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I'd pay double, maybe even triple the regular price of streaming rental (~$5) to see movies at home on the day of release.

3lit3H4ck3r 15y ago
^-Same here. However that is not going to happen due to the fact that Hollywood is devoted to protecting their brick and mortar distribution network, a.k.a, the theater.
- jordan0day 15y ago
  I think Hollywood could care less about movie theaters. That said, they can't get people to pay them $10/person to watch a movie at home, so the theater model allows them to take advantage of customers, price-wise. I think there's just way too much inefficiency in Hollywood -- the video game industry provides much better entertainment value-per-dollar (in terms of hours of entertainment, at least). That's partly due to the medium, of course, but I can't help but imagine that if someone could develop hollywood-like films without actually being part of the hollywood apparatus, they'd be poised to really disrupt that market.
  - 3lit3H4ck3r 15y ago
    ^ "I think Hollywood could care less about movie theaters. That said, they can't get people to pay them $10/person to watch a movie at home, so the theater model allows them to take advantage of customers, price-wise." - I stand corrected. I think you just might be right. "I think there's just way too much inefficiency in Hollywood -- the video game industry provides much better entertainment value-per-dollar (in terms of hours of entertainment, at least). That's partly due to the medium, of course, but I can't help but imagine that if someone could develop hollywood-like films without actually being part of the hollywood apparatus, they'd be poised to really disrupt that market." I agree. However, is not Netflix trying to go this route as a content producer? I hope they succeed.
dagw 15y ago
Many big sport live PPV events (the closest currently to a movie on day of release) are in the $45-60 range, which is also what it costs for a small group of friends to go see a movie at the cinema. So I imagine that would be a more reasonable price point. Would you be willing to pay that much?
killnine 15y ago
Same here. And we're speaking from an individual point of view. Now imagine a four, five person family weighing that price versus the sum price of four, five tickets, 3D glasses, candy, popcorn, and drinks

3lit3H4ck3r 15y ago

^-Same here. However that is not going to happen due to the fact that Hollywood is devoted to protecting their brick and mortar distribution network, a.k.a, the theater.

jordan0day 15y ago
I think Hollywood could care less about movie theaters. That said, they can't get people to pay them $10/person to watch a movie at home, so the theater model allows them to take advantage of customers, price-wise. I think there's just way too much inefficiency in Hollywood -- the video game industry provides much better entertainment value-per-dollar (in terms of hours of entertainment, at least). That's partly due to the medium, of course, but I can't help but imagine that if someone could develop hollywood-like films without actually being part of the hollywood apparatus, they'd be poised to really disrupt that market.
- 3lit3H4ck3r 15y ago
  ^ "I think Hollywood could care less about movie theaters. That said, they can't get people to pay them $10/person to watch a movie at home, so the theater model allows them to take advantage of customers, price-wise." - I stand corrected. I think you just might be right. "I think there's just way too much inefficiency in Hollywood -- the video game industry provides much better entertainment value-per-dollar (in terms of hours of entertainment, at least). That's partly due to the medium, of course, but I can't help but imagine that if someone could develop hollywood-like films without actually being part of the hollywood apparatus, they'd be poised to really disrupt that market." I agree. However, is not Netflix trying to go this route as a content producer? I hope they succeed.

dagw 15y ago

Many big sport live PPV events (the closest currently to a movie on day of release) are in the $45-60 range, which is also what it costs for a small group of friends to go see a movie at the cinema. So I imagine that would be a more reasonable price point. Would you be willing to pay that much?

killnine 15y ago

Same here. And we're speaking from an individual point of view. Now imagine a four, five person family weighing that price versus the sum price of four, five tickets, 3D glasses, candy, popcorn, and drinks