BUY only movies not compelling

Question

This is more or less an open letter to Comcast/Xfinity. The new capability to "BUY" movies, as opposed to "RENT" them, seems to be the only option for some movies--most notably new releases that were likely to reach the on-demand top ten list. I say 'were likely' because the buy option provides little value over actually owning the movie on blu-ray.  My point is there are some movies I'm happy to rent on demand from Comcast because I'm not interested in owning the blu-ray. In other words, the $5.99 rental price provides value. By not offering movies with both a "BUY" and "RENT" option, Comcast is essentially leaving money on the table. Comcast will not get my $5.99 rental fee for 'Despicable Me 2' because it's only available with the buy option. So, I can "buy" 'Despicable Me 2' for $21 from Xfinity, or I can own the blu-ray for $19.96 from Walmart.  The decision, at least for me, is easy: Comcast loses. I don't care about watching movies on devices from any locale, I prefer my home theater (with its uncompressed 7.1 audio, 65 inch screen, high video bit rate and convenience/comfort). For the same out-of-pocket cost, given the option between owning the movie outright vs. what is essentially long term streaming rights locked to a Comcast account (and compressed  audio and low video bit rates), I'll buy the blu-ray every time. 440Hertz

Answer 1

COMCAST PAY TO OWN is by all means and measures the most misleading, immaterial, unsubstantiated, and absurd possible deal all the way around. You do not own anything materially speaking or otherwise: the basic premises of ownership pertains to own a physical high quality media and its self-contained contents coupled with all its derivative materials and inherited possibilities: artwork, related documents/bio, and all the myriad of features that usually would come along with a high density media (such as the bluray or even dvds). It is something that you can keep in your wardrobe and watch whenever want wherever you are, something that you will be able to sell 5 days or 50 years from now if you so choose or leave to your heirs. It is also about its inheriting portability : owning the physical media, artwork, other contents, and thus all possibilities that come discretionary ownership: different file formats (dvi, mp4, thus allowing you to watch it on may different devices on the go in your tablet, smartphone, laptop, etc, without any need of any paid high speed connection); different medias [dvd and bluray along with dvi/mpg4 files in order watch the content at your convenience in different devices (dvd players, bluray), without having to pay for a high speed connection or any subscriptions of cable tv. So ownership comes with freedom coupled with a myriad of possibilities that are integral part of it within the framework of freedom and fairness of to use. Clearly, the aforementioned basic attributes are absent in this non-sense over-expensive and over the board scheme of pseudo ownership purported by comcast. Henceforth, ownership of a movie is far more than paying an exorbitant price to supposedly own the ability to then simply watch a basic movie at the spot whereon you have a cable box as far as you pay for your cable subscription monthly. It is not only intangible and immaterial, but it does not present the very basic elements that define ownership; and it is an offense to the most remote traces of human intelligence that comcast customer base has, and thus only reinforces that the fact that Comcast will go to any extent in order to extort money from its customers whilst all along still trying to create the elusive illusion that you (the customer) are getting a good deal. I wish could stop the window with the persistent  stream of ads from xfinity whenever I turn the cable box on: it is analogous to persuade and convince its audience the audience that the impossible is possible in a constant and invasive fashion, consequently potentially depicting its audience as a chronic retard again and again whenever would turn  turns the tv on is truly a horrible experience
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