Thread: WB/Netflix delayed rental agreement

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Netflix Announce New Agreements Covering Availability of DVDs, Blu-ray and Streaming Content | Business Wire

Makes business sense to me to some degree for WB and also netflix since they appear to get greater rights for streaming and for more rental discs at a discounted price (at least that's how I read it).

Can't say I like it 100% as it won't make me go out and buy discs just because I can't rent them yet. Probably gonna funnel alot more people to pirating disc rips.

Whatever...

If they think delaying a crappy movie 28 days, makes me wanna buy it instead of rent it, they are as dumb as I thought they were.

On the discounted price, I'm sure we wont see that.

Most movies are out on video before I even realize they aren't in theaters anymore, so having to wait another month won't make me buy it or switch to Blockbuster. I'm hopeful for some decent movies finally on Netflix's streaming service now that I've burned through most of the watchable B-movies. It'll just mean I can stay at my one disc at a time service.

Originally Posted by SatinKzo

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Netflix Announce New Agreements Covering Availability of DVDs, Blu-ray and Streaming Content | Business Wire

Makes business sense to me to some degree for WB and also netflix since they appear to get greater rights for streaming and for more rental discs at a discounted price (at least that's how I read it).

Can't say I like it 100% as it won't make me go out and buy discs just because I can't rent them yet. Probably gonna funnel alot more people to pirating disc rips.

The movie industry is proving itself to be as stupid as the record industry. These people just don;t get it.

I dropped BB because of poor service. Might be time to drop NF, too. This agreement sucks. People aren't going to buy a vast majority of the titles.

S~

What will you use after NF?

Originally Posted by teachsac

I dropped BB because of poor service. Might be time to drop NF, too. This agreement sucks. People aren't going to buy a vast majority of the titles.

S~

Can't you just wait 30 days? I can. I have about 25 movies in my disc queue that I have not seen yet.

Originally Posted by ercjncpr

Can't you just wait 30 days? I can. I have about 25 movies in my disc queue that I have not seen yet.

If it's a title I want to watch then, no. I want to watch when it is released to the general public. BB gets it, Hollywood gets it. Poor decision making.

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If a movie comes out that I just have to see right away, I will probably go rent it elsewhere. If they all start doing this 30 day delay, then I'll probably be very picky, but will go buy it, then resell it on one of the blu-ray the forums for about the price of a rental less. But honestly, there really aren't that many movies I can't wait 30 days to see. Most kids movies we end up buying anyways so that is not a factor for me.