How are the plebs watching movies?

[SueEllen]

Sounds a good idea to me. You could do the same with books except a)2nd hand books are quite pricey b)who would ever give up their books?

If you read random stuff in my area if you walk pass some's house at the right time not only can you find furniture with a sign "please take" but books, DVDs, children's clothes, games and toys. In some cases the item hasn't been used.

[d000hg]

If you read random stuff in my area if you walk pass some's house at the right time not only can you find furniture with a sign "please take" but books, DVDs, children's clothes, games and toys. In some cases the item hasn't been used.

I've seen some places repurpose old phone boxes as miniature community libraries. It used to be the convention when we visited California you put used free items on your kerb (maybe it is in other places). In rough areas people would just nick everything of course, or use your community phone library for dodgy stuff.

[SueEllen]

I've seen some places repurpose old phone boxes as miniature community libraries. It used to be the convention when we visited California you put used free items on your kerb (maybe it is in other places). In rough areas people would just nick everything of course, or use your community phone library for dodgy stuff.

I use to have a local train station that had a waiting room which was a book exchange. The local library was being rebuilt so they dumped old stock there and then commuters would exchange books.

The only problem was there were at least 10 copies of Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code:.

[NotAllThere]

I'm pretty sure that eventually the streaming companies will licence their old content to other streamers.

[Lance]

I'm pretty sure that eventually the streaming companies will licence their old content to other streamers.

IMDB.tv seems to be built on that precise model. older content, provided for free, with adverts.

[d000hg]

I'm pretty sure that eventually the streaming companies will licence their old content to other streamers.

Presumably you mean the 'netflix originals' and such? I got the impression this already happened - it is annoyingly fragmented along the American TV model which isn't really something Brits were used to. Some sort of cross-service pass would be great.

[DoctorStrangelove]

You can also use charity shops as DVD rentals.

Go in there, pay £1-2 for a DVD, watch it, take it back to them with their price still on it. You get to watch a film and donate to a charity, and they get it back to sell again

£2 for a 2nd hand dvd? Are you made of money? Around here they're available for 25p and 33p each, though I did notice how expensive they were in that Cardiff the other year.

Cardiff Oxfam wanted £7 for "The Medusa Touch (1978)". It stayed where it was.

[ladymuck]

I use to have a local train station that had a waiting room which was a book exchange. The local library was being rebuilt so they dumped old stock there and then commuters would exchange books.

The only problem was there were at least 10 copies of Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code:.

That's because it's a load of crap. I have no idea why so much fuss is made over Dan Brown.

[ladymuck]

I have Amazon Prime because I'm too lazy to cancel it but have never really used it for the TV/Film offering.

I have a micro PC attached to my TV and use the BBC iPlayer desktop app regularly as that's the only one which auto downloads new episodes. I then use All4, Channel 5 and other free web based players for most viewing. As those don't offer a series link like BBC do, I end up binge watching every few weeks when I remember to catch up.

I like going to the cinema so will happily pay out for that every couple of months. I have a Curzon membership which gives me 5 free tickets a year plus discounted tickets the rest of the time.

Everything else is torrented.

[hobnob]

The only problem was there were at least 10 copies of Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code:.

There was a similar problem with "50 Shades of Gray" - one charity shop got enough copies to build a fort! They were begging people not to donate any more copies.



I think that applies to any book which is:
a) Very popular
b) Only read once

The problem is that anyone who wanted a copy has already read it, so there's no demand for second hand copies.