Blu-ray Discs Coming to a Redbox Near You
Blu-ray Discs Coming to a Redbox Near You
Posted 07/29/2010 at 4:06pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Everyone's favorite DVD rental kiosk, Redbox, is about to take a big step into the realm of high definition. The company will soon be rolling out Blu-ray discs to their locations, but it will cost customers a bit more pocket change. Regular DVDs have always gone for $1 per night, but Blu-rays will run you $1.50 per night.
At first, the selection will be limited, with titles like The Book of Eli, Green Zone, Bounty Hunter, and Brooklyn's Finest showing up in the first batch. The delay in moving to Blu-ray was tied to a legal dispute with the studios. Redbox has agreed to wait 28 days after a film's disc release before stocking it. This move brings Redbox to parity with Netflix, which has been offering Blu-rays by mail for some time.
At the rate Redbox and Netflix are taking over the market, we have to wonder how Blockbuster can expect to continue on. Are you a frequent user of Redbox? Does $1.50 for a Blu-ray sound like a reasonable price to you?
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proro1974
July 30, 2010 at 8:15pm
Why do people even bother with Redbox? Netflix makes sense. Cheapest package is $8 for one disc at a time and keep it for as long as you want til you are ready to return it which for most people is fine. $1 a night for rental plus late fees? Redbox is only for the stupid.
BetterOff
August 09, 2010 at 9:17am
It depends on your rental habbits. I rent maybe one or two movies a month (if any at all) so Redbox is by far cheaper than any monthly subscription. I rented one movie last month so my monthly total was $1.09. Also in my area I usually get about 1Mb download speeds which makes steaming difficult and it is far easier to drive 5 minutes to the nearest RedBox. If you're the type of person that has to watch every movie that Hollywood throws at you, then Netflix does make sense.
violian
July 30, 2010 at 9:59am
I live in Minneapolis, MN; and I've seen 2-3 Blu-Ray movies in our kiosks. I still don't have a Blu-Ray player because I don't care too much about visual "quality" when it comes to watching movies. I'm content with watching regular DVD's. I have a 5.1 theater system, but only the front L and R speakers, center speakers, and subs are hooked up because I'm too lazy to wire the rear speakers. When playing my Xbox360 however, visual quality is a top priortiy.
sgreenwall
July 30, 2010 at 4:52am
What will the price point be for markets that have already bumped their DVD prices to $1.25?
Markitzero
July 30, 2010 at 12:37am
Since alot of rural areas have only Dial-up or crappy satelite internet. Alto of blu ray players need to eventullay need firmware updates for the new DRM standard. The Blu-ray players don't have a Dial-up Modem. So I hope they keep the DVDs also.
JohnP
July 30, 2010 at 7:41pm
"All I's got is dial-up!" so I can't do this, that, or have sex with my wife! Let's see, buy a laptop, go to the library with Wi-Fi and download the damn firmware upgrade!
How the hell are folks even WRITING to these posts without some sort of internet connection?
I Jedi
July 29, 2010 at 7:06pm
Guess I'll have to buy a monitor (video resolution support) and a Blu-Ray drive, so that I can watch it on my computer, as I now have no excuse not to transition to Blu-Ray.
nickmo
July 29, 2010 at 4:41pm
I didn't know this was new. The two RedBox kiosks in my neighborhood have stocked blu-rays for at least a year, maybe longer.
TheElite1x721987
July 29, 2010 at 5:14pm
you must be in a test market then. None of the red boxes near me have blu rays.
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