PVOD is such a stupid rip-off. It’s basically just making sure the good quality pirated version gets out before the movie is available for a reasonable renting price.
Are PVOD Rental Prices Going Up? ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: All $24.99
Submitted 6 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to movies@lemm.ee
https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/are-pvod-rental-prices-going-up-24-99-1235058839/
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CitizenKong@lemmy.world 6 months ago
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
PVOD is pretty good, actually, IMHO better than streaming. Renting isn’t perfect, but I’d rather pay $5 to watch something one night than subscribe to something for $12/mo so I can watch the same thing with ads.
$25 ain’t bad if it’s an indefinite rental, but paying so much for 48 hour access is insane! It’s not like you’re getting a premium experience in a theater or something, in which case I get it.
anakin78z@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I disagree. Paying $25 for a family of 4 and having the added bonus of not putting up with theater bullshit (e.g. ridiculous candy prices and asshole people) seems like a damn good deal.
fishos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So you’re mad that check notes pirates will have it in good quality before you rent it? Then… Be a pirate? Or don’t worry about the pirates and just worry about yourself? I’m… not seeing your particular issue. Pirates will get it regardless so how does that factor in at all?
wjrii@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m a good little consumer. I pay my Disney tax. But, errrm, “PVOD” just means “Prepare VPN, Or Delay.” At this point in my life and the media landscape, it’s mostly “Delay.”
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Ohhh, so that’s why these movies came out on the open seas so quickly. I guess it’s an unintended consequence of their greed.
BluesF@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yo ho ho, I wouldn’t know
Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What is PVOD?
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
PVOD (premium video-on-demand) is when you pay a one-time price to watch the movie digitally on platforms like iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Google Play, etc.
Personally, at those prices, I’d much rather wait for the Blu-ray release.
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
The one thing I’ll give PVOD is that sometimes (especially for indie or smaller releases) a movie will be in 4K on PVOD but only in 1080p on Blu-Ray. I still always go for the Blu-Ray copy though.
khan_shot_1st@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think it stands for Premium Video on Demand
Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How is that different than a regular rental?
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
I just wait a while to watch the movies and then it’s like 4 bucks to rent
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 6 months ago
$25 to rent a movie? What??
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Personally I would never pay for a PVOD release. It’s best to use that money to buy the Blu-ray, at least then you actually get to keep it.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 6 months ago
But physical media. Fuck digital rights “access.”