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Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 16:49
by saltysam
And another one's and another ones gone...another one bites the dust :?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21047652

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 18:38
by luckystars
Sad. I gotta say I stopped using blockbuster when they went from 4 blu ray rentals for £10 to 3 for £12 (or something) overnight

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 21:12
by grim_tales
Shame :( I used to use BB quite a lot in the VHS days when I first discovered HK movies :)

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 30 Aug 2015, 19:50
by saltysam
are there any dvd rental shops left these days? i cannot think of any in Liverpool.

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 31 Aug 2015, 10:57
by HungFist
Plenty left in Japan. Many are open 24/7. People pick up dvds like groceries... they even have shopping baskets. Many stores also have music, games and comics. Web rental (home delivery) also works really well.

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 31 Aug 2015, 18:16
by Markgway
All the ones I frequented have closed over the last 10-15 years.

Blockbuster (formerly Ritz) was the last.

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 01 Sep 2015, 14:25
by luckystars
HungFist wrote:Plenty left in Japan. Many are open 24/7. People pick up dvds like groceries... they even have shopping baskets. Many stores also have music, games and comics. Web rental (home delivery) also works really well.

This is why I love Japan

You still have giant HMV and Tower Records everywhere too right

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 01 Sep 2015, 15:28
by HungFist
luckystars wrote: You still have giant HMV and Tower Records everywhere too right
Yep, though I never visit either one.

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 01 Sep 2015, 19:50
by saltysam
This thread got me thinking about if there is any left in my area-this one's over the water on the Wirral but it sounds like my kind of store http://www.rewindthismovie.com/?p=968#.VeXzPfRPKsY

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 02 Sep 2015, 04:40
by HungFist
Netflix just launched in Japan today. I took the free trial but I have a problem... they don't have a single movie I'd care to watch :?

As for Japanese movie selection they've got a few hundred titles, 95% of them made in the 2000's, every single one available from rental stores and other sources, and every interesting title I've already seen. Western movies selection isn't any better. Useless.

I tried Hulu a few years ago and had the same problem. I heard the US Hulu has some interesting Japanese titles but no such luck with the Japanese version.

Re: Blockbuster goes into administration

Posted: 02 Sep 2015, 09:18
by saltysam
i've heard that to get the best out of Netflix you need a vpn which lets you access the different regions round the world.apparently content varies enormously.