Posted by Jaszmin on 10/18/05 09:34

Both Blockbuster and Movie Gallery are trying to find a way
to 'replace' the revenue lost, for 'failure to rewind a VHS,' that
they were getting when tapes were in their heyday.

Mike Rice


On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:00:04 GMT, lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com (lugnut)
wrote:

>On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:55:22 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>> The reason I don't like renting DVDs is the playback problems...
>>> scratches, skipping, distorted picture... a DVD rental ends up having a
>>> worse picture than a VHS rental.
>>
>>After renting thousands of DVDs over the last 6 years, I can safely say
>>all of the above is FALSE information. You sir, need to either learn how
>>to properly clean a rental DVD(a relatively simple task) or get a better
>>player.
>>
>
>That works most of the time - but I've rented I don't know how many
>discs from one of the locally-owned independents that were mauled and
>scratched beyond recognition, even "new releases" that were less than
>a week old.
>
>Needless to say, I finally just stopped renting there, but I've still
>seen plenty of big stores (Movie Gallery, namely) renting out
>scratched-up discs. I figure they either need to invest in one of
>those "resurfacing" machines or tell their employees to actually check
>the disc's play side instead of just opening it up to see if there's
>something in the case.
>
>
>
>-lugnut

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