Quick Blockbuster Rant

tecmo04
tecmo04 Posts: 421
edited March 2008 in Music & Movies
So im on my way to blockbuster looking for a cool bluray movie to watch and what do i find when i get there? Nada, nothing, ziltch, zero. What the heck is that? They are freakin blockbuster and they dont have any High Def movies at all. Now if i put my business hat on, i understand the investment they would have to make to start carrying all these outrageously overpriced movies. I can also understand that they probably didnt want to pick between HD and bluray but come one, they have to have something there. The whole premise of blockbuster is to have every movie ever so i dont have to buy them if i want to watch them. I guess its just another advantage for neflix... I know i am going to buy more movies but most, i want to rent and this just sucks.

my 2cents...:mad:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2008
    Blockbuster corporate already chose Blu-Ray over HD for their stores, but it's up to the individual store whether they want to stock up. You may wanna check if there's any other stores nearby that DO carry BluRay movies.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    Did you ask if they carried them?

    The local Blockbusters have them in a separate section.
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  • tecmo04
    tecmo04 Posts: 421
    edited March 2008
    Of course i asked! I got a hardy "no" for the employee. He said, "soon, maybe..." And i dont want to drive all around town to look for someone who rents them. Maybe im being a baby, heck i probably am. i just dont get it. When your business model is to rent movies and you dont have them something is failing.
    Can you imagine bb or cc not carrying the ps3 or xbox video games when they came out? Try going to the store for halo3, "Sorry. We dont carry that game."
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2008
    The Blockbusters around here didn't have Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii games for a few months after the systems were released. They still don't stock HD titles here in my area either. Although when I go back to CA most of the stores carry them.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2008
    Netflix man, although they don't get that many discs so you still have to wait for new releases for a while.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    baby ;)
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited March 2008
    This is just another reason why I stopped renting movies more than 5 years ago. I purchase everything.
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  • ward91
    ward91 Posts: 338
    edited March 2008
    blockbusters in , england , have blu-ray and hd-dvd but it as well as all chart dvds costs £4 for ONE NIGHT RENAL!!!!!! now they just ask for you to copy stuff.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited March 2008
    I remember having to drive half way across town to get to the Hollywood Video that had a decent selection of DVD's instead of just VHS.

    I'm still waiting to find a decent Blu-Ray player for less than $400 :( I'll complain about media selection after that :p
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