Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 September 14

= September 14 =

DVD Rental Prior to Official Release (aka Jeff Dunham)
I recently looked at the Wikipedia article for Jeff Dunham for the release date for his new DVD. It said September 4th, but after looking for it at some local stores, I could not find it. I came back and looked at the definitive source for the release date (Image Entertainment website, the DVD publisher) and online stores (Walmart, Amazon, NewEgg, etc.) and found them all to say September 18th. After changing the article to read September 18th, it was reverted, with a note saying it was available at redbox kiosks. And it looks like it is. So what gives? Is it common to be able to rent the movie before the official release date? Or maybe redbox is breaking some rules. --Bennybp 05:36, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It's possible that Redbox has a deal with Dunham's recording company for an exclusive right to distribute for a certain period of time. That happened with Paul McCartney's latest DVD and Starbuck's.  Corvus cornix 16:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)