I find this highly amusing: RedBox rents DVD's for a buck a night. Some of the studios dislike this, as they think it cuts into the market for full priced DVD movie sales. They're probably right, but it's not RedBox that's causing them a problem; it's the market sending them a price signal that they would like to ignore.

I don't know how other people think about this, but I look at movies (and TV shows) very differently than music. With songs, I want to listen over and over again (across time). There are exceptions, but I mostly want to watch a movie or TV show once. Once I've seen the 3rd episode of "Hell's Kitchen", I don't have any desire to see it again. Once I've seen "Quantum of Solace", I feel the same way. It's kind of like a sports event: I'll watch highlights, but I don't need to see the whole thing again.

Which is why I think DVD sales are in trouble - it's cheaper to rent (iTunes has rentals between $2.99 and $4.99 for movies), and I don't need to store a jewel box somewhere. Selling DVDs is a business that's being disrupted by a model that more closely fits what most people want, and what we're seeing here is denial.

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