less scratches compared to DVDs beside the bigger storage its got
That gut wrenching feeling when you go to watch the digital movie you paid for, only to find that it is gone because the place you bought it from no longer has the license to stream it or went out of business.
Up until a couple of years ago my mother used redbox. The only reason that stopped was that they moved the only redbox machine that was close by (local grocery store).
I noticed they removed one at my nearest local grocery store which is Stop and Shop..
Someone needs an LTT Lint Roller
You missed the biggest reason for a large portion of people. HDMI cables are required to be 18gbs for blu-ray in order to deliver the full audio and video signal. You can't get enough speed streaming to get the same quality. You might not notice with your 50" tv and soundbar, but more and more people have theater rooms with multiple speakers and very large displays.
Filed for bankruptcy today 😢 but things come back all the time we’ll see what happens
I live not too far from one of the busiest Dollar General stores here in the states. I contacted RedBox several years ago when this DG first opened and they informed me they are no longer putting out any new kiosk. Seems like a huge missed opportunity for them.
Also don't forget that Bluray and DVD's come with extra's!
Not the rental versions
And there in full quality, unlike streamed media that is highly compressed.
Yep. My corner store still rents new release DVDs for $3. I still get movies from them; newer stuff, less cost than digital rental, get a 5 min walk to the corner, and that nostalgia feeling picking out a movie.
If I’m not mistaken, they have automatic burners in some of them. So they can create media on-demand without visiting them.
Nah they buy physical disks slap a label on and stock the machines.
Absolutely not
I think discussing Netflix's DVD/Blu-ray rental service would make a great video.
Thanks for the video, I wondered about that. Funny thing, I watch TV using a home theater PC that much to my surprise I realized I built over ten years ago. It's got an optical drive and has no problems playing DVDs. Ten years... well, I DID build the thing to last!
When Rogers went down last week, I grabbed a Blu-ray and was able to watch a movie. Also, I OWN that movie and never have to worry about which streaming service it's on this month.
As a Canadian I thought RedBox was just another name for Netflix. 🤷♀️
I still regularly rent Blu-rays from Redbox. I enjoy having a physical medium to make a movie night special. I’ll get pizza, some coke (…the cola), and a Redbox if I want to enjoy my Friday evening. Just something special about maintaining traditions with physicality. Same as the experience of going to a theatre.
"coke"
Yup.
I’ve found BluRay players at thrift stores for $10, they are older models but they ought to still run well.
It’s good for cabins where cellular signal sucks. You don’t want to buy internet access when you’re not up there 24/7.
Considering Redbox is what actually killed Blockbuster and is cheaper than buying a movie you're only going to see once, it's got its appeal. It also costs significantly less to operate kiosks than entire stores, so it's fairly easy to stay in business.
As streaming continues to fragment, there may be a pickup of physical media rentals because it's cheaper, especially for people who don't want to consume a lot of pay media
I'm pretty sure netflix with their DVD by mail service killed blockbuster. That service is still around to this day.
@@squirtle88 No, I keep having this argument with and they're mistaken. It's an easy mistake to make, because Netflix loves to prop itself up as what killed Blockbuster.
Redbox kiosks have existed for over a decade and targeted the same demographic as those who went to Blockbuster and other rental stores: people who want to rent a movie *today*
Companies actually banded together to try to stop Redbox from getting movies, which ultimately failed.
Meanwhile, Netflix was only really good for the "I can wait days from now when it gets there"
Similarly streaming also did not kill Blockbuster because apps were slow to get on various consoles and phones, while a *lot* of people did not have good internet
Streaming max 5.1, Blu Ray supports 7.1, so those with higher end setups are better with Blu Ray
Well, this aged absolutely poorly...
0:02 as a professional Oregonian I can confirm we have weird stuff like the last blockbuster in the world
Well, Redbox is officially dead. Chapter 7
I don't know if it'll end up being Redbox per se, but we definitely need a single platform where people can go and pay a small, individual fee to watch any and every movie or TV episode they want. Paying for a dozen streaming services or jumping from service to service is annoying as hell. We need a model that brings it back to Netflix's early days where almost everything was in one place.
I keep hunting for the 4K UHD blurays in the redbox. It hard because it seems their selection in that format is pretty limited but streaming services still haven't offer a replacement for that level of quality. Yes, you can get 4K HDR content on streaming but they cut quality. Think about it, the bluray specification can get up to 140Mb/sec and you would have downloaded 100GB by the end of the movie. Not very practical these days. Not yet at least.
You are a bit off. I buy and rip 4K UHD movie to my network storage. Without additional compression, they typically max out at around 40-66GB. I am sure the streaming services compress them even more, so I highly doubt that any 4K movie on any streaming site will reach 100GB anytime soon.
