will illegal downloading kill extra vision

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:34PM #1

ok well everyone knows that movies games music e.t.c can be downloaded illegally nowadays and the amount of downloaders is increasing..................

do you believe stores like extra vision will soon close as there sales and rentals will drop too low due to illegal downloading

03-05-2010 07:35PM

Hopefully, yes

yoshytoshy · 03-05-2010 07:35PM

Pay per view will kill xtra vision.

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Hopefully, yes

lol....

aidan_walsh · 03-05-2010 07:36PM

DubMedic wrote: »

Internet killed television.

It didn't. The internet changed television.

Poly · 03-05-2010 07:37PM

€5.35 a rental will kill xtra-vision

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:38PM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

It didn't. The internet changed television.

its on the way ..like a disease slowly spreading..........america has hulu.......the rest of us have <streaming website snipped, biko> and downloads

Dartz · 03-05-2010 07:38PM

Renting the disks for a night and copying them to a HDD will kill Xtra Vision...

kevin12345 · 03-05-2010 07:38PM

Poly wrote: »

€5.35 a rental will kill xtra-vision

haha true that :pac:

thorbarry · 03-05-2010 07:38PM

Well I havent rented a movie in years... and I know lots of people who are the same. But, I think dvd/ music cd's/ blu ray sales will help take the burden off

Edit: Just seen this was posted in after hours, ignore my comment:p

stepbar · 03-05-2010 07:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Hopefully, yes

Pay tax much? :rolleyes:

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:39PM

Poly wrote: »

€5.35 a rental will kill xtra-vision

i know.........who do they think there kidding..........you can buy dvds for a fiver in hmv......

aidan_walsh · 03-05-2010 07:40PM

denballs wrote: »

its on the way ..like a disease slowly spreading..........america has hulu.......the rest of us have <streaming website snipped, biko> and downloads

And yet by and large we still watch the same shows from the same networks, watch the same movies from the same studios and listen to the same music from the same record labels. The internet changes how we consume something, and leaves the old ways of doing so in its wake but it will still be the same companies profiting from it.

Einhard · 03-05-2010 07:40PM

I think the massive fines that I've built up on my account and which I have no intention of paying is likely to kill em off first

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:42PM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

And yet by and large we still watch the same shows from the same networks, watch the same movies from the same studios and listen to the same music from the same record labels. The internet changes how we consume something, and leaves the old ways of doing so in its wake but it will still be the same companies profiting from it.

true.........but watching programmes online is not watching tv its watching....online entertainment...........if it was called internet tv then itv would pull in alot of royalties..lol

Rented Mule · 03-05-2010 07:42PM

Illegal downloading and the fact that Hollywood is pushing films to DVD and pay per view three months after the initial release will kill off Extra-vision as well as any other rental services.

Blockbuster has taken a very large hit in the States. I am not sure how much longer they will will survive.

My name is URL · 03-05-2010 07:44PM

The entire chain was sold recently for 32 million.. that's a bargain if they find a way to modernise. And even without piracy as a factor, that won't be easy with the likes Screenclick etc competing

aidan_walsh · 03-05-2010 07:44PM

denballs wrote: »

true.........but watching programmes online is not watching tv its watching....online entertainment...........if it was called internet tv then itv would pull in alot of royalties..lol

You're watching TV. You're not watching broadcast TV.

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:44PM

Einhard wrote: »

I think the massive fines that I've built up on my account and which I have no intention of paying is likely to kill em off first

if they sold off the money there owed to loan collectors they,d make billions by 2morro lol

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 03-05-2010 07:45PM

Their prices are a joke. 3 or 4 euro for a new DVD would be a better price. Nice how they seem to ignore the recession, lol. Bring down your prices ye fools.

Sure they have deals, but meh.

Overheal · 03-05-2010 07:46PM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

It didn't. The internet changed television.

No, its killing it.

Anyway rental has changed a lot in the last 2 years. Pretty much since Hulu and Netflix got big. People are cutting off their TV services and pretty much going to Internet and Mailbox Rentals. Blockbuster is already on its last life, and Hollywood Video is poised to shut down altogether now.

The only thing that seems to be doing well is a new development called Redbox - and Blockbuster very, very quickly cloned the model.

Its still not working though, not entirely, and Studios are cutting deals with Redbox and BB to give them DVD early-exclusives to keep them afloat.

If anything is going to kill Xtravision - yes, its going to be faster internet.

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:46PM

they should do somthing online like legal downloading..........they already own the distribution and sale rights they could do it fairly easily

smellslikeshoes · 03-05-2010 07:50PM

Their days are numbered. The internet is such an easy medium to transmit files quickly. The fact that most of the downloads of movies right now are illegal doesn't mean that illegal downloading is the problem. The reason why illegal downloading is so prevalent is because what consumers want isn't available by legal means.

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:50PM

ive never understood why they dont just bring rental dvd,s out at the same time as cinema releases and then sell the movies on ndvd a month later.........some people just prefer there own tv and couch

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:51PM

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

Their days are numbered. The internet is such an easy medium to transmit files quickly. The fact that most of the downloads of movies right now are illegal doesn't mean that illegal downloading is the problem. The reason why illegal downloading is so prevalent is because what consumers want isn't available by legal means.

true.........i can dl a movie in 2 minutes............even if i had to pay for the dl i wouldnt go 20 minutes away to the nearest extra vision to get it

ejmaztec · 03-05-2010 07:55PM

denballs wrote: »

ive never understood why they dont just bring rental dvd,s out at the same time as cinema releases and then sell the movies on ndvd a month later.........some people just prefer there own tv and couch

And kill the local small cinemas.

biko · 03-05-2010 07:56PM

Lidl movies are helping kill Extravision too. And that you can buy DVDs for the price of renting them in EV.

denballs · 03-05-2010 07:56PM

just theoretically speaking of course im sure nobody here has ever illegally downloaded anything................

IvySlayer · 03-05-2010 07:57PM

biko wrote: »

Lidl movies are helping kill Extravision too. And that you can buy DVDs for the price of renting them in EV.

Don't the rentals come out quicker than the DVD/Blu ray?

monkeyfudge · 03-05-2010 07:59PM

Seriously... how do so many people get the name of the place wrong?

Kasabian · 03-05-2010 07:59PM

The employees of Extravision will kill it first. Customer focus is not a big thing with them in my experience , only last week I told one of them I'd pull him out over the counter if he grunted at me once more. Not an isolated incident where they have dispalyed their ignorance to me and others .

* maybe it's just the two shops I go to.

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