The Decline of Redbox...What Happened?

There's a great story behind Redbox. They've become somewhat of a household name and are now the #1 source of DVD and Blu-Ray rentals. Yet, over the last few years they've experienced a noticeable decline. This video takes a look at their rise and possible fall while attempting to provide reasoning behind it.
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[@nekad2000]

DVDs will slowly go away. Everyone knows the future is VHS

[@JeremyThompson1978]

I'm putting my money on Betamax and LaserDisc.

[@johnalexander8432]

Damn your my hero!!!

[@icebearisreadytotokyodrift8369]

No, everything is portable now. However, VHS can be improved.

[@rastaewabeach]

Betamax is better

[@Luke-xi2pq]

nekad2000 lmao, so true!

[@Lego_SML]

these are really popular in rural areas with bad internet

[@LiakkDoesStuff]

CORRECT

[@NightShift-ci5vn]

CORRECT Inm in wyoming and their everywhere

[@wolfetteplays8894]

True

[@bananafarmer4204]

@@NightShift-ci5vn also in Wyoming. I didn’t know they weren’t doing well elsewhere

[@NightShift-ci5vn]

Logan Simmons yes I visited California and there are less and less people wanting to get them

[@nmikloiche]

I think vending machines are under appreciated and under used. In Japan, where space is limited and labor costs are high, vending machines are incredibly popular.

[@CarrotConsumer]

Yep, I get my clothes out of one.

[@94sHippie]

I agree. In college there was a vending machine in every building including the dorm rooms and I loved that convenience of being able to easily get a soda and a snack whenever. I keep thinking it would be rad if leasing offices for apartment complexes had vending machines for residences, especially if the unit is in an area where it is not easy or safe to walk to a convenience store or grocery store.

[@charlettesweb6537]

Vending machines might be the new wave due to Covid

[@bradenallen1241]

@@charlettesweb6537 How? Why would people want to press the buttons on a vending machine more now that there's a pandemic?

[@embercoral]

I remember there being beverage vending machines on seemingly every street in Hokkaido. Sure, it's cool to have them in buildings, but right out on the sidewalks?Amazing. Some of them even had canned hot beverages, which can be nice on colder days... On a side note, I recently noticed this special medical vending machine at an outdoor (US) mall. It had a bunch of essentials that you might normally go to a pharmacy for, like bandages, over-the-counter medicines, pads and tampons...there was even face masks, gloves, and no-contact thermometers!

[@arthurgphotography]

"I'll be back honey I'm heading to McDonalds for diapers"

[@lakelurker08]

McDiapers.

[@mtndewcupseries6619]

Anyone like Mcdiapers

[@xman5393]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@jlyo1991]

Taco Bell would have better success in that market.

[@ewhuddy5468]

Because the public bathrooms are nasty

[@aannalese]

I remember before my family had Netflix and when we didn't have cable my dad would rent a movie every night. Good memories

[@Luke-xi2pq]

Angela Annalese I'm glad someone else out there knows the same struggles back in the day, even though it can be annoying renting movies from Red box I still have tons of fond childhood memories of renting from them!

[@GeebyTeenyBooper]

Same

[@eskimoto4417]

big factual data

[@PortalOfKaden]

I use to love going to family video or watching cable in the morning but now we use netflix. So few memories can be made from “netflix and chill”.

[@BD-kc9te]

Broke 🤭

[@beansbeans4551]

There's still one of the blue blockbuster boxes at my local Walmart. They never bothered to repaint it. It's litteraly a blue box with Redbox written on it.

[@Nedula007]

Lol

[@kabronex9877]

Same

[@seanallen3948]

Beans beans I worked for Coinstar, now Outerwall and was an install PM for most of their kiosks, including Redbox. Most or many Walmart’s have a blue Redbox because that was what they wanted - more representing their brand. You’ll see many of their stores where all kiosks have to be blue in color. After some time, they scrapped the blue & do allow actual red colored Redboxes in their stores. Due to contracts, there were a few stores they did custom boxes for. Another is Publix in FL. They created custom lightboxes for their stores.

[@beansbeans4551]

Sean Allen im pretty sure its the same one that was a blockbuster express machine. Its even in the exact same place.

[@sammysam2615]

Gotta see that

[@steelerfaninperu]

You know what? I'm really happy for Mitch. The guy dedicated his life to a seemingly goofy idea and it turned into a thing and he got to work with major brands with his novel idea. I'm glad he didn't just watch someone else take his idea and make it work. Imagine how much that would suck.

[@charleshardesty1828]

The price is everything! I used them all the time when it was $1 & havnt used it since the first price raise

[@charleshardesty1828]

@@mbaron4311 right I rented 1 game at $3

[@doranmitchell1700]

They stopped game rentals where I live at. I'm not sure if it's the same everywhere else? It's mainly why I haven't gotten anything from Redbox in awhile.

[@charleshardesty1828]

@Roberto Vidal Garcia It was... Now it's $0... Yar matey!

[@AH-hm2mq]

@Roberto Vidal Garcia you can straight up buy used dvds/blu-ray for under $5 so yeah not worth renting

[@sleepful1917]

damn that 20 cents was just too much for your budget huh

[@GeneralCheezyPr0ductionz]

I still think this company has a place . They just need to bring back that $1 a night rental and increase it to $1.50 after that first night .

[@youngpaleta]

CheezyPr0ductionz golden idea

[@babyshanks1707]

1$ isnt enough profit anymore

[@bee4907]

Not to mention the selection isn't always great.

[@Sandybowls_9001]

DVD's are only 1.50. I'd rather drive to Redbox and pay 1.50 or $2 for a blu ray than pay $5 or $6 to stream it.

[@715SF]

I buy the codes on eBay about 10 codes for $3.69 so its 36 cents a pop.

[@itsthemilkman9]

I remember when I was getting out of the supermarket and my mom would say “ wanna get a movie from redbox “ and I would get so excited. Now we haven’t used it in at least 3 solid years

[@Crazyjn]

Maybe she’s just waiting for you to move out of her basement. 😂

[@deebee8825]

@@Crazyjn omg lol 😂

[@nunyabusiness776]

@@Crazyjn shes waiting for him to move the children out of the basement

[@laneyperkins840]

I havent used one since I was like 6 and every single week when my family went to the store we would get a movie, I allways wanted to get Recket Ralph lol

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

One day you and your mom rented a movie from the Redbox for the last time :(

[@Nahhhhhhson]

Who here remembers Netflix when it first came out where you had to choose what DVD you wanted and had to wait for it in the mail? Then send it back when you were done... good old days

[@sujimtangerines]

Lol, I did a market test for them back in 2001, 2002? I'd get the movies (2) in the mail in the morning and watch them, then drop them off before the last pick up at the post office for same day turn around so I wouldn't have to wait as long for the next set I'd picked out.

[@blupunk01]

I subscribed to Netflix pretty much as soon as it was available in my area and stayed on their three-at-a-time unlimited plan for years. One of the great things about it was if I started watching something and it just wasn't that good I felt no obligation to finish it because I hadn't spent any money on that particular rental (and I usually had a couple more DVDs ready to go). Prior to streaming it was the only way I'd found to get that experience.