@@KabukeeJo thanks for sharing your experience. I took the 144Mb/s and 100G as a "up to" from bluray specs. Again, thanks for sharing data on what's typical
@@jorgeu111 You are correct about the UHD BR specs being 100GB. Who knows, maybe one day we will see a 100gb UHD movie!
Physical discs still have more bandwidth than a 4K film on a streaming service, so discs look better.
That some people who live in supposedly first world countries dont have access to decent internet is ... weird
When ISP's are charging so much for terrible speeds in many areas, it's not that surprising.
I've had trouble with friends trying to keep consistent connections despite being American. Most ISP's just invest in the cities and immediately surrounding area because that's where the money is at.
A lot of indigenous communities get nearly zero commodity for having supposed sovereignty. No running water, heat, or electricity. Cops still get away with arresting whoever the hell they feel like with drug charges with no evidence presented, though.
Even with decent internet, streaming can't beat BluRay quality, especially 4k BluRay.
i love how Jake is always dancing when he does a video. he must really like it. or is really happy he is left out of the house.
Just wait until the studios stop releasing optical media versions of their IP. RedBox will be dunzo.
That will be a sad day. Streaming is overly compressed and many times looks like trash regardless of the service.
@Chris W Yup. I get super annoyed when physical discs are treated as a relic of the past. Um, no. It's hands down the best delivery method for getting the highest quality movies in your home. It will be a sad day when full movies shot with extremely expensive equipment and tons of editing man-hours can only come to you through the online compression blender and be treated like CZcams videos.
Doesn’t make sense that the digital rentals on RedBox is more expensive than the physical copies. “You’re paying for the convenience”, yeah but YOU’RE the ones creating the inconvenience. AND they have to pay for the box and the parking spot in front of stores.
You’d be surprised how many people in rural areas can’t get broadband or 4G. Really puts a damper on your streaming habit.
That's me. I live more than 10 miles outside of town in farm and ranch country. "High speed" for me is 5M up and 1M down. Good enough for youtube but not much else. When I was driving into town everyday, I would rent from Redbox once or twice a week. But now I only go into town once every two or three weeks. I've found myself buying physical DVDs and Blurays online or from the discount bin at Walmart.
2:25 "...have started to gravitate more to streaming'"
I really thought he was going to stay " started to die"
Redbox is great in Australia.
Go on a holiday in remote location, internet is varied, often not fast enough to open e-mails. Rent a dvd , easy.
dang i forgot Australia sucks
Yeah, don't really use them at home but on the road if the hotel has a player.
Interesting to know that it exists in Australia
I rent a lot from Redbox because of the superior quality of blu ray, the audio quality in particular, over streaming. I don't care to own a movie I will only want to watch once anyway.
Hopefully you mention that Redbox offers Blu Rays for sale for 5 bucks.
No idea why... Do they have pre-2010 movies? When movies were still watchable without woke induced gag reflex?
@@pittuk6500 what woke movies
@@pittuk6500 Every day I thank god for not making me obsessed with politics
@@bruhtholemew Lmfaooo
@@bruhtholemew Tell that to the studios.
There is a large portion of America that still doesn't have any access to broadband internet(excluding satellite 🤢) so in those places they have to utilize physical media(I live in one of those places one of the reasons I dont have a gaming pc)(I also can't do any online gaming at all which sucks with the heavy decline of local co-op games)
I have a friend who steadfastly refuses to get Internet, so he is a HUGE Redbox user.
I have a friend who refuses ANY technology, so he makes his kids act out the movies he wants to watch in his living room...
Must be a senior ciziten
How in the world has he managed that in this day and age where everything requires a phone or some form of internet?
@@SouthBayLA1310 Hilariously he's not. He claims he has other things he'd rather spend his money on, like a new roof and HVAC.
@@izaicslinux6961 I have asked that myself. I think he uses his phone. That's a funny story, too, 'cause only a couple of years ago he was using a flip phone with no Internet, and was finally forced to get a modern phone when his carrier shut down the last of the first generation towers.
You nailed it. There's still some movies not on streaming but on Red Box.
still use the one near me
Same! I love them so much
People over 40 still have DVD players, plus they still make DVD versions of movies
Plus Blu-ray players, even 4K Blu-ray players.
Redbox is a great way to expand your Plex Library, if you know what I mean
Even with streaming, an actual bluray still has better sound/video... If they can rent 4ks I would hit it continually
i seen 4K UHD at one at walgreens there like 40 Redboxs near me
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom nice, will have to look again! Thanks
Welp now they dont
Netflix still rents DVDs . They have almost every movie that you can imagine.
