Talk:Video rental shop

I notice there is no information in this article on independent video rental stores, such as Scarecrow, Lost Weekend, and Video Rodeo. Such shops have a very different atmosphere and culture than the large chains, and several are notable enough to have their own wikipedia entries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.155.111 (talk) 06:50, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I note there is no information on the early days of rentals, in smaller rural communities, where film development kiosks would order off for the film wishing to be rented. I have always found this an interesting part of video rental history, and should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kidbri (talk • contribs) 05:27, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

I wanted to know how the video rental works and how the studios make money from it.What are the benefits of that in our present situations?

I also came to this page to learn more about how exactly studios profit from video rentals. This information definitely seems relevant to the article. 11:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Should also add more details on venues - for example, dvd dispensing/retrieval machines (used by Niko's Video store chain) Pendragon39 17:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I also wanted to know the stuff the two above people mentioned, but it is nowhere to be seen. In fact, why is this page about rental shops in general instead of video rental? Oh, and I swear movies came out to buy at a decent price at the same time as the rental before 1998...

+1 for more information
In my case, I want hire Watchmen (film), which is released on DVD this week, but the rental stores don't get it until September. I assume it is a ploy by the studies to get people to buy it instead. Current market situation should be mentioned. 219.89.37.133 (talk) 02:26, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Rise and demise of video rental shops: similar to book rental shops from an earlier era?
I found an interesting comment at Talk:Public library. While DVD-by-mail and Video on demand certainly play a role in brick-and-mortar's decline, since my local Blockbuster closed, I get nearly all my videos from the local public libraries. Those few they don't stock I usually find on amazon or ebay. Wbm1058 (talk) 00:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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105.160.112.61 (talk) 05:24, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

No mention of appliance stores?
The article notes that grocery stores offered video rentals, but does not mention appliance stores. In my region (Michigan), appliance stores that sold VCRs (e.g., Highland Appliance) were the first/only place to go for renting movies. Grocery stores came later, as did standalone rental stores. Benfishbus (talk) 19:26, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Article title doesn't really match the contents
I think the article seems to focus mostly on the titles that were rented over the years, and indeed the summary tables at the end of the article are all about that. But the article's title implies that it's going to be about the stores that rented (and sold) videos. Yes, some of that is in there but it's not presented as the primary subject. I'd be more interested in learning the top 10 video stores, for example, in this article, than the top 10 films rented. Probably should be rewritten. K9gardner (talk) 22:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)