Posted by Dick Sidbury on 01/15/61 11:58

In article <ssuqg29cnajdvm37g2lj7e8k4rtjjg23tc@4ax.com>,
Phisherman <noone@nobody.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:20:36 GMT, lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com (lugnut)
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:57:19 +1200, Aaron Lawrence
> ><aaronlNOSPAM@NOSPAMconsultant.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On a pleasant day while strolling in alt.video.dvd, a person by the name
> >>of Phisherman exclaimed:
> >>> It is frustrating going into a video rental store with a list of
> >>> movies to rent. I don't know what section to find a movie so I have
> >>
> >>I agree.
> >>
> >>I also wish they would have internet connected PCs in store, so I could
> >>check the reviews while I'm there. But then the stores might lose a
> >>bunch of rentals. (Then again, most people seem quite content to hire
> >>anything they like the cover of)
> >>
> >
> >Hasting's (music/video store) here used to have a computer terminal
> >that wasn't online, but you could enter in a band's name or a film
> >name or whatever and pull up a brief review and it would also display
> >whether or not the store currently had it in stock (and if they
> >didn't, there was also a button where you could request it to be
> >special-ordered).
> >
> >But for some reason, they got rid of it a few years back and it's
> >never returned. Something like that setup seems like it'd be great
> >for the average video store, though.
> >
> >-lugnut
>
>
> That would be ideal. I still have not got word from Hollywood Video,
> asking them for a report file containing a specific store inventory.
> It's bad enough that I was lucky and found a 1994 DVD on the "New
> Release" wall.

What 1994 DVD was that? I thought the first commercial DVD was released
in 1996.

dick

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