I liked this content. Kind of makes me wish I had a dvd players still
If you have a console you can play does DVDs
They have em at walmart for $10, $20 with a built in screen and speakers
Goodwill has a ton of em
used dvd players can be really cheap
The most surprising thing in this video is that a Blockbuster movie rental store actually still exists.
I still rent about 30 Blu-ray’s a year from Redbox. Mainly because I stay around my 1.25 tb download limit from Comcast. Renting a disc is still cheaper than overage fees.
Wow how do you use that much internet each month
@@wickedwood04 probably per year
@@wickedwood04 games are stupidly large these days.
Games like Tekken7 redownloads half the game just for updates.
Now combine this with iTunes or whatever streaming service you use.
I was going well over 1tb with a family of 6 and random guest family visiting.
1tb is easy to break, when I got my new drive I re-download 1.5tb from Steam and that was just 20% of my games.
Obviously once they're downloaded I don't need to worry about them again
@@doczedz8230 it just seems crazy to me. My wife and I work from home, we are constantly streaming for hours and hours daily and I game. We only use around 600 gb a month.
My kids and wife stream everything and I download updates for at least 5 computers. Plus downloading any new game is close to 100 gb’s. My COD war zone game folder is 179 gb for example with all new updates. Also downloading Doom Eternal from steam right now which is 85 gb. So it can go by quickly. I am buying parts now to create a lan cache nas so I do not have to download COD Warzone if an update fails then corrupts.
In the small Alabama town I'm from, there are Red Boxes outside of many of the small shopping areas.
When you don’t watch a lot of movies, it’s cheaper than a subscription, especially for new releases.
As someone who helped install thousands of dollars of high end home theater equipment in their friends house, I would think the answer to this question is obvious lol. It's all about the quality!
I still use the DVD version of Netflix
same
I miss red box, I used to get them about every other weekend with my family, I miss those times.
I guess it’s easier to rent from redbox instead of getting a whole new streaming service to see just one movie
The machine is pretty ingenuous. It takes dvds and collects them in a box in the center for ones coming off of rent. When the new ones are put in, the person tells it which section and it scans each dvd in the background to add to the inventory. It can also do that while accepting returns.
For like $40 you can get a dvd or a little more for blue ray. Busy but depleted there inventory as per last Christmas. Netflix no longer delivers.
I get the 4k ultra now.
first
Nope.
I still buy Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray movies I want in my collection. Quality is superior compared to streaming too.
Streaming on Netflix i.e is around 1/7 of the original bitrate🙄 I notice it mostly in dark scenes but it is also noticable on the colors and contrast. Even more noticable with HDR content.
Don't forget to check out your local library! They have tons of great media including many other types than books!
Red Box will die. We rented 2 movies and got a third for free on a one night basis. I returned the movies two days later. Next time I look at my bank statement....those bastards at red Box took $47.00 off my card. That don't make sense. F*** redbox
2 months later red box is officially shut down bad part about it is they took their employees 401k and don't pay their health insurance
Can also include "renting an actual UHD disc" will get you the film in 4k (unlike most films on netflix, not produced by netflix) and be less compressed than any more expensive 4k streaming rental service.
Oh, and you might get the 'extras' as well.
Only downside I can see is the driving to the physical box (oh and the film you want not being in the box)
You forgot to add, that physical media has a lot better quality than shitty streaming bitrate.
The Redbox outside my local store does a fairly brisk business. I don't use it, but that's only because I tend to buy physical movies outright. With the fragmentation of the streaming market, I'm actually buying more discs now than I did a few years ago.
you often see the Walmart ones cleaned out.
I remember using Redbox in like 2014 when the wizard of oz came out with James Franco I got it and something felt so nice about it like I’d get it again the concept is so useful I haven’t got once probably but it’s around a local store of mine and might honestly check it out
We never got Redbox in the UK, but we do have MusicMagpie (which has launched as Decluttr in the states) - so I can pay the equivalent of about $2 to BUY a second hand DVD or Blu-Ray complete with the original packaging (but I need to allow several days for it to arrive in the post). Here, it's very much a buyers market for used CDs and DVDs, so I'm wondering if that effectively kills the redbox model, except for really new releases…
Redbox needs to sue the illegal monopoly that appears to be cutting them out of several new releases. Also the price of streaming new release movies is just ridiculous.
I still use Dvds on my Playstation and still watch old action videos on vhs
I did use it before to rent blu-ray movies to get better quality then the streaming hd version.
I want that bitrate!
We had Redbox here in Canada, til they left. Was a neat idea. With the recent Rogers internet outage, we had to get the Blurays out, couldn't stream anything.
Like a lot of other commenters have notes, there’s streaming fragmentation, and I also feel a lot more secure knowing that I have a physical copy of something.