DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Discuss: Would You Rent Movies from YouTube?

  • crovean · 2 months ago
    It's just way better watching movies on your big screen with the surround sound on. But as of now, I won't rent video's from YouTube especial on the current set up I have on my big screen TV in living room. Maybe in the future where all is integrated to our TV system and YouTube is just a remote control away. Maybe, just maybe I'll rent from them.
  • Phoghat · 6 days ago
    Haven't you heard of a MCPC?
  • ladyofthelake · 2 months ago
    Nope.
  • Aleric · 2 months ago
    No
  • chille · 2 months ago
    I would never stop switch from netflix unless they give you the option to stream the videos through your xbox 360, and offer something netflix doesn't
  • mychaleg · 2 months ago
    i definitely agree they have a huge challenge ahead if they hope to compete with Netflix. youtube is behind the curve for streaming movies.
  • mychaleg · 2 months ago
    i'd consider it. my computer practically is my tv now, especially with Hulu and the ease in which i can borrow HD movies from my 'peers'. i have a pretty big (25") monitor, so the televizzle only gets love from me for NFL, Top Chef, and the occasional random vegout. if there is no bandwidth cap coming up, i'd throw down a couple bucks to stream some movies and even shows. but, what streams and high quality downloads lack are the choice DVD extras. when i was heavily into renting/buying DVDs it was for the extras!
  • adamcharles · 2 months ago
    If we're talking about renting or streaming movies that have a dvd release then probably not. However, if we're talking about possibly streaming or renting films that have yet to land a distributor (like films that were on the festival circuit that were never picked up by anyone) then I can see the appeal in that. If they'd offer that I would.
  • Anrkist · 2 months ago
    Only if it had a lot of movies... I'm not going to rent Batman. Even though I have it, I'd want to rent something more along the lines of Zombi 2. But, if YouTube were to do this... I would lay a bet that it would become larger than NetFlix. I tried an online rent service years ago and it kinda sucked... but YouTube would undoubtedly do a pretty impressive job of it if they were able to gain the rights for such an endeavor and they are one of the few companies that could afford it.

    Of course a big hurdle is, how do you stop people from capturing those movies?
  • baby spinach · 2 months ago
    I think it would work great for portable devices.. mobile phones etc..
  • !_! · 2 months ago
    nope i buy the physical copies for a reason, cuz of the directors cut or somethine like a special edition kind of like the nite owl ship or the dark knight batcycle, im pretty sure most of us watch the special features or sometimes the commentarys on the films but a digital copy is a no for me. it automaticaly plays just like a VHS tape but with higher quality. plus iam all for special features
  • Phoghat · 2 months ago
    I've got a Roku box attached to my HDTV and stream videos from NetFlix. I also have a Media center desktop attached to it (with a BluRay Burner) so that I can play Blu Ray disks (from NetFlix) all for only $20 a month. The Roku box has the ability to rent or buy films from Amazon and after watching a free movie (part of the deal with Roku) if they think I'm going to rent an HD movie for $3.99 a pop, they are frakking nuts.
    I watch a bunch of movies because I'm not much into TV (and rerun season is still with us) so I've got good value for the bucks.
  • Phoghat · 2 months ago
    My Daddy once to me to buy only what appreciates in value, rent or lease everything else
  • Adrasteia · 2 months ago
    In a word, no
    In a phrase, No way Jose
  • mola4everyourz · 1 month ago
    Renting a car can be a viable solution if you're on a trip to a foreign country and you hate driving all the way there. I believe (although prices are fluctuating) that you shouldn't need that much money to rent a car but it really depends on what you want to drive. You can't rent a mercedes for 20 $ a day that's for sure but i don't get people who are renting a car for 6 months when they can buy it :))
  • Phoghat · 6 days ago
    I watch a lot of Netflix streaming on a Roku and my HDTV. There's not a tremendous amount of films I couldn't do without but there are some gems. IF YouTube were using Roku, IF they offered a subscription instead of a price per view, then Maybe.
    BTW, If you want to see a good, seriously demented movie, catch "Ink" on Netflix. It's an indie that couldn't get some serious distribution but after this I think they'll be able to.