[@kenmore01]

I'm currently in their web lol. I still pay monthly for discs (about half are Blu ray) and do the get in mail (I just got Elf and Paul Blart, Mall cop 2 on Blu ray each lol) neither of which were available for streaming. I used to rush them though, much to my wife's dismay back then, but now that she has passes and my life has changed so much, I just don't concern myself much with it anymore. I watch them when I feel like it (watched Elf tonight), and if they lay around for awhile, so be it. Elf is AWESOME, BTW! 😃

[@kenmore01]

@@HangTimeDeluxe Wow, this is the first time I have read somebody saying Netflix is outdated. Interesting. I wonder if they know that!

[@marksaunders140]

Yup, and I remember when their streaming service first came out and it was complete ass. Had to use a disc on my PS3 to access the app and it was laggy as hell with a terrible selection.

[@dr.diamond9868]

I don't know why but when he said "McRentals" I couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes, lol

[@Yumifreak3]

Something’s wrong with you.. really.

[@aliasghargondal3787]

@@Yumifreak3 I agree 👍🏻.

[@Roysendough]

Sure

[@a.mtheknight8734]

I literally stopped my video and went to the comments to see if anyone laughed at “mcrentals” too. Im in tears. That’s a horrible and good name.

[@dr.diamond9868]

@@Yumifreak3 dude shut up and mind your own business

[@nrelationship]

I'd add the decline in Redbox sales is also due to many newer laptops not providing DVD players. You could buy a external drive just for DVD watching, but with everything online, it's just easier to stream or download and watch later.

[@JayR607]

Neal Chester lol who the fuck watches on a laptop 😂😂

[@child_of_god_]

Right! I even gave up using dvd drives years ago, they're too old fashioned, degrade real fast, that i never used the dribe from day 1 of purchasing my last 4 laptops. That's starting from 2012.

[@brigand13]

@@JayR607 People who travel for work!!! When laptops had a DVD drive as a standard feature, you could rent a DVD from RedBox and watch it while traveling. If your computer doesn't have that option, then you aren't likely to do so because most hotels do not offer DVD players in their rooms.

[@Shockedbywater]

@@JayR607 You are an idiot.

[@kesprrr9271]

Jay Rogers almost everyone in the 21st century

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Netflix:* [snaps] *Redbox:* Mr. Internet, I don't feel so good.

[@joshuaarmendariz5929]

*Mr. Blockbuster:* I don't feel good either..

[@rogeliobeltran1742]

hahahahahaah perfect

[@egrizly]

Knock it off we're on the endgame era now

[@tawnyh8878]

😂😂😂😂

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Disney: Are you sure about that.

[@94sHippie]

I think we are in for a revival of DVDs and physical media as the streaming market is starting to become over saturated and it is becoming harder for people to find their favorite go-to movies and shows. I don't think streaming will go away, but it seems most streaming companies are pushing newer content and original content and investing less in having a wide selection of classics.

[@lulz4lulz]

People said the same thing about the Walkman when Steve Jobs unvealed the iPod. Not gonna happen. Everything is moving to the cloud, game console are now made without disk drives and consoles are gonna be going away all together soon. Would you like to have to get up a few times to change the disk if watching a 4k movie? A 90 minute movie would require the capacity of nearly 3 DVDs. It more effective, less wasteful for the environment, and cheaper to store movies in a digital or streaming format, which this is already something being done. There are tons of platforms where you can buy a movie or a TV show and own it forever and stream it or even download it, Google Play, iTunes, and KZbin do this as well. Storage for computers and servers is getting cheaper and cheaper as well and new devices are releasing with more and more storage each year. More people are getting Plex servers or NAS servers for their home to keep an entire digital library of movies. DVDs are EOL.

[@rowlaanbennett7296]

@@lulz4lulz that’s all good and great but let’s say it’s one day internet glitches all over the country for everybody or you fall on hard times and lose Wi-Fi connection the DVDs will ALWAYS work! I have a dvd and blu ray collection of over 500 movies and they will never go anywhere

[@cutieapplepie]

Haha, No

[@CuteSkyler]

@@lulz4lulz Sorry but you cannot beat $1 for a second hand DVD at my local flea market, some of them even come in plastic.

[@lulz4lulz]

@@CuteSkyler I can actually, I have terrabytes full of movies and TV shows on drives, didn't pay anything for any of the movies or shows either. Able to play and any device on my network, no internet required, locally stored.

[@MoonFairy929]

It’s crazy how we don’t know that Mitch Lowe guy’s name. His fantastic story revolutionized video entertainment at home.

[@olliegoria]

I know. It’s such a shame Mitch Lowe will be forgotten. If only we knew Mitch Lowe’s name...

[@lobitome]

Innovators rarely are acknowledged. Especially when someone else takes their concept and blows it up.

[@lobitome]

@@olliegoria 😉 I wonder if the op got to the last lines of the video?

[@mekhijw15]

before netflix and chill we had redbox and relax

[@BornToPun7541]

And before that, it was go to the drive-in, hop in the back seat and see what happens......

[@thatoneguy8355]

thatguy263 Drive in and dive in.

[@zix1257]

Netflix and chill is not alliteration either

[@youboob6297]

blockbuster and nutbuster...?

[@EbikeAdventuresSD]

Netflix came before Redbox dumbass

[@bilussenpai]

Being from a lower income family redbox was awesome at the time when it was 1 dollar a night.

[@seaislechick76]

Jermaine Burgess $1.75

[@ps31871]

Lol come on 2 dollars is still nothing

[@Sigmanovar]

@Jermaine Burgess how does fire stick work?like how you able to watch for free And how much is it

[@luney3232]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqOVYWR8prmDatk 🎥 "Obama Phone" Remix (parody song) - KZbin

[@ohrez7456]

Yeah lots of fun nights for cheap

[@roderickhockaday5715]

Everybody....“ I remember the good ole days, when my family would get rentals & have a family movie night....man those were good times” Me....”Yep Blockbuster & Movie Gallery really was the stuff back when I was coming up...awesome times indeed”

[@rossross9281]

Something has been lost since the decline of physical media. Back in the 80s/90s I used to love to go down to the video store and rent stuff I’d never heard of, just grabbing whatever looked cool. I was very rarely disappointed. These days when I give something a go off the Netflix menu I usually don’t like it.

[@CarrotConsumer]

Yeah, your lack of taste.

[@rossross9281]

Ealdy feel better now?

[@kevinbuja4373]

I get it. I used to go to this small, independent rental store. I became friends with the owner, his wife, and daughter, and they got to see my daughter grow up, until he closed his store. You could reserve movies and he had a drive up window.

[@silverballstudios3578]

Theres a *still* blockbuster in Bend Oregon

[@sultanofsick]

Removing the costs of producing and distributing physical media lowered the bar substantially for quality of content. In the old days, the only place to put low-budget, low-effort eyeball traps was on broadcast television, and there was only so much low value airtime to go around. In order to be worth mass printing media, shipping it out, and most importantly taking up retail shelf space with it, it had to be relatively certain to recoup all those costs, so it had to be good enough to get people to want it. There's next to none of those costs with throwing some hastily put together crap on a server and it just sitting there taking up some hard drive space if no one wants to watch it.

[@captainthrall]

Physical media is dead in areas that have high-bandwidth internet access. Luckily for the Redbox model, there are still tons of places on planet earth that don't have access to a stable internet connection. They should aggressively relocate all of their kiosks.

[@overshot8331]

Lol.Redbox only operates in U.S.and U.S is not the whole planet.

[@Luke-xi2pq]

captainthrall yep, people like me in more rural areas with internet that fight with us is the only reason certain physical media's are still alive!

