Redbox

artjazzandsoul's Avatar
Anyone use it, as opposed to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc.?
What's so special about it?

I will say that if they start offering porn, they'll have to change that name to something else.
tpepsi's Avatar
Only advantage I see is that if you don't have high speed internet, you may have a smoother experience with a disc instead of streaming.
guy fawkes's Avatar
There are many people who still cannot afford the cost of internet. I travel close to 260 days a year and to a lot of rural towns. Red box is cheaper to then than internet. Many homes in these areas are far awy from any service
Mokoa's Avatar
  • Mokoa
  • 04-04-2019, 11:29 PM
DVD players are so cheap these days (thirty bucks at WalMart, for example) plus the cheap rentals at Redbox? Yep, quite a viable option.
Redbox now offers streaming as well, so you can get still in theater movies for a small price.
Precious_b's Avatar
I've only used Redbox once or twice (Provider suggestion.)
Both times the DVD was damaged and wouldn't play.

@Mokoa, yeah, they are cheap. I remember buying the ones that you could specifically hack to play all regions.
artjazzandsoul's Avatar
I remember the good ol' days when you could hack into your neighbor's cable TV signal and watch scrambled porn.
Secret Encounters's Avatar
Remember this ??
GinoV's Avatar
  • GinoV
  • 04-17-2019, 05:46 PM
What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is that contraption.
Mokoa's Avatar
  • Mokoa
  • 04-17-2019, 06:00 PM
It is a cable TV box. You used it to select a channel to watch. The cable connected to the back and another cable connected it to a TV. You tune the TV to channel 3 and then use the contraption to tune the cable channel you want to watch. I used that particular model back when I was subscribed to Bexar County Cablevision.
Secret Encounters's Avatar
Believe it or not i still have one .. Of course it doesnt work but i also have this old gadget
Precious_b's Avatar
Believe it or not i still have one .. Of course it doesnt work but i also have this old gadget Originally Posted by Secret Encounters

Got you beat

Mokoa's Avatar
  • Mokoa
  • 04-17-2019, 11:57 PM
Yeah, that's cute.

I still go through these every day.

Remember this ?? Originally Posted by Secret Encounters
Austin CAble visions was white and had a plastic cover on top that held a channel line up Card.
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