I’m an optical disc guy. I prefer a disc over streaming.
Saying that, I haven’t walked into a video store in a while. I’ll admit they are a dying service that has been replaced by Netflix (both DVD and streaming), but please… “What’s a video store?” The only people who even remotely think that is clever are the same people who probably use a floppy disk as a coaster and think they are doing something cool.
We all know what a video store it. We all used to love going to our video store. It was a part of our childhood. Walking down ailses of wonder and potential. Would tonight’s adventure thrill you? Chill you? Excite you? Or leave you bored? You had no idea, and thousands upon thousands of video boxes would look at you hoping to be the one that was chosen. Now that feeling is gone. The treasure hunt of some unknown pick of the night is lost.
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Now that I think of it, I see more video vending machines than actual stores lately.
Times, they are-a-changin!
I do like the Red Box service. Unfortunately we don’t have those here in London. I saw a few pop up around Canada in the Vancouver area. Hopefully they’ll spread out.
Whats a floppy disc???
That deserves a slap.
Sad thing about this one is that in 10 years, that might be a legitimate question.
Yeah. I don’t expect kids today to understand the concept of a video store. Just like I don’t expect them to understand the concept of rewinding.
The one bad thing about video stores going away is you are less likely to browse and run across something that looks interesting. Online you have to search for specific things. Browsing not the same.
I’m going to have to disagree with you there. Browsing online vs. a video store both have equal chances of coming up with squat.
Coming up with a bagel is always possible.
An 8 inch floppy disk is too big for a coaster, although, it makes a nice trivet.
I too get Netflix disks. There is still a lot of stuff I want to watch that they don’t have on streaming. That, and sitting up and watching movies on the computer sucks vs. sitting back and watching them on the TV.
I agree. If I’m watching something at my laptop I can easily lose interest and go to another website. If I’m on my couch I can relax and just lose myself in the movie.
I still get discs on Netflix. Why? Because I watch them when I travel and the wifi streaming in most hostels is awful.
Yeah, I use Blockbuster Video’s dvd via mail service here in the UK. Optcal discs just work, and you don’t have to worry about buffers. Granted you have to deal with scratches and the those god awful annoying FBI warnings and animated menus. But still the benefits and quality you get outweighs those negatives.
I love Lance’s expression in the first panel! Funny stuff!
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