For a long time, a BD-rental was only $1.50. Even today, Blu-rays are obviously higher quality than streaming content because there's just so much more data on

For a long time, a BD-rental was only $1.50. Even today, Blu-rays are obviously higher quality than streaming content because there's just so much more data on them. The convenience of streaming is hard to beat, but the quality and price of disk rentals would have been competitive if the studios didn't muscle their way into the streaming business so destructively. Ultimately I think Redbox COULD have been fine if only it had better access to new releases. People blame their pivot into streaming, but at that point the studios had already killed them and the company was flailing.