What does it take to have movies that are in theater streamed to your home?
Would you not watch more movies at theater prices if you could watch it on your couch at 12:01am Friday morning?
I think the problem is at the theater, the companies get $12/person, $12 PER person.
How can we come up with a solution where they still get their dollars, but I don't have to leave my couch to go sit in a dirty, loud theater to watch it?
I don't particularly care about the delay between theaters and DVDs/streaming; it doesn't matter to me if I see something on the day of theater release or wait for it later. I go to the theater for movies that benefit from a massive screen and sound, and I don't mind paying extra for that experience. If I don't care about that for a particular film, then I certainly wouldn't pay extra to see it at home the day it comes out; I'll just add it to the Netflix queue or wait for it to show up on TV so MythTV can record it.
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
^-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.
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.
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"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.
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?
Would you not watch more movies at theater prices if you could watch it on your couch at 12:01am Friday morning?
I think the problem is at the theater, the companies get $12/person, $12 PER person.
How can we come up with a solution where they still get their dollars, but I don't have to leave my couch to go sit in a dirty, loud theater to watch it?