Comments on: Blockbuster Acquires Movie Download Service

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:27:06 +0000

Ashley - I knew the war between Netflix and Blockbuster was on and always gave the edge to Netflix as I’ve tried both and prefered the former. We can only surmise that Blockbuster’s purchase, as you pointed out, of Movielink just might be the life-saver they were looking for - on the other hand it just might end up being cement shoes.

Cement shoes is definitely one way to look at it! I am hoping that Movielink will be enough to keep them afloat.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:42:20 +0000

Blockbuster’s service was always appealing to me because they offered the in-store rentals, but the problem is that I don’t have a store of theirs nearby. I’ve never used either service before…the only two I’ve used are Intelliflix and Walmart, but wasn’t very impressed with either of them.

By: MorganLighter

MorganLighter — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:29:33 +0000

Ashley – I knew the war between Netflix and Blockbuster was on and always gave the edge to Netflix as I’ve tried both and prefered the former. We can only surmise that Blockbuster’s purchase, as you pointed out, of Movielink just might be the life-saver they were looking for – on the other hand it just might end up being cement shoes.

By: CoryC

CoryC — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:56:44 +0000

Let’s remember that Blockbuster has over 2 million subscribers to it’s online server and growing. They may not be posting a profit yet this year but it’s only because they pumped hundreds-of-million-of-dollars into their infrastructure. Those investments will start to payoff soon and they’ll be back in the black.

Long story short: Blockbuster isn’t going any where anytime soon.

FYI, I been a Netflix subscriber for over a year and love the service. I tried Blockbuster in the past and hated it.