Reese

I recently read an article and I'm going to email the author because I don't really agree with his opinions, I need to know what other people would do though because I want to have my facts straight.

A Movie is released at the theater, on DVD, and Pay Per View in the same day.

Do you:
A: Go to the theater and watch it
B: Rent it on DVD
C: Buy it on DVD
D: Order it from PPV

Is there any chance that you'd see it in the theater, then go straight to wal-mart and buy the DVD?

If you liked it on PPV would you rent it later on knowing that'd it be on HBO a week after it goes off PPV?

Who do you think will suffer the most is the movie was released on every format at the same time?
A: Theater
B: Video rental store
C: Retailer
D: PPV provider

I'll see if I can post his article later.
Any input is greatly needed.
Thanks

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radioguy

i would rent the dvd, possible buy it later. i like being able to watch movies in the comfort of my own home and be able to pause/stop/rewind it when i wanted. the theater would suffer the most because it used to be special....they had the movie first. if it's released in every medium at the same time, what's so special about going to the movies? just my .03

Pellaz

There are several movies that I'd go see in the theatre then immediately buy the dvd.
Hero
Kill Bills
Matrix et all

I enjoy the massive screen taking up my whole field of vision on a lot of movies. I'd be much more prone to rent the chaffier stuff though, although I wait for it on dvd most times now anyway. And the theatres will obviously suffer the most I think. They'll still fill some important niches, but they'll lose a demographic of people also.

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CSflim

Depends on the movie, if it was a movie that I was very much looking forward to, or a "spectacle" movie (e.g. Lord of the Rings), I would go see it in the cinema.
Otherwise I would just rent it.

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mattevil

I usually just buy the DVD since I'm mainly intrested in old and obscure films

guthmund

It really all depends on convenience.

If I was out and about, I would probably swing by the store and pick up the DVD. If I was home and didn't feel like fighting the public, I'd watch it PPV.

Yes, if I deemed the movie buyable, I would go to Wal-Mart and pick up my own copy.

If it was going to be on HBO, I wouldn't rent it again.

I think the hardest hit would be the movie theaters. Sure it's big and loud and looks fantastic up there on the big screen, but with the DVD I don't have to pay $87 bucks for a ticket, popcorn and soda. I could pause it to hit the john as well. Not to mention the hassle of theater seating and the occasional obnoxious theater goer as well.

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Willravel

I have always been of the opinnion that establishing a movie theater in your house is the goal of a true movie fan. My room has black out curtans and is acoustically set up to compliment the sound system (roughtly 1200 watts) and all furnature faces the tv, which is hooked up to DVD/VHS/Satelite/PS2/Computer (eMac w/ dvd player). The widescreen is hd. The speakers are all 2 way. I figure that before I die, it'll pay for itself. Who wants to pay $10 for a movie, anyway?

Charlatan

I look forward to a day when VOD (video on demand) replaces the video store entirely... no late fees and I can browse a library of (potentially) every film ever made...

That said, I really do enjoy the experience of going to a movie theatre. My dream since I was in high school was to own my own repertory cinema. The problem is that video really killed that option. In the 80s, pre-videos, a local Rep Cinema with one screen and around 900 seats would regularly have sell outs, even on weeknights. They would screen everything from classics and art house to the latest films just out of wide release. By the early 90s most of these types of cinemas closed. The one I mention above is still open but just barely...

Cinema survives to today on "the cinematic experience" Big Screen, Big Sound. As prices, continue to drop I see these cinemas starting to fade as well. In my mind this sucks. Going to the movies is one of the few communal things I still enjoy. The cinema is my church... physically speaking.

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