Since bursting on the scene 13 years ago, Netflix has been a huge ally for consumers trying to save money. For years Blockbuster had dominated the rental industry and whether it was abusive late fee practices or high rental prices, they took advantage of their strength. The value that Netflix passed onto consumers injected some [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Kiosks, Media, Movies, Netflix | Comments Off
Ten years ago, Blockbuster video was on top of the world. They didn’t know it at the time, but it was the golden age for the video store. After years of reminders to be kind and rewind, consumers were adopting DVD players en masse and needed a source for their entertainment needs. For better or [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Kiosks, Media, Movies, Netflix, SA, VOD | 3 Comments »
Normally, I tend to think that most regulations are bad. In a free market, businesses should be allowed to operate with a wide degree of latitude. At the same time there is a pragmatic part of me that understands there can be exceptions to this. Everyone should have the right to free speech, but that [...]
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, Media, Movies, Netflix | 5 Comments »
When I was a kid, I grew up in middle of the sticks where my parents didn’t have access to cable TV. When satellite dishes first started to show up, my folks were early adopters and bought a ginormous pirate dish (that you’d actually have to crank by hand when you wanted to jump to [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Movies, Netflix, TV, Technology, TiVo, VOD | 2,381 Comments »
Last month Blog Cabins started a pretty cool meme where he lists his favorite movies A – Z. Since I’ve been slacking off on my posts for the last few months, I wanted to go back and share my own list with you. I’ve included some of my favorite TV series on the list as [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Davis
Filed under: Movies, TV | 4 Comments »
Netflix sent me an email yesterday announcing their latest promotional offer. The offer allows me to give out a one month free membership to five different friends. This is two weeks longer then their normal free trial and is certainly a good deal for anyone who is interested in DVDs by mail, but who still [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Movies, Netflix, VOD | 2 Comments »
Just when you thought it was safe to salvage your Moviebeam box for spare parts, there’s new hope on the horizon that Moviebeam may once again be coming to a television screen near you. Like a zombie from a bad horror flick, Moviebeam continues to rise from the dead feasting on the rotted brains of [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Davis
Filed under: Movies, TV, Technology, VOD | 2 Comments »
It’s hard for me to believe that there isn’t prior art for this already, but while I was digging through the US patent website, I noticed that IBM had filed an application for putting non-skipable commercials onto DVDs. According to the application, the commercials could either be updated via the internet or they could be [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, DVDs, Marketing, Media, Movies, TV, Technology | 3 Comments »
Over the last few years, I’ve followed the DVD rental industry pretty closely. During that time, I’ve been one of Blockbuster’s biggest critics and have frequently blasted the company for failing to adapt to the digital age. With their core rental business experiencing massive deterioration, I’ve had very few positive things to say about the [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Kiosks, Movies, Netflix | 5 Comments »
One could argue that there has never been a better time to be a digital media enthusiast. As the digital revolution continues to unfold, consumers are finding an increasing number of choices in how they want to consume their media. Getting VOD to the television set has taken a lot longer than I expected, but [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, DivX, Media, Microsoft, Movies, Netflix, TV, Technology, VOD | 11 Comments »