All good things come to an end. Here we are, 6 years later, with 128% markup.
We’re also at the level where you need to watch more than 4 Disney movies per week (edit: month, typo) to justify not renting. For some families this is easy - for my childhood, where we had one “movie night” per week, this would have been a tough sell.
4 per week? I see the ad-free price now is $16. 4 per week would be 16 per month. Most rentals I've seen (through something like Amazon) run $4. Am I missing a cheaper rental service that runs about $1 per film?
Am I missing a cheaper rental service that runs about $1 per film?
Your local public library?
In some cities, they're really well stocked when it comes to video. And many have video streaming services, or sometimes even "community" subscriptions to Netflix or whatever that you can check out for a week at a time.
While they still existed, yes: video stores. Catalog movies (that is, not new releases) could often be had for $1 a night.
Most were run out of business due to streaming, but if you have one nearby, it’s almost certainly cheaper and better quality than streaming. Plus you’d be supporting a local business in the process.
> Am I missing a cheaper rental service that runs about $1 per film?
Honestly where I am I can buy used DVDs for €1 each. I actually went out and bought a DVD player to connect to my TV a year or so ago, because the price was just so compelling.
One benefit to physical DVDs are that they can't disappear like a streaming-service can, you paid for it and you get to own it "forever". DVDs often have subtitles, which is nice for language-learners like me.
(I used to stream content from my PC, via VLC, to a chromecase, but subtitles were never streamed. That was annoying, but not a huge deal.)
It might not apply to all, and local shops are very expensive for "new" releases, but if you have a lot of used stores DVDs are essentially free for both TV series and films.
All good things come to an end. Here we are, 6 years later, with 128% markup.
We’re also at the level where you need to watch more than 4 Disney movies per week (edit: month, typo) to justify not renting. For some families this is easy - for my childhood, where we had one “movie night” per week, this would have been a tough sell.