[@massv953]

People said that about vinyl and physical music...2019 and vinyl ablums are back in big box stores like walmart/target even and have surpassed CD sales. People will always want something physical they can touch and display.

[@ayjamay]

Two people can’t watch KZbin in my house. Sometimes one is pushing it.

[@ferretsmiles]

Physical media has its place but really only for those serious media consumers watching 4k hdr content

[@SlammedZero]

I still use and love the convenience of Redbox. Lol I can rent a Bluray for $2. That same movie online is usually like $5.99 to rent. Worth the short drive to the store for me.

[@MasterMalrubius]

Especially if it is a place you go to on a regular basis.

[@lexiatel]

Until you go to watch it, and what the heck, the disk is scratched!

[@richcolon6580]

SlammedZero love going to redbox before leaving the store

[@lexiatel]

The Yeet well, mine were, lol

[@donkeykong4983]

Lexi Atel new really just sounds like a you problem

[@themsummerboys.2056]

Does anyone know why they stopped renting video games? I never rented movies from Red Box, but renting games was great if you wanted to try before you buy or play a short game you could finish in a couple days (like Until Dawn) for a fraction of the cost

[@spoodthang2146]

I’m guessing stolen games. I’ve rented games there many of times and you got a 50/50 shot if the disc is in the case. People would just take the bar code off the disc, put it in the case in the same spot where the cd would sit and put the case back in.

[@garnettbrown]

Indeed. It helped me a lot. If the game was crap.

[@garnettbrown]

@@spoodthang2146 That's true too

[@E_Chap]

I got Doom 2016 from a Red Box and never returned it cause it was so awesome haha.

[@campagnollo]

I can see a problem with renting games. To buy it from a Red Box would cost more than from regular retail. But to rent it and enjoy the game couldn't be possible. Imagine playing Red Dead Redemption II and only making it halfway thru Chapter 2 before returning the game. That can't be fun.

[@emmak605]

I always remember there being a redbox outside my local Walmart and when my mom would pick me up from school on fridays and go grocery shopping. We would walk out the store and my mom would almost always ask me if I wanted to see if there were any new movies to rent for the night. There weren’t any blockbusters near my house so redbox was our staple for movie rentals

[@Markimark151]

We still use Redbox, but for new releases that Netflix doesn’t have available. And game rentals, which is cheaper to play a game for the weekend than buy the game at full price that might not be good.

[@SwagMaster824]

@sms1480 you can buy a game on steam and have like 2 weeks to return it as long as you haven't played it more than 2 hours if that counts for something I think it does.

[@Markimark151]

sms1480 I’m playing console games, most of the games I rented from Redbox are single player games that are story driven. But I also once rented Nintendo Wii games.

[@Paco1337]

@@SwagMaster824 or get it from torrent for free :D

[@jordanturner97]

I use Redbox to order BigMacs

[@c182SkylaneRG]

@@Paco1337 The media industry is trying REALLY hard to squash that option, and you can get in a lot of trouble if they catch you doing it. By the time you sign up for a VPN to cover your tracks, you could just as easily have rented a couple dozen videos/games for the same money.

[@Stopfollowingmeplz8]

I stopped going to Redbox when I realized my local library get all the same new movies before redbox anyway. Lol, I will take the free option.

[@satanas6740]

I get tryin to save money but are you that poor? It's like $3

[@Stopfollowingmeplz8]

@@satanas6740 I really like movies, my undergrad is in film. $3 a day for multiple movies at least twice a week ads up quickly fam 😂😂😂

[@satanas6740]

@@Stopfollowingmeplz8 I guess that's true, I spend at least $5 daily on beer, that's about $150 a month or about $1800 a year it does add up, just wow

[@invaderzim1265]

NICE!! In fact, I'll check my library for new releases!!

[@4knewt505]

@Jeff Webb What library is that? I work at a library and I'm considering how to change to streaming since we have very outdated dvds and most of our patrons don't have computers with dvd players anymore. sign of the times like when vcr tapes went

[@hansmerker5611]

I'm surprised Redbox sales are slowing down. I see them in a lot of locations where I live. Also, I'm surprised that the original idea was thought up in the 1980's.

[@CelestialTabris]

Honestly I think RedBox can still thrive in a lot of places, it’s accessible and cheap especially for people who can’t afford a subscription based model for movies - I forsee redbox staying around as long as people who depend on it for entertainment are still around

[@TheRealAVTV]

i think the biggest thing that i walked away with is that mcdonalds created redbox

[@johnmoo8072]

Yeah... I didn't know they made the Red Box. I only used those a few times but... Dang. My mind is blown

[@smirage22]

@@jordanturner97 good to know

[@seqtour4412]

@@jordanturner97 damn ima try that

[@savagesalvage9449]

@@johnmoo8072 Sneaky bastards. Now I'm curious why they didn't want their name attached to it.

[@NicholasLittlejohn]

and they invented french fries

[@ReticulatingSplines_]

To be honest, I really did rent less from redbox once they upped their price from $1.

[@riverdaletales8457]

Maybe because of inflation ? Money prices go up no matter what

[@Slotten68]

Ill still rent something every now and then if I'm at the store and there's something I really wanna see.... But 85% of my rentals were just "im bored, ima just rent something cause its cheap af" and half the time I'd never even watch it and get late fees. Now, when I rent something I gameplan my evening around it and return it on time... So I basically rent less often and hardly ever get late fees. I can see how revenue is down.

[@anthonyesposito2576]

@@riverdaletales8457 Arizona tea is still .99 and for that reason, I have hope

[@TheRealtalk617]

@@anthonyesposito2576 Exactly look at MC Donalds, Burger king, Wendys once they raised prices on those Dollar menu items, their sales dropped fast. So now they do 4 items for 5 dollar etc stuff like that.

[@IceHedge]

@@riverdaletales8457 Look at the info Company Man just showed- revenue goes up when the price is raised, but sales go down? Hmm.. so of they kept the prices at $1, it sure sounds to me their revenue would have gone even higher with more sales since people are more likely to rent at $1. Price hikes happen because corporations want to please their investors and maintain profitability, not out of necessity.

[@walterdbrown]

I remember the first time I saw a Redbox machine. My dad and I couldn’t believe we could rent movies for just $1, way cheaper than any other service. But hey, they’re still on their feet and I know it’ll be a long time before they go down.

[@Ababb21]

When my wife and I were early in our relationship and broke college kids we lived off Redbox. Now I don't even have something that could read a DVD/Blueray. Good memories

[@weeds526]

No joke, my office is literally in space vacated by Redbox in Suburban Chicago. The fact they went from 7 to 3 floors says it all

[@TheTonyahawk]

I did a double take while reading this, and thought to myself what a small office you have, for a microsecond and finished the statement. Still got a small chuckle, smiles from L.A.

[@jeffcore14]

I did the same exact thing. I pictured a desk in a ATM room or something. Then I read it again. Lol

[@AG.Floats]

Ya I still have one near me also. It comes in handy sometimes for very new releases. I just wish they had 4K UHD movies for rent.

[@MR_MRM_]

@@AG.Floats They do in some markets.

[@DougHNuts-ee3vn]

I pass one in front of the Kroger store almost daily. I don't have enough time in the day to watch all my favorite YT channels but there are always people looking at those on screen previews. Plus there's a Coinstar machine inside the store LOL!!!

