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The end of Xtra-vision?

Shogun Puca

With Blockbuster filing for Chapter 11; it made me think, if the inevitable happens and Xtra-vision is wound up, would you miss them?

In the era of torrents and streaming is the neighborhood video store just an unnecessary throwback to the days of Betamax or would you be inconvenienced?

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landsleaving

I'll only be upset if Laser goes. Xtra Vision have a rubbish selection and charge way too much.

Riamfada

Overpriced and huge late fees for years. No

squod

Nothing beats browsing for flims. No online review can come up with the crap that's written on the back of a DVD case.

Chaotic_Forces

Grimes wrote: »

Overpriced and huge late fees for years. No

You mean the place that charges a tener for a 4 year old game to rent for a week? That's after renting five films...

No, it'll be a good thing.

Biggins

I noted one local Xtravision store closed today in our town.
I wonder is it related!
(I know they are known as Blockbuster Elsewhere)

Sykk

Who rents DVD's nowadays?! Last time I done that was before broadband became available in Ireland.

dr.bollocko

Sher they're making all their money from electronics anyway.

My name is URL

What they should do is put download kiosks in shopping centers etc. They could have a DRM protected disk where people can just put stuff on and deletes itself after a few days. I honestly don't see how any video rental store can survive only while offering physical sales

Shogun Puca

My name is URL wrote: »

What they should do is put download kiosks in shopping centers etc. They could have a DRM protected disk where people can just put stuff on and deletes itself after a few days. I honestly don't see how any video rental store can survive only using physical sales

But would you be arsed? Why not just stream from the comfort of your couch?

Even Blockbuster in the States have a streaming service, and thats up against the likes of Netflix. (who haven't filed for Ch.11)

Paddy@CIRL

Xtravision hasn't been a part of Blockbuster for several months ...

Biggins

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

Xtravision hasn't been a part of Blockbuster for several months ...

Good to hear if true.

I did note this in the Belfast Telegraph:

Management and its advisors are believed to have agreed the shape of a restructuring deal, which will put the US company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the hope of continuing to operate a slimmed-down operation.
Its UK stores are already a separate legal entity, and UK management have insisted a US bankruptcy would have "no operational impact on Blockbuster UK".

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/blockbuster-rental-chain-sinks-under-900m-debt-14956350.html?r=RSS#ixzz10N5dUASw

johndoe99

i use xtravision mainly for buying DVDs and Blurays here in Waterford City, if they did wind up, theres only Golden Discs left for new releases and they charge a bomb. Oh how i wish HMV would open a store down here, they'd make a killing.

Dravokivich

Grimes wrote: »

Overpriced and huge late fees for years. No

For years..? You should return'em sooner...

Sam Vimes

I sometimes use them whenever I want to watch a movie sooner than the "download->convert to DVD->burn" process allows but I wouldn't miss them too much if they were gone tbh

krudler

Renting movies lol how quaint.

OutlawPete

Xtra-vision holds many good memories for me.

I haven't been in one since in almost five years but even the name being said makes me feel quite nostalgic.

I remember the first shop opened in Swords around '88 and back then, it took six months for a film to go from cinema to video.

Before they arrived, the little family run video shops used to have feck all of a selection and you had to put your name down for new releases and could be waiting weeks for your turn to come round.

Although, they were better for porn flicks and usually had a little black folder full of the box covers to leaf through

When Xtra-vision arrived, there selection was amazing in comparison and I often spent two to three hours deciding which five vids I was gonna take out.

Course, I would then hook my video up to my mates and make copies of everything I ever rented.

Had a collection of a few thousand films at one stage.

The only issue was the 'tracking'.

Getting the tracking right when duplicating VHS tapes was a very tricky affair indeed and needed great skill.

Twiddling those buttons to the precise position so that the tracking lines would disappear just off screen was a rare art, one which I like to think I mastered :cool:

My 'tracking' adjustment skills were well known and discussed regularly, far and wide.

I was renowned for them for many a year, let me tell ya.

In the right circles today, people still discuss how I managed to adjust one very particularly tricky pirate copy of Big Trouble In Little China that had been amateurishly duped onto a Maxell 180 tape at, get this - LP Speed :rolleyes:

People like that should never have been allowed to own such complicated equipment.

Leave it to the pros guys :cool:

Kimono-Girl

My first memory of xtra vision was buying my first tomagatchi there!

i loved that thing!

Nerdkiller1991

johndoe99 wrote: »

i use xtravision mainly for buying DVDs and Blurays here in Waterford City, if they did wind up, theres only Golden Discs left for new releases and they charge a bomb. Oh how i wish HMV would open a store down here, they'd make a killing.

I'm kinda in the same situation...but its the ONLY video service in town. Which means if I want my Blu ray's, the only place I can go to is GameStop (which has barely any there). If I wanted a real selection, I would have to drive to HMV in Limerick. Oh how I yearn for HMV to come here to my town.

alex73

The way forward is online... Sure I can rent a movie on itunes and its just as good a quality as xtravision (with no late fees)

mikemac

Ah Xtravision, I remember when they threatened a fine if you didn't rewind the tape.

But realy, not everywhere in Ireland has broadband.
Many areas in Ireland don't

So Xtravision still has a market

Kasabian

candlelover wrote: »

My first memory of xtra vision was buying my first tomagatchi there!

i loved that thing!

You killed it, didn't you

Kimono-Girl

Kasabian wrote: »

You killed it, didn't you

many many times!

i just wasn't ready for that kind of commitment back then!

JONJO THE MISER

feelingstressed wrote: »

But realy, not everywhere in Ireland has broadband.

:eek: Im pretty sure everywhere now has Broadband, my cousin lives in remotest west cork and has broadband.

mikom

OutlawPete wrote: »

Before they arrived, the little family run video shops used to have feck all of a selection

Although, they were better for porn flicks and usually had a little black folder full of the box covers to leaf through

Course, I would then hook my video up to my mates and make copies of everything I ever rented.

Ah god, the memories.
The buzz of getting your hands on those hard to get porn tapes, and then the copying.
Tis all too easy these days.............. kinda takes away from it a bit.

KilOit

That reminds me i have to return some videotapes

fonecrusher1

I haven't rented a movie from xtravision in 5 years. Sure you can buy one for 7/8 euros. Rarely go into the place so i won't miss it.

Hope not too many people lose their jobs though.

bonerm

Kaidan wrote: »

That reminds me i have to return some videotapes

Jesus Kaidan. There's a lot more problems than videotapes. Take Sri Lanka for example. Not to mention apartheid and nuclear arms .....

PeterIanStaker

I was getting phone credit in my local Xtravision and noticed the huge amount of pre-owned DVD's for sale, they seem to be getting by on them alone.

As I left, I was confronted by a large cut out of Kick Ass, which was an Xtra Vision "exclusive", I couldnt help smiling because I'd downloaded it:D

OutlawPete

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

As I left, I was confronted by a large cut out of Kick Ass, which was an Xtra Vision "exclusive", I couldnt help smiling because I'd downloaded it:D

You downloaded a large cardboard cut out??

You have Wimax, don't you? :mad:

Shogun Puca

I'll take it then that the general consensus is "no" then.

It's interesting how many people use Xtra-vision for everything but renting movies?