Almost gone: Video rental shops

Sad to see, that the only Video City we have di lang sa barangay, kundi sa buong QC siguro or even NCR eh wala na sa may Suki. Dahil na din sa technology, the mobile entertainment, torrents, youtube or ehem persons like me eh di lang almost gone ang video rental shops.. Wala na talaga. Obsolete.. None.. No more!

Wayback those elementary days when betamax and VHS tapes were the king. Although those days eh nagstart na ng pirata directly from film houses, pero marami pa din video rental shops noong. Medyo mahirap magnegosyo nun ha.. Siyempre, iisipin mo san ka kukuha ng mga papahiram mo. Paano pag di sinauli yun pinahiram mo o sinira pala, mahirap yun kasi mahal ang mga blank tapes dati. Lalo naman ata yun equipment! hehe How about the customer infobase, I mean, di pa gamit ang computer noon for customer database, you will need to use a lot of index cards! ahahaha

Then, the setup ng shop with a lot of pigeon or small holes to fit yun tapes. At siyempre, isama mo pa yun update ng films. Video city was big at that time, they have the biggest chain of rental shops, at ayun mga pinapahiram nila ranging from new titles for 2 days, tapos 3 days and yun mga luma 5 days. I did have a membership card noon from them at hiram naman ako. hehe Kung wala si kuya ng mga epektos, let's go at video city! Eh may mga viva titles pa sila na alam na.. hehe Hot titles!!!

I still remember, may competitor pa sila, ACA video then blockbuster video set up one branch dito sa may east avenue.. All of them, had a opportunity to earn sa video rental, ang dating na lang eh paramihan ng titles, pagandahan ng shops and other strategies.. Unfortunately, good times never lasts. They did survive when VCD arrived, but when DVD arrived, bluray, youtube, internet, cinemas are releasing the same or earlier dates of flicks.. They approached their inevitable doom.

Now, may video shops pero on sale but wala bumibili.. Di ko alam kung ano ginagawa nila dun sa mga films na yun pag di nabili. Ang daming CD nun ha. Video City is gone, it's competitors went down first, ACA gone and blockbuster never expanded. Di lang dito, even in other parts of the world, example na lang sa US, blockbuster malapit na mawala because of netflix and others. Amazon na din. Japan you just need to order then ayun na, nasa pinto mo na yun flick na gusto mo. Movie channels now showing selections, a variety of selections at dumadami pa ang movie channels which prompt