What Are Your Non-Netflix Options For Streaming Video & DVDs?
With many Netflix subscribers less than pleased about that company’s decision to effectively raise rates by 60% for customers who want streaming videos and DVDs, people are starting to take a look at...
View ArticleVerizon & Redbox Team Up In Unholy Video Alliance To Take On Netflix
In an attempt to woo Netflix customers who want either streaming video, DVD rental or both, Verizon and Coinstar’s Redbox have joined forces to provide a new video service. The way they made the...
View ArticleUniversal, Redbox Cut Deal To Maintain 28-Day Rental Delay
Universal will not follow the lead of Warner Bros. by restricting sales of DVDs to rental services for 56 days. Instead, the studio worked out an extension of its current deal with Redbox that will...
View ArticleI Just Want To Give Redbox $1.50
Lindsay rented a DVD from Redbox, and kept it longer than planned. Except her card on file was closed, and they couldn’t charge the extra rental fees to it. Can they take her payment over the phone?...
View ArticleNo, You Didn't Rent A Pirated DVD From Redbox
Nathan didn’t know who it was replacing Redbox DVDs with ripped and burned copies in his city, but he approved. Kinda. He like pirated copies better, without all of the un-skippable trailers and other...
View ArticleRedbox Might Be Able To Stop Misdirected Receipts
Being an early adopter of something has its privileges and its disadvantages. Chris joined Gmail early enough that he gets to have an address that consists of his first two initials and his very common...
View ArticleWe Hope Redbox Customers Only Like Playing The First Half Of Max Payne 3
UPDATE: Redbox has issued a statement to Consumerist explaining why they are only renting out the first half of the game. From Redbox: Redbox kiosks are only equipped to rent out one disc per rental...
View ArticleRedbox To Disney Over 28-Day Delay Rule: No Thanks, We’ll Buy Our Own Darn...
Redbox isn’t taking Walt Disney Studios’ 28-day delay policy on its DVDs sitting down, no siree. It’s cutting out the middleman and heading to retail outlets and the Internet, buying up copies of John...
View ArticleHow Far Would You Drive To Return A Redbox DVD?
Joe lives in a pretty rural part of Vermont. Rural living has many advantages, but one disadvantage that you may not have thought of: low density of Redbox kiosks. Which is fine. You only need one,...
View ArticleWaning Movie Rentals Could Signal Beginning Of The End For Flicks In Physical...
I used to love driving to Blockbuster Video to pick out a horror film for scary movie nights in high school with my pals, perusing the aisles and deciding whether or not we really needed a...
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