Anyone know if Redbox will start to carry BD?
02-22-08 | 11:03 AM
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Anyone know if Redbox will start to carry BD?
May not be enough demand for them, but damn, that would make me think heavily about stopping netflix/blockbuster.
02-22-08 | 12:46 PM
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I think it'll be a LONG time before they go blu... too many people would rent expecting their standard dvds then get home & be pissed when it wouldn't play... (remember - we're talking about "the masses")...
02-22-08 | 05:26 PM
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A good friend of mine is a vice president at Redbox and designed the machines. I'll e-mail him and let you know what he says, but I kind of doubt it. The machines only hold about 1,500 discs, so the company is focused mostly on popular, mainstream titles. Blu-ray is probably still too much of a niche market right now.
02-22-08 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim
How do you get a coupon every week?
Check out this site.
http://www.redboxcodes.com/
They give you the option when you rent to put in your email. Once you do, they will, at least once a week, send you a free rental code.
02-22-08 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim
How do you get a coupon every week?
02-22-08 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
A good friend of mine is a vice president at Redbox and designed the machines. I'll e-mail him and let you know what he says, but I kind of doubt it. The machines only hold about 1,500 discs, so the company is focused mostly on popular, mainstream titles. Blu-ray is probably still too much of a niche market right now.
02-22-08 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by kvrdave
Yeah, I figured. But when they have them in tiny little kvrdave land, you know they are getting to be a big company. Are they a public company?
Redbox started in the Chicago area (where McDonald's is headquartered) and has been rolling out across the country pretty aggressively. I think they have a little more than 6,000 machines nationwide and are adding 100-200 per week.
02-22-08 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by clappj
If you sign up on their website for it, they'll send a text message to you cell phone every Monday for a free rental, but it's only good that day.
02-22-08 | 10:07 PM
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Here's the response I got from my friend at Redbox:
The dust around Blu-ray has to settle a bit.
Redbox doesn't have an official position yet on when we will start
stocking Blu-ray movies. We will most likely start testing
in small markets this year just to learn more about the consumer demand
and behavior around Blu-ray.
Personally, I think we will need another two Christmas seasons to get
enough Blu-ray players out to justify stocking Blu-ray discs.
Redbox doesn't have an official position yet on when we will start
stocking Blu-ray movies. We will most likely start testing
in small markets this year just to learn more about the consumer demand
and behavior around Blu-ray.
Personally, I think we will need another two Christmas seasons to get
enough Blu-ray players out to justify stocking Blu-ray discs.