[@pegrathwol]

We just had an old school video store re-open in our town. The kind where you walk in and rent an actual physical DVD or blue ray disc. You talk to someone else who loves movies to help you choose one. You get to browse through their incredible selection. They have an absolutely enormous selection. They have all the old classic movies you can't find on NETFLIX any more. You pay between $2-3 bucks per movie depending on what plan you sign up for. Business is BOOMING in this store. They have the walls decorated with old cut up Block-Buster membership cards. LOL.

[@haileygrey5047]

pegrathwol where's this?

[@naverilllang]

video stores definitely have a niche market. they just don't work as a large business.

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

Thats pretty dope. I remember when I was in my teen going to Blockbuster or Hollywood videos just to rent new movies or games. Kinda like going to Toys 'R us on Saturday morning after watching cartoons.

[@texasgun2731]

theres a video rental store in sulphur springs, texas as well. saw tons of ps4 and xbox one games as well as a porno room in the far end of the store

[@antoniot.6594]

You get pop-ups like that here and there but they don't last. Once ppl get over the hype, they start to miss the convenience of on demand rentals. Everyone hates late return fees too!

[@3rdFloorblog]

I don't know about anyone else, but I miss the video stores. I loved browsing the movies up and down the aisles looking for just right movie that hits your fancy....or even asking the clerk "What's new and decent?" Ahhh, the good old days

[@BlackArroToons]

Good video. While I never used Redbox, I did notice when they started taking over, how Blockbuster and video stores started fading away. I mostly would buy new DVDs and later blu rays when they were in the $5 bin new, for the ones I wanted to see but never got a chance in theaters, or to collect. Favorite movies I'd spend $19.99 for on release day. These days, walk in stores don't have much in stock so online ordering is often necessary for disc movies.

[@gillianjones6629]

I'd just like to remind everyone that your library has DVDs for free. Like, a ton of DVDs. It's like a video rental store, only free. Yeah, Netflix and Amazon are cool, but they don't have everything

[@melaniejonas7084]

Exactly! I will not pay for Netflix when I have a bunch of DVDs. I can play my DVD at home, or someone else's house...bring it along. Netflix you pay them to show it to you, you need a fancy TV and everything, you can't take it with you. Or they could take your faves off of Netflix, DVD will never go away!

[@davecasey4341]

I use the library quite a bit. As a matter of fact, the libraries are great places to find TV season box sets.

[@Meton2526]

@@davecasey4341 Technically they're not free; libraries are mostly funded by taxes. So it's "libraries have DVDs that you paid for already by them stealing from you, and now you have the option to make use of them or not."

[@larrye3116]

My library doesn't purchase new movies. Only has old movies which were donated. Good place to find that old movie you've been thinking about but can't get at the box or via streaming.

[@mallk238]

@@Meton2526 oh yeah those eeeevil libraries. Stealing the money right from your pocket specifically. How awful that we as a community must work together to give money for a service that otherwise does not charge for itself and is one of the few places left people can go to for easy access to resources that private companies would only keep around if they deemed it profitable.

[@joshmciver4847]

I was genuinely surprised to hear Redbox got it start at McDonald's

[@SwagMaster824]

I was more surprised at the year it started... I thought the company launched in like 2008-09 not 2003

[@spaghetie2]

Things like that seem so random. I think I once saw that KZbin was created by PayPal employees or something.

[@standardofexcellence]

I actually rember that, wow time flies

[@JulioLopez-xz5kx]

I started seeing those boxes outside of 7-Elevens

[@BollingHolt]

I've never used Redbox. I remember the "good old days", particularly 4th and 5th grade, 1991-92, on a Friday evening when I could have spend the night company over, and my parents would take us to Little Caesar's (before the "Hot-n-Ready" days), place our pizza order, then go next door to Premiere Video and pick out a couple of movies and a Nintendo game while the pizzas were being made, and like you said, it really was the experience of going into the store. The entire ritual was associated with Friday night fun, ushering in the weekend, two days without school, etc. We must've completely worn out all the copies of "Terminator 2", "The People under the Stairs", and the color remake of "Night of the Living Dead".

[@TheBandit7613]

Me too. If there was still a blockbuster, I'm one of the few that would still go.

[@mariobudal8850]

Video rental stores were like the best part of the 90s. I'm pretty sure whatever economic trade-off's it would take to bring that back, would be worth it. I'm a bit begrudged about having entirely missed out on the "drive in cinema" days, too. That sounds like such a cool experience.

[@BollingHolt]

@@mariobudal8850 I would have LOVED the drive-in era!!!

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

I wish we had a similar service in the UK. Even with Netflix and others being so big, I still prefer using discs. I’d love to make a trip to a box, get what I want and return and continue.

[@dawndayton9937]

the poor cannot afford netflix long term DVD rental still has its place but i think they need to be at more gas stations, Dollar trees, Aldis and Family Dollar places

[@pklifeupa7064]

Bingo! That's the effect of a starving economy, if the poor has to choose between spending a dollar on Redbox or a pack of noodles, it's not rocket science what they're gonna pick...

[@bryanmartinez6600]

@@pklifeupa7064 pretty sure the people this poor are dropping $30 of food stamps on chips and chocolate bars

[@anthonyperez1410]

@@pklifeupa7064 "Starving economy"? Really kid?

[@pklifeupa7064]

@@anthonyperez1410 yes boomer, are you going to cry?

[@Max-ip1gw]

"The poor can't afford Netflix.." Honey, a Netflix cheapest bundle is only $5.99, come on, less than a coffee!!

[@cjxgraphics]

I pass 6 of them on the way to work each day. Didn't realize they were on a decline. Those things are everywhere.

[@User0000000000000004]

"I pass" I suppose that's why.

[@bigmike9128]

Me too

[@Andrew-it7fb]

Haven't seen one in years

[@Marie-wj5iw]

I remember back in the days, me and my family would get the a DVD from a Redbox machine, and we would watch it. We stopped using it at 2017 because we got Netflix and all of that stuff.

[@adamsager22]

I never used Redbox though I had an account. The reason was that there were none near me. Then they built a dollar general practically in my back yard a few years ago and moved in a Redbox machine. I don't have a Blu-ray player, so I use it for DVDs. If you rent a DVD (or even just buy a replacement/empty case) you get $2 off the purchase of an old movie. "An old movie" being defined as any movie they are willing to sell. I've always felt that Redbox was doing pretty good financially. Every year they give away a large cash prize ($10,000 this year) and merchandise through their winter spin promotion. I like your content! Keep up the amazing work!!!

[@nosilverharbinger]

My big issue with Redbox (back when it was more popular) was one person would hog the machine forever. I would go to a store, see someone at a redbox kiosk trying to make a decision, do all of my shopping and check out, and the same person was still using the redbox when I was leaving. This problem didn’t exist at a video rental store, and I personally never used redbox because of it. I just ordered discs from Netflix during the transition to streaming services.

[@thedaniel23782]

Or even better when you go to return something right before it's due back and there's an elderly man or woman with no idea how a touch screen works using it.

[@axllebeer]

Many places where I live have 2 redbox machines side by side in every location.

[@mvpandrew93]

@@axllebeer That elderly couple would use both in my town! Baby-boomers are literally the death of EVERYTHING.

[@matthewbowen5841]

I absolutely remember waiting in a 10-20 person line for several minutes at Blockbuster back in the day, especially on Friday night. Of course, I have waited 5-10 min watching one idiot read every description at Redbox, which made my blood boil. So yea, downgrade but not totally unlike Blockbuster.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Analog Denial of Service attack.

