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Yes! I used to pick up CD's when the album cover caught my attention. I would often use that headphone station and give it a sample listen and found artists that became my favorites. Virgin was a bit expensive, But the one in Times Square had a lot of great stuff-Especially DVD's. As a big horror and science fiction fan I found quite a few hard to find things actually. The store was the size of a small shopping mall. In Tower records I saw the Foo fighters perform and met Glenn Danzig and got the CD autographed many years ago.
I think other countries still might have plentiful video stores though. My international guests usually are surprised to hear most music stores are gone here in the U.S. and a few said they have a few in their hometowns still active.
There was one in Chicago (probably smaller than NY) but it was nice to be able to hear the cd too.
They even had books and many interesting magazines. Too bad those are gone. I also enjoyed
the classical and jazz sections which were where I found some great stuff (still have them, listen
and grateful I was able to find them - so long ago).
They swallowed up the local mom-and-pop video stores, then designed rental stores that operated around their convenience rather than the customers'. They constantly tried to get us on late fees when I absolutely *knew* the video was not late.
One day a BB manager yelled at my kid for standing too close to the popcorn machine. He was not unsafe, and neither was the popcorn machine, she was totally irrational. Maybe she had Blockbuster baggage of her own, I don't know.
That was the day I quit Blockbuster and joined Netflix. It's been almost 10 years now.
Music stores were different, they were far more customer-friendly and yes I miss them. Still have all my vinyl albums and my Technics turntable, but yeah, the iPod is nice to have in my kitchen.
I dont know if the analogue master is what was used on the tape or not.... (I would only want it IF IT WAS!! (They probably abandoned analog totally which is very sad))
I remember those days... going to Blockbuster and Movie Gallery and paying $3 or so for a rental. $5.99 for a new release.
Now we can rent or buy from the living room... and I did just that tonight. I wanted to see "The Conjuring" and it was a $5.99 rental or a $14.99 HD purchase via the iTunes store. So I bought it and watched it tonight... and can watch it again any time in the future.
Yay for digital movies. I am a streaming Netflix subscriber as well and my Amazon Prime membership gets me their movies too. I honestly can't remember the last time I went to a video store... it has been at least 10 years.
Yes! I used to pick up CD's when the album cover caught my attention. I would often use that headphone station and give it a sample listen and found artists that became my favorites. Virgin was a bit expensive, But the one in Times Square had a lot of great stuff-Especially DVD's. As a big horror and science fiction fan I found quite a few hard to find things actually. The store was the size of a small shopping mall. In Tower records I saw the Foo fighters perform and met Glenn Danzig and got the CD autographed many years ago.
I think other countries still might have plentiful video stores though. My international guests usually are surprised to hear most music stores are gone here in the U.S. and a few said they have a few in their hometowns still active.
There are some great album artworks out there whether it is Motley Crue's Red White & Crue, Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension or Just Push Play, Fozzy's All That Remains and there are tons of others. These are ones that I actually own and can look through.
[quote=Cida;32162891]Because people are, first, getting so lazy that they don't want to be bothered going to the store, and, second, they're being persuaded that it's unpleasant to have to interact with people in real life.
There was a passing comment on NPR that going to a video store used to actually be fun.[/quote]
It did used to be fun. The family would head over to the stores and divide into interest areas to find their selections. It was like a scavenger hunt to search the aisles for a unique title and synopsis. In smaller pre-blockbuster stores the proprietors knew the regulars and would recommend newly arrived titles similar to how a waiter recommends fine wine to restaurant regulars.
I have never used Netflix or Redbox. No longer fun.
Because people are, first, getting so lazy that they don't want to be bothered going to the store, and, second, they're being persuaded that it's unpleasant to have to interact with people in real life.
There was a passing comment on NPR that going to a video store used to actually be fun.[/quote]
It did used to be fun. The family would head over to the stores and divide into interest areas to find their selections. It was like a scavenger hunt to search the aisles for a unique title and synopsis. In smaller pre-blockbuster stores the proprietors knew the regulars and would recommend newly arrived titles similar to how a waiter recommends fine wine to restaurant regulars.
I have never used Netflix or Redbox. No longer fun.
To me Netflix is a ton of fun. I love having so many options to choose from and being able to start an obscure movie and if it's horrible I can just stop watching it and it didn't cost me anything. I can start and stop a hundred movies if I want until I find something that interest me. I've found some incredible gems just by browsing random movies. No way could you do that at a video store. Netflix is also great for binge watching TV series. Couldn't do that with Blockbuster.
Because people are, first, getting so lazy that they don't want to be bothered going to the store, and, second, they're being persuaded that it's unpleasant to have to interact with people in real life. There was a passing comment on NPR that going to a video store used to actually be fun.[/quote]
It did used to be fun. The family would head over to the stores and divide into interest areas to find their selections. It was like a scavenger hunt to search the aisles for a unique title and synopsis. In smaller pre-blockbuster stores the proprietors knew the regulars and would recommend newly arrived titles similar to how a waiter recommends fine wine to restaurant regulars.
I have never used Netflix or Redbox. No longer fun.
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Originally Posted by Felix C
To me Netflix is a ton of fun. I love having so many options to choose from and being able to start an obscure movie and if it's horrible I can just stop watching it and it didn't cost me anything. I can start and stop a hundred movies if I want until I find something that interest me. I've found some incredible gems just by browsing random movies. No way could you do that at a video store. Netflix is also great for binge watching TV series. Couldn't do that with Blockbuster.
I also enjoyed going to the video stores (unless I had to do a return after a major ice or snow storm).
There was one local store where the owner could direct or suggest a film you were interested in and
was incredibly knowledgeable about 100's of all types of films. Loved that guy and his recommendations -
never disappointed us.
On the other hand, Red Box has a limited selection and Netflix (which I do have) doesn't give a full
explanation of the film (foreign -which country, directors) & many films & shows I'd like to watch are
not able to stream. Plus problems with it rebuffering, freezing etc...).
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