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To: yard_man who wrote (52805)	5/10/2001 10:34:18 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77398

Yeah, the business model still isn't formed yet, so that is a big unknown. But let's face it. I would love to be able to see movies when I want to see them, not this payperview shit. Or HBO etc, where you have to have time when they show you the movie. I am a very busy guy, so I rarely have time to relax. When I do have time, it's inevitable that HBO or the other thousand channels we have, only have crap that I've seen before on it. So I pay all this money for something I don't even use. What I'd like is to be able to flip my home entertainment system/computer on. Have a listing of movies as current as Blockbuster's inventory listing, choose one for playback, and get billed for it on my monthly statement. Blockbuster charges me $4 and I have to drive out there. I'd easily pay $5-6 bucks for the convenience of not having to drive. Not only that, but no late fees, dammit. Timewarner or whoever gives me this service will make a killing because the demand is there and the distribution will be extremely cheap once the fixed costs are outlayed. This is a Blockbuster killer, I guarantee you.