[@mjc0961]

"The Decline of Redbox...What Happened?" Streaming.

[@zwooop64]

Ironically, Redbox started their own streaming service

[@DavidBartosik]

I haven't seen their selection recently but I don't think they stand a chance at competing with Netflix or Amazon Prime.

[@DocR16]

There's a Redbox in a heavy Crip neighborhood in Colorado Springs. It kept getting vandalized so it ended up being powder coated blue

[@applejacks971]

To this day, I've never used Red Box. I don't even know how the work. I always went to Hasting Books to rent 5 or 6 dvd's for the weekend, and would end up buying 10 more and several cd's! EVERY weekend! I miss that place 😢

[@PetePuebla]

People say Netflix killed Blockbuster. I say Redbox stabbed Blockbuster and Netflix finished the job.

[@thornclawofwarriors]

More like Netflix shot blockbuster, then Redbox came and spit on it.

[@LimePestoLAUGH]

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[@elementcreator1]

I was still going to blockbuster and would still see the same amount of people in blockbuster...

[@c182SkylaneRG]

@@jasonjrf Exactly. Although my hometown video store managed to survive into the Netflix/Redbox era, but not very long into that. They closed four or five years before Blockbuster finally went under, because they couldn't compete with Redbox and Netflix.

[@elementcreator1]

akadeepsea I’m not saying it didn’t. I’m just saying I was still seeing plenty of customers in blockbuster. What really killed sales back then and now is that you can get everything for free on the internet. I don’t know anybody that pays, especially people with android phones. But you see the entertainment industry still making millions. People even cut cable now. You don’t see them going under. Profit are from the few million that pay for movies and their 7 billion people on earth. Blockbuster was comparing their sales to the 80’s and 90’s. And that why they close.

[@alolangloom]

Well, looks like you can be making a Gamestop video soon.

[@mg3873]

Oh yeah--Gamestop is falling because of poor customer service,

[@ouranhshc100]

@@mg3873 I heard they treat their employees like crap too. Feel bad for them :(

[@Hippiethecat124]

@@ouranhshc100 Our hours and job security were tied in to our sales numbers (memberships aquired, $-amounts of pre-owned stuff sold, game disc protection sold). I got maybe 5-15 hours a week working minimum wage as a GA (Game Advisor) outside of the holiday season (could get up to 20 hours then, still part-time), and I can't tell you how many times I saw my manager come in to work off the clock in the back because corporate "needed" him to. GameStop is a shitty company that doesn't care about its employees or its customers. I don't want to say I'm glad it's imploding because a lot of great, passionate people will lose their jobs, but corporate can suck it.

[@ouranhshc100]

@@Hippiethecat124 I'm sorry you guys are losing your jobs. Hopefully you all get hired somewhere that values their employees. I felt bad when Sears went under too but they've been going under for years

[@lavelle3000]

Game stop is dying cause there’s no need to go there.

[@skullcrusher_1]

The fact that CDs and vinyl are still around this long after Spotify, Pandora, apple music, etc proves there will always be a place for physical media.

[@lofer9138]

They are still very popular for people who are really into music and prefer to have physical copies of their favorite records, just like myself and I think CDs are still awesome

[@skullcrusher_1]

@@lofer9138 I'm happy vinyl has made a comeback. Can't beat that crackly sound! 😂

[@TheHrb1234]

Watching this in 2020 makes me think Id like to see a video about Mitch Lowe

[@LesterDiaz]

I have a Netflix and Hulu and yet I continue to use redbox because sometimes I don’t want to spend $20 on a new DVD to watch a newly release movie. If Redbox would do an online on-demand service where you could pay $1-$3 to stream a newly released movie for 2-3 days I think it would be a common sense transition, however KZbin is already doing this so we would have wait and see if RedBox survives.

[@pspvita99]

I think its gotten to a point, where theres allot to watch/keep up with, Netflix,Hulu,Stars,HBO,CBS All Access and so on, when I go on Vacation I still use redbox though, but that will change and already has changed some, but chamge more once phone data/internet goes down for unlimited internet and hotspot, then redbox will be almost completely gone. also renting wise through the streaming aspect of it, why use Redbox when theres Amazon,Playstation/Sony,Google,Apple, and so on, meaning you can rent from allot of places, and its more convenient, allot of times, than going out to get a movie,also its not like redbox streaming is any cheaper than any of the other streaming services, there kind of moving in the right direction, by having a redbox streaming service, but it maybe to little to late, Netflix knew what was gonna happen long ago, having a mailing service and a streaming service, Redbox should have had streaming a long time ago, if they wanted to continue to be relevant.

[@mansfieldtigers1]

Have you not heard of vudu?

[@Szd_osrs]

They have an on demand service for that. Company man referenced that late in the video.

[@pspvita99]

@@mansfieldtigers1 Yeah I've heard of Vudu, Vudu is a big reason Redbox can't be viable/thrive, digitally/streaming wise either. Yes and Ultraviolet/other companies like Ultraviolet is a prime example of why streaming is the new way and physical media/bluerays aren't as popular. I have a good movie collection, but I never really use them, because there connected to Ultraviolet and other places, so I can just stream them, and thats much easier, than getting the movie, putting it in, and when its over, puttung it up and so on, and if its a rented movie, then you also have to take it back vs when you rent something non-physical/stream something, you don't have to take it back, plus with Ultraviolet/other companies, I can just watch them from any of my devices. Also games now days, sometimes won't even play, without an update/there may be a disk, but it has to verify/ find proof of purchase, and that its an official copy of the game and its not pirated, and sometimes theres more data that needs to be downloaded, to even play the game. If the internet went down/out then physical media would become viable again.

[@etotherescue2010]

Google play movies does that. $3.99 usually sometimes cheaper. For 48 hour rental once you start the movie.... I believe. Or keep it in your library for 30 days untill you want to watch it.

[@MrMeatHook]

DVDs and BluRay will never fully die. There are hardcore collectors, such as myself, that will keep that industry alive, even if it’s only a small fraction of the industry. I mean, they aren’t common anymore, but VHS are still being made for some movies, because there is still a demand

[@Dave102693]

VHS is still around? The last VCRs were made in 2010, and all of them are DVD hybrids.

[@MrMeatHook]

Yes. VHS is still around. I just bought a VHS for a brand new independent horror film 2 weeks ago. They aren’t common, but they are still made of the audience is right for it

[@bryanmiller476]

Well guess you haven’t heard that Microsoft had officially the next after the next Xbox is gonna be the first Xbox to go completely digital only which means it won’t even be your dvd or Blu-ray player anymore either

[@MrMeatHook]

Bryan Miller I hadn’t heard that, as I’m only a casual gamer. But I have 4 Blu Ray players anyways, so that’s not a huge deal. That does mean however, that Microsoft will lose me as a customer

[@creeper5051]

Actually, Bryan Miller, your statement isn't completely accurate. Microsoft will be releasing two versions of their next gen Xbox console simultaneously. There will be a basic Xbox with online capabilities, checkerboard rendering and no optical disc drive. Suspected to cost around 300 bucks at launch. The other Xbox machine option will be their premium Xbox with all the bells and whistles including a full 4K optical disc drive. So, no, physical media isn't going anywhere. Just clearing up the air here.

