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Originally Posted by pjc
What's the deal with Blockbuster exclusives. I was watching TV last night and a commercial came on for the movie 1408. At the end of the commercial is says "rent exclusively at Blockbuster or buy it at the store." Hmm, I just sent my copy of 1408 back in the mail to Netflix yesterday. And, they have 2 versions of the movie (theatrical and unrated).
Then I found this:
Now read this article from 11/06 just after the deal was announced.(notice the bold and the red)
Note...all of the movies I bolded in the above article are ALL available on Netflix. School for Scoundrels is on both SD-DVD and HD-DVD. So what's the deal? Anyone know?
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I think the article you provided explains the deal. Basically, Netflix can buy any title available at retail and offer it for rent. Blockbuster can and does get some releases and games and discs with special extras that aren't available at retail. Some films Netflix offers aren't available in the special version Blockbuster carries, others aren't available anywhere other than Blockbuster at all for a short period. Bottom line, it doesn't amount to much other than something for Blockbuster to advertise and hopefully entice customers to visit their stores.
Chris