# What platform do you use to watch new release movies in your home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580 "2013-12-17T18:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/21 "2013-12-17T21:43:46Z")
If there’s a movie I want to see, I’ll watch it in the theater. Once it’s released on DVD, if I want to see it I’ll rent it from the library. I can’t remember ever having paid to download a film. I used to buy DVDs all the time, but I ended up never even opening them. I now only buy a disc if it’s a film or TV series I know I really love, and/or I really want to see the extra features. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/22 "2013-12-17T21:56:19Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > If you are endlessly patient, perhaps. One of the reasons we finally killed off disc-Netflix was because new movies took FOREVER to reach us… If we’re patient enough to not see it in the theater, we’re patient enough to wait for it on Netflix/Redbox. Hasn’t really been an issue yet. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/23 "2013-12-17T22:19:35Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Wow, so far I’m the only person who actually buys a copy of the film and adds it my library. Movies you’ve never seen? I won’t pay $20 on a movie I have no idea I like very often. I’ll either get it from Redbox, the library, or watch it on Netflix if I’ve failed to see it in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/24 "2013-12-17T22:41:30Z")
Netflix physical disks. By the time they bubble to the top of my que there is no wait for them (and I can delete anything I may have seen in the iterim on Cinemax) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/25 "2013-12-17T23:21:16Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Wow, so far I’m the only person who actually buys a copy of the film and adds it my library. I’m the second one. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/26 "2013-12-17T23:27:50Z")
Well, at least we’re not alone, **Little Nemo**! > [@elfkin477](#): > > Movies you’ve never seen? I won’t pay $20 on a movie I have no idea I like very often. > > I’ll either get it from Redbox, the library, or watch it on Netflix if I’ve failed to see it in the theater. It depends on the film, but yes, I pay $20 or more for lots of films I haven’t previously seen. Sometimes I pay that for a film that I’d never even heard of before I saw the BR in the store. I did that with _The Raid_ and _The Man From Nowhere_ and _Gantz_ and hundreds of other movies, and yes, occassionally I don’t care for the film, in which case it goes to Zia. Most of the time my judgement turns out to be good, tho, and I wind up with what I consider an excellent addition to my library. FWIW, I now have well over 1200 films on either BR or DVD. I don’t ever lack for viewing material. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/27 "2013-12-18T00:40:12Z")
Netflix, unless it’s a movie I know I want to have in my collection. Then I’ll buy the DVD or Blu-Ray. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/28 "2013-12-18T00:52:03Z")
I love seeing movies in the cinema but I don’t go often enough. Just can’t be bothered watching them on TV for some reason. TV is for tv programmes, in my view. Not sure how I arrived at that opinion but I think I’m stuck with it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/29 "2013-12-18T04:52:09Z")
Can’t just check one **X** Purchase physical discs and own them. Purchase digital copies of movies online. Rent physical discs from Redbox. **X** Rent physical discs from brick & mortar stores. Rent digital copies online. Rent movies from cable or satellite VOD. I see all my movies in the theater. **X** I wait until they get to cable. I’ve used redbox once. Tried to use it again and it wouldn’t accept the credit cards I tried for reasons I was never able to figure out. Both times I was only using the thing in the first place because I had a free rental code. I do sometimes go to the theater, but less and less as time goes by. Too expensive, crowds getting too obnoxious. Thanks, cell phones! I’ve also occasionally gotten movies from “other” sources not in the choices. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580/30 "2013-12-18T05:21:45Z")
I see some movies in the cinema, buy some on DVD, and watch some once they hit free to air TV. There are still video games I own but haven’t installed because of my internet’s data cap, so digital movies are out of the question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platform-do-you-use-to-watch-new-release-movies-in-your-home/676580.md?page=1)