Posted by Phisherman on 01/15/34 11:58

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:41:01 -0400, Dick Sidbury
<DrJamesSidbury@hotmail.com> wrote:

>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


My bad, I meant 2004.

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