[@jayhawker03]

The days of physical dvd sales seem to be numbered. At the target I work at we have been reducing the aisles of DVD’s and replacing them with books because those actually sell a lot better. 15-20 bucks for a dvd isn’t the best value proposition, especially for smaller films that may only be worth one viewing.

[@gyo_anthony024]

I still randomly go to my local RedBox locations even though I know some movies are on other streaming apps I have...I grew up renting videos...in my heart its always a great feeling looking for and renting movies popping it in and getting close to your other.....

[@aydenjenkins8760]

I sure hope physical media doesn't get left behind. I absolutely love collecting Blu-rays and DVDs. Sure, streaming is more convenient, but it's nothing compared to physically owning the movie. Also, if you compare to music, that's why vinyl has had a big resurgence. Because people miss physical media.

[@Salamanderman117]

I guess I'm an old grump (I'm 34), but the death of physical media is really sad to see. From the ownership rights you forfeit when you "purchase" a digital product (More like long-term rent) to the absence of any sort of social element (going to the store with family friends) I think we are really losing something in this digital age. Ah well!

[@melaniejonas7084]

I am 24 and I feel the same. I don't stream much, I like my CDs and DVDs damn it!

[@Locutus]

This is what retailers like HMV thought about digital downloads. They said, why would people want to download anything, when they can have the physical media? People like to collect CDs, DVDs, books, etc.

[@altrock86]

I love physical copies.

[@Salamanderman117]

@Despiser Despised *rolls eyes* Lol, you got me, just let me know the next time Tristar comes to claim your DVD copy of Terminator 2. Until then you know what I mean.

[@gabrielgalaxygh]

@Despiser Despised that is the dumbest shit ever, if I have a physical copy of a CD and a digital copy they can suddenly make it to where my digital copy won't play anymore they can't do anything to my physical copy of the CD

[@TheFrantic5]

4:50 That moment of recognition and joy when you see the video has stock images of your TV's remote, followed by the crushing dispair of knowing noone will care even if you write a lampshaded comment about it.

[@garethbaus5471]

I remember when redbox started 2 machines were installed in my home town and they were set up basically directly across the street from each other I know one is still open but I don't go to McDonald's often enough to know about the other.

[@kevingonzalez3673]

Redbox is good on occasions. Netflix has replaced 📺 for the most part. Of video stores were still around, I would still go use them. My main complaint with Redbox is the limited selection.

[@Luke-xi2pq]

Kevin Gonzalez I remember in the early 2010s' when the internet and streaming were shit in rural areas that I live in but now the internet continues to expand and the majority of people in rural areas can also enjoy streaming services, although they can be way slower than in the city, but this makes Redbox even more dated!

[@ironman2326]

Yeah. Whoever thought 40 discs in a vending machine was better than 4000 at a store?? Its a terrible business model.

[@mariobudal8850]

Well… when you live outside of the states, and YT & Netflix are the _only_ options you have for video entertainment, you really quickly feel how you're missing out on so much stuff. You better catch the release in cinema... or you can forget about it entirely! Ironically enough, the world felt much more in sync with America's culture through movies and shows 20+ years ago.

[@Thatbasedcat]

Hopefully, they acquire GameStop. I only use Redbox for game rentals, and I’d feel they could capitalize more on that.

[@SwagMaster824]

That's a very interesting point you bring up with GameStop because they had planned to make a rental program like 2 years ago but they squashed the idea like shortly after that. Here's a link if you never heard about it: www.theverge.com/2017/11/14/16650150/gamestop-unlimited-game-rental-subscription-powerpass-used-cancelled

[@SwagMaster824]

I remember walking into a GameStop and asking the employees if they were gonna launch the program and they all said the company was trying to figure things out... I guess it just never panned out.

[@jorceshaman]

Maybe just provide the option to buy the games you rent. Use the used discs for the rentals.

[@thefodunk2]

I liked the idea of renting games from Redbox but they literally have on average about 5 games in the box, none of which i would be interested in. I have never seen a newer game in one. Pretty sure they only have like 1 copy of each game you would want.

[@derrickwatson4597]

Would help but online game rental will again make it obsolete in a few years

[@vindijanesmith8963]

For people who live in rural areas where internet is awful or non existent and streaming movies is impossible, redbox is fantastic. I know I'd be really unhappy if redbox wasn't around.

[@dontsubscribe7175]

Exactly

[@RyanMallegniherooftime]

Former Redbox employee here. I worked at the corporate office in Oakbrook, IL as my first full-time job out of college from 2013 to 2017. I came on at a time where everything was booming and met a lot of cool people. I remember Outerwall was an umbrella company that was formed to house all Coinstar's off-shoots. At the time there were many: Redbox, Rubi (Seattle's Best coffee), EcoATM, Star Studio, Crisp Market and the Canadian side of the Redbox business which I along with several other technicians helped fix machines remotely. There was another company they owned called 'Sample-It!', which offered cheap cosmetic samples at malls. It was a dream job out of college because I was a tech guy and got to work with computers, fix the machines and learn about it's complexities. After getting promoted to the QA team I noticed the company's progress halt in 2015 once they were acquired by an equity firm and they went private. All promotions halted and the company began to down-size. This left people like me in the midst of a career layover. A lot of the brands were discontinued until there was just Redbox left. They bought back Redbox Instant from Verizon in order to give it a go themselves, which I still believe is in use going by the name Redbox On-Demand; but doesn't seem viable (too little, too late). Once all this started to get murky I knew I had to leave, just too much riding on the decisions of the execs. It was a fun company to work for and I miss it every day. It's a shame such an innovative company got caught in the same circle that made Blockbuster defunct.

[@NathanielLovitt]

I didn’t know mcdonalds owned redbox🤔

[@alvallac2171]

The video says they did at first, but they haven't owned any of it since 2009.

[@effinchad]

They've owned everything. Including your dietary sanity.

[@hurtspublishing3906]

Me either

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

You missed one major factor: internet speeds. Over the past six years broadband, cellular, and wifi has increased in speed and availability simply making streaming and downloads more viable, thus opening up more competition/options from the comfort of home for only a dollar or two more than RedBox. And some cases for free (from torrent sites).

[@NicholasLittlejohn]

gigabits here

[@Makeshift_Mulder]

I often remind people that when the Phantom Menace trailer dropped, it had the resolution of a gum wrapper and you still had let it load all afternoon. I still feel all "Moon Pies... What a time to be alive..." every time Netflix just loads a movie instantly.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@ Tine Woodbe: ONLY if your provider and your area allows you to have that speed. People always talk about fats internet as if the ENTIRE fucking planet has gigabit internet everywhere. Well… that is really NOT the case and i'd be great if people would stop assuming everyone else has fast Internet as well. Besides, seeing as things progress nowdays, we can expect a drastic drop in internet freedom anyway and everything will get seriously restricted and regulated.

[@playlistiphone8743]

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 I agree that high speed internet is not available everywhere but it's certainly in enough areas to focus on. Not everyone is right handed. But since ENOUGH people are right handed, then no clothing company is stupid enough to start manufacturing buttons on the left side of the shirt.

[@MidagedgamerBlogspotter]

@@playlistiphone8743 The ones that want to make millions in a niche market do. That's the only way small business has a chance anymore so .... bad example there.

[@clonescope2433]

The thing that hurt them for me was them stopping videogame rentals. Which flet like it came out of nowhere I went up to a machine that had advertisement for the games yet the rent videogame option was completely gone.

