Are all Blockbuster stores closing?

[Adam West]

They have started placing Blockbuster kiosks around our area (similar to Redbox). I am guessing that their new business model is to get away from bricks and mortar store to kiosks and Netflix style. Blockbuster will end up dying a slow death when video on demand becomes more popular, the selections get better, and you have more time to watch them over a certain period of time. So far, I have only done Video on Demand a few times when I'm prepared to watch a movie beginning to end. It only sits in your DVR for 24 hours and there is a premium price to pay $4.99 is what they typically charge. Once prices come down and transmission of HD movies from your computer to HDTV becomes more prevalent and competitive....DVD's will more or less become obsolete.

[AJ Collector]

Netflix is the way to go........

[The Bat]

Not just Blockbuster...all my Local Movie Gallery Video Stores have closed. But People like me are part of the Problem...I signed up for Netflix...and I LOVE IT! I can watch Moves & TV shows 3 different ways...on my Computer, through my PS3 on my 65" TV...or through the Mail(I get a DVD every 3 Days)...and it only costs $8.99 a Month!

[Bizarro Amy]

It seems like most, if not all, of the Blockbuster video stores around here are going out of business. We were checking out their closeout sales, but the deals weren't that impressive. I guess they're just trying to make as much as possible before they really start slashing prices. I was able to pick up a few things for a decent price, but the one thing I was really interested in - a DVD of the "Droids" cartoon was too scratched to bother with. I checked, but there were no EMCE figures sitting around either.
What really got me is that they were discounting all their video games, but they were selling the artwork/instruction books separately.