Theaters Unhappy About Faster DVD Releases

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 30, 2006 @06:25AM from the just-get-to-the-downloading-already dept.

dolphinlover writes "As movie studios such as Walt Disney Co. have pushed for more rapid DVD releases of movies to combat piracy on the Internet, executives of movie theater chains such as Regal Entertainment Group and National Amusements Inc. have countered, saying that seeing a movie in the theater is a 'fuller, more entertaining experience' and that the time window between movie and DVD releases should even be extended. Their views run counter to Disney's Chief Executive Rober Iger view that DVDs ought to come out simultaneously with the theater releases of movies. Both sides say their plans would benefit consumers. Is either correct, or are both approaching the situation from the wrong angle?"

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Re:Wait a second... by networkBoy · 2006-03-30 06:34 · Score: 5, Informative

I think that there is another problem.
While seing the movie in the theater is a more fufilling experience, the costs involved are simply too much.
The movies where I'm at are $9.00 per ticket (IIRC the theater gets none of that), the concessions are also sky high.
I simply can not afford to go to the movies, so I don't. For the cost of my wife and I going to two movies a month I can rent 6 movies at a time from Netflix and have a couple bucks left over to buy a bag of popping corn that I can flavor however I want.
That's why movie attendance is declining.
-nB

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