[@christopherfritz3840]

I vividly remember seeing the SIGN, $1.00 DVD RENTAL, at the ACME grocery store and was.. sold!

[@CarStory]

The first time I had to wait 15 minutes to return a movie to a Redbox machine because some dope couldn't decide what to rent was the last time I used Redbox.

[@everythingpony]

Thats not the redboxes fault

[@CarStory]

@@everythingpony true but the time I wasted canceled out the value of the cheap rental.

[@Punkpsychobilly]

Precisely. There was a Walgreens by me that had 2 Redboxes outside of it. One for the dope who couldn’t decide what to rent, and one for the dope’s wife that also couldn’t decide. After 10 minutes I left. It boggles my mind to this day how two individuals could be so oblivious, entitled and rude all at the same time. I guess they were made for each other.

[@adrianagflores5587]

That’s when you fake a smile , act all chipper , and tell them in a cheerful voice “excuse me , can I just return this it’ll only take me a second and I’m not renting another one.” 99.99% of the they will let you and will actually be nice back . After you’re done you fake smile a “thank you so much”. You’ll be amazed how much you can avoid when you are super nice to people .

[@Inpreesme]

Mr. Indie those too were Trumper’s

[@danielc5205]

I remember back in the '80's when my family use to rent VCRs with the VHS tapes. Maybe I'm just getting old, but Hollywood stopped making good and original content for along time now, and I just lost interest in movie watching altogether.

[@ericchandler90]

Same here. I'd use Redbox if Hollywood was putting out good movies.

[@davecasey4341]

Yeah, I remember that and those rental VCRs were usually tanks. They weighed as much as a small, import car.

[@davecasey4341]

@Despiser Despised I remember life before color television. We had a brand, spankin' new Westinghouse black and white TV and we thought we were in Heaven.

[@alvallac2171]

*'80s (the apostrophe takes the place of the omitted "19") *a long time now

[@bbednorz319]

Daniel C Hollywood has no good writers. They re-work old movies. How many Batman movies are there now. Ridiculous.

[@miyuverseofficial]

I still have the rental version of Pitch Perfect 2 in my home. I watch it on my PlayStation 3 when I'm in an acapella mood. UPDATE: I have the full version AND the rental version now.

[@FLgurl407]

if im having a bad day i fast forward to 4:09 just so I can hear The Company Man say "yeah I know. Its a giant red box" 😆

[@myothercarisadelorean8957]

My friends laugh at me for still using RedBox. I already have what everyone has, Amazon, netflix, hulu, etc... Problem is, I want to watch newly released movies and to rent a new release stream is a rip off!!! For example, The Mule just came out. Amazon 48-hour stream price $6. Redbox dvd price $1.50

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Add in the time and fuel cost to drive to my nearest Redbox they basically round off for my since my V8 truck gets horrendous fuel economy

[@Meda01]

Same, love Redbox for the savings and they always have promo codes to pay less than the $2.

[@Meda01]

HERPY DERPEDY that’s more on your car than Redbox, I get my movies less than a mile away driving a Corolla.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

@@Meda01 closest Redbox to me is like 3-4 miles in stop and go traffic also hate them cause it's like a slot machine sometimes you get a beat up unplayable disc and I prefer not going anywhere if I can. Also I hardly rent as there's really nothing good that has come out.

[@Reizo69]

Moesive oone buy the codes on eBay,you get 16 codes for $3.76

[@peshkybee7721]

"Mcrentals" is the greatest thing on KZbin. That is all.

[@triviavesta6899]

"McRentals" where you can get your McDVDs

[@solveigvan808]

Like McNuggets? Try McDiskettes!

[@tiburonroano]

I remember mailing in my 3 dvds to Netflix. I still buy movies since streaming is not perfect.

[@callmeoptic]

at the point in my childhood when things started getting confusing and scary with my parents splitting up for good, one of my favorite memories with my dad was on the weekends, going to a gas station close to his house and going up to that redbox and looking through the movie selection, picking one kids movie, an action movie, and a comedy. I'd be so excited to see those little square plastic cases coming out of the machine. We'd go home and watch movies late into the night together. Looking back, at 18 now, I'm getting choked up. Happy to see redbox is still doing relatively well, as it was a happy memory for me.

[@ImperfectWeapons]

I live in and frequent some pretty rural area. Gas station Redboxes are still very popular here. They're usually emptied out on Friday nights.

[@jimsuniverse4954]

As long as buffering happens DVDS and bluerays will still be around. ;)

[@AJ42069]

Lmfao buffering? You can just download it so this is not a valid argument, also do you see stores selling vhs players or anyone producing them?no because its been phased out, just like dvds went to blue ray, just how blu ray is going fully digital, you need to get out more and stop living under a rock 😭

[@jacehbrickfilms5233]

AJBoss420 that comment you made was absolute cringe. Please delete

[@Matanumi]

@@AJ42069 yes....except some places in America have ass internet

[@HighFilms]

@@AJ42069 Oh my god I had to pause the video and just stare at what you wrote. Pure. Cringe.

[@SupremeNerd]

@@AJ42069 actually...speak for YOUR town because DVDs are still a thing while digital is an OPTION and why? because Not everyone wants to get an expensive ass data plan and download a movie when you can have the hardcopy and play it anytime you wish

[@1omarella]

Between 4 different Redboxes in our town at any given time of any given day, you will have to wait in line to use it. Still hugely popular here in central Ohio!

[@Disturbed2595]

Hey fellow central ohioian lol

[@rickyaclickpowr2187]

Seeing your friend at block Buster as a kid was the best thing ever.😄😊

[@gwernette5971]

The reason I stopped using Redbox, is because they are always out of the release that I'm looking for

[@bryanmoberg8408]

yeah, they allow you to return to any one, so a lot of them seem to end up depleted, and they don't do a good job of restocking them.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

They also allow you to search online to find out the closest location of the release you're looking for in any of their Redbox kiosks so you know where to go for that movie...

[@specialed6357]

If you have multiple locations nearby like me, there is a app that will show locations that have it.

[@specialed6357]

@@Inpreesme I've never had that problem cause I don't wait 30 minutes. Even so, I believe you can reserve online or through their app so it is there waiting for you when you arrive. I have only ever used the app to find locations that have what I'm looking for since there are so many locations near me.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

considering that streaming services are starting to get a little shaky Red Box could see a boost.

[@SupremeNerd]

exactly

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

Facts! Screw HBO Max, I'm gonna see all the 2020 and 2021 movies on DVD / Blue ray

[@Mandy-vd7yu]

@@BillyBob_McSanchez best choice

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

@@Mandy-vd7yu It sucks that I gotta wait 3 to 4 months, but I'm ok with that since I'm trying to save money during this pandemic

[@foofiiter]

This comment aged really well. Good call.

[@SaraNightfire1]

I remember for about a year, two years I could only get to the store once a week. I had a very basic cable and the Internet. No Netflix, no amazon prime, nothing. I used to rent video games from Red Box once in a while to play, about a dollar fifty a rental.

