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I buy only music Blurays including concerts, opera and ballet. Unfortunately, I cannot rent them. Streaming worked for me for a while via Blockbuster but sold out to Samsung. |
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I buy from Amazon if I know I'll watch more than once but mostly stream from Vudu. I find their streaming quality to be excellent (on Oppo 105), better than Netflix and far far better than Comcast On Demand which I use mostly for missed TV shows. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned Vudu, I'm very impressed by it.
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I buy from Amazon or rent from Redbox or my local video store (yes, they still exist!)
The Video Station I'll never understand why anyone who bothers to own a Blu-ray player would watch an "HD" stream; even the best have horrendously low bit rates. |
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I buy from J&R Music World, Oldies.com (from whom I just got some old TV shows on DVD: Combat!, Cheyenne and Police Squad!) Collector's Choice Music/Critic's Choice Video (same company), occasionally Best Buy, Heartland Music, and Daedalus Books.
Most of what I buy is music, with special interest and now old TV shows entering the mix.
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I almost never watch the movies I own more than once or twice so now I subscribe to netflix
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There are so few movies that I will watch more than once that for the most part, I stream from Amazon, Netflix, Vudu and Hulu most of the time.
I recently upgraded to a Sony BluRay and that comes with some of their imbedded movie and music services through Sony Essentials. I haven't tested it much yet but it seems pretty nice. What I don't like is Pandora coming to me in 5 channel stereo so I have some digging to do into the setup to default that to stereo.
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Amazon, B&N, Best Buy all have regular sales.
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I was a big customer of NetFlix for years and it toasts me to be tossed to the side in favor of the streaming crowd. I understand the business aspect - they cut their overhead by a ton by no longer dealing in physical media. But to not even offer discs at any price shows a disrespect for the loyal customers that put them where they are, IMO.
I've never tried the streaming options I get through Disc Network or direct from WiFi or the internet. I'm not even sure how all that works although my TV and BR player are both WiFi-ready. I just figured the reliability and quality wasn't there yet. I get all my DVDs from Amazon with that free shipping as a Prime Member. If I really like a movie, I tend to watch it again a few days after the first time. Or if it's one of those confusing story lines where I didn't catch the importance of every word on the first play. But I do have a stack that I wish I had just saved my money on. |
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Sound and picture quality are usually excellent (1080p) and the variety and selections are astronomical. I seldom, if ever, turn on "regular TV", except for sports and local news. National and international news are both well covered by ROKU. And, I don't think I've loaded a video disc of any kind into a disc player in 3-4 months. ROKU (and I suppose Apple TV too) is an excellent way to see movies and to watch television.
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