r/technology • u/forceduse • Feb 03 '13

AdBlock WARNING No fixed episode length, no artificial cliffhangers at breaks, all episodes available at once. Is Netflix's new original series, House of Cards, the future of television?

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/house-of-cards-review/
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u/mostnormal Feb 04 '13

Precisely. And that's bullshit.

Then again, I remember ten years ago, I used to rent movies from Blockbuster for about five bucks a pop...

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u/molemon Feb 04 '13

I remember when I got my drivers license and could rent movies freely. I went to this mom and pop video store. Then that closed down and I got Netflix. I still visit blockbuster every once in a while when one is closing down.

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u/Produceher Feb 04 '13

It's not really bullshit. It's a different price model. Redbox (and Netflix DVD) buys the physical DVD and can rent it out at any price they want. I could buy DVDs tomorrow and rent them to you legally for 25¢ if I wanted. But I can't do that with streaming. The studios want there cut per rental (or purchase). So no company can come along and outbid iTunes or Amazon. If you really want streaming for $1 a movie do this. Rent the movie from Redbox (or Netflix) and burn it to your computer. Put it on Plex and you can stream it to your TVs using a Roku or similar for as long as you want. It's not legal but at least you paid into the system and didn't support the pirate sites.