[@Beyondthe5thPanel]

DVD series would be a good idea for Redbox to take on. The reason being that many are getting fed up and realizing how expensive it is to constantly pay for streaming sites like Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and all those others

[@xrrrismickey]

Yep wait til they start adding ads

[@mariobudal8850]

Yeah. I wonder if video rentals could actually make a come-back now. I honestly don't see why not. It looks like culture is starving for it. Have some arcade machines in a corner. Bunch of snack options. A crazy variety of movies. Affordable prices. You know most of the world only has access to Netflix and YT. Hulu, Peacock... all that stuff... forget about it. I've tried to access these services with the help of VPN, too. No can do. Need an American card. I constantly have to find new ways of accessing shows like The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live (or any late night show). And there literally is no legal way of watching a release like 22 Jump Street (or any other non-Netflix movie). Or... like if you want to show your kid a classic, like "A Christmas Carol"... man… I probably spent like 3 days trying to find a way to show my kid "A Christmas Carol" last year - and failed. Or other classics… "Naked Gun", "Airplane!", "Hot Shots"… forget about it. There simply isn't a way of viewing that stuff anymore.

[@LycanWitcher]

This could have easily been one of your Bigger Than You Know series.. I did not know at all that Redbox was created and owned by McDonalds. So it was a surprise to learn that those redbox machines i have seen all over the place for decades were created by them.

[@jordanturner97]

McDonalds also owns Pornhub

[@LycanWitcher]

@@jordanturner97 not sure where why'd make up or you fall for a dumb rumor like that. not even on wikipedia.

[@jordanturner97]

@@LycanWitcher Wikipedia is a globalist circle jerk. Never trust it. I work at McDonalds and served the president. I think I know what I'm talking about

[@LycanWitcher]

@@jordanturner97 It's "Chef" Gordon Ramsey you dope, not "Commander in Chief" Gordon Ramsey.. He's not the president.

[@jordanturner97]

@@LycanWitcher Wheres my lamb sauce?

[@TheRusschannel]

Florida charges 20% tax on all video rental streams, so In FL Redbox is doing just fine.... I wont rent(stream) from Amazon anymore due to the high taxes...

[@geekynerdyguy9567]

really I had no clue

[@Rob-bo7yn]

When did they start that crap?

[@HappiAcrossCultures]

Broooo coinstar!! I remember those!! I think we got to use it once and it was so cool!!

[@TJHistories]

Bro back when I was a kid like 10 to 8 years I would rent from Redbox all the time and especially when I went to my aunts apartment for some weekends with my sister man it was so fun I remember renting pitch perfect so many times in 2013 and when I was living the country and had no internet and when my mom didn’t want to pay for cable and we would go to the store and buy some movies and rent some movies from the Redbox just good memories man good memories

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Not really some rural area have horrible broadband our nothing so redbox is a good idea

[@flexican5399]

true, redbox is always popular in rural areas and small cities and towns, where there low signal, not everyone has internet so theres a lot of dvd and blu ray players, and game consoles and pcs pllay discs too

[@Vanlifecrisis]

They started putting them at dollar generals and family dollars which are in every little rural town.

[@sminthian]

I'm as rural as they come. There's hardly any internet, and no redbox. We have a machine that's like that and run by the local store, but it's $5 a night.

[@sminthian]

@@Vanlifecrisis Nope, look up zip 99692.

[@stoneyboycurtis6887]

We have a homemade looking version of redbox at my local market called "Jetflix". 😂🤙

[@kidinabucket9503]

I love redbox. It is cheaper then on demand on the cable box. I also love testing the New games that come out on Redbox before I know I actually want to buy the real game.

[@alvallac2171]

*cheaper than (comparison)

[@maceomillions2192]

alvallac21 This is KZbin & not English class Mr. grammar police.

[@spectrexr1]

I do.the same thing 3 bucks to check to make sure I don't waste 60 on a bad game ..can't beat it

[@4220E]

On demand is good because the rental is 5.99 for 72 hours where as with Redbox they charge you by day which can add up if you want 2 keep it or you forget 2 return it

[@spectrexr1]

@@maceomillions2192 facts lol

[@Lilkuka2012]

I use Redbox from time to time. I like it that there’s one in my supermarket and usually look through what movies they have. I prefer it like that rather than paying Netflix’s monthly fees.

[@puffdaddy4537]

He's not sure if it was Redbox or video droid, but my dad told me he remembers in the early 2000's (while he was a flight attendant) that the first video rental machines were in airports. You could rent a movie at your gate - pop it into a laptop or mini DVD player - and then return it at the other gate when you land. I have never seen a Redbox in an airport but this seems to be the best direction for them right now. A plane is one of the few places that most people cannot access streaming services. Combined with how many people fly daily, this seems like it would be a great way to get to new customers (and rack up hella revenue in late fees, many people will forget to return it before exiting the terminal , or their landing destination might not have a return station)

[@jaimezublick9302]

Redbox needs to go all in on gaming rentals. There’s so many games these days that I just can’t bring myself to buy but want to dabble with for the novelty. Getting a game for three days for $7 is a great deal.

[@mechamicro]

Jaime Zublick True. They should focus on that.

[@exwhalechannel2601]

True!

[@desertguy1362]

Interesting point, I am a pretty keen investor and would dare not say go all in for a business model when the bottom can turn out, especially if there is another gaming apocalypse like in the 80's. After some thought, i think it is genius call it Gamersbox or Gbox may work out the name. Finally kill Gamestop once and for all and then there will be a niche market for people who prefer console games over PC and their market share. It would be a gamble due to digital may be the future for all gaming but i really think if they can capitalize it now next 10 years and ride that wave than evolve to a digital service like an app for consoles it would be a gold mine.

[@jacobvanderweide]

Can you talk about how Subway is failing because they raised the price of footlongs?

[@user-neo71665]

You mean 11 inch longs

[@Clay3613]

Also too many stores.

[@hsuhorn]

neo 71665 lol

[@jb42jb]

Like alot

[@whitestguyuknow]

Lol so you just described the video you want him to make in one sentence. Why watch the video then if you already know the reason?

[@Thatguy101987]

Lets not forget the massive amount of theft that happens at these kiosks. People photocopy the disc, cut it out, place it in the box and return it.

[@drunkenroundtable]

Back in the 2000s, I had a subscription to Netflix, but if I wanted to watch a new release, I went to a RedBox. Most of the time, it would take weeks before you could get a new release from Netflix because other people would get it first. We also had directTV at the time, and no phone line next to the tuner, so we couldn't order movies on demand.

[@mick6876]

I always loved to redbox and relax with my girl

[@TupacShakurr]

"Relax"

[@danielykuhner]

Netflix and chill IMAX and climax Hulu and woohoo Blockbuster and cockthruster Redbox and bangbox

[@mick6876]

Daniel Kuhner lmfao I thought it was hulu and handjobs and blockbuster and bang 😂

[@emmakai2243]

Millennial's Blockbuster. Have same memories from video rentals...I haven't watched a DVD in years.

[@OPGWJ]

Which one??😐

[@arandomaccount5937]

Redbox is a blockbuster vending machine

[@Dman9fp]

Blockbuster had them for a minute, but was killed in competition for higher price

[@matthewfield2958]

I remember, about 12 or 13 years ago walking into my local Tesco Express (a convenience store from Tesco) and finding a large DVD rental kiosk not dissimilar to a Redbox kiosk. I don't know if Redbox has ever traded in the UK, but it was the same size and functioned in a similar way to a Redbox Kiosk. Nice inclusion by the way at 1:12 of Kings Cross St Pancras tube station.

[@oakpkdude]

The internet has everything you need. Why go to some store to rent a DVD and then have to worry about returning it. Same thing killed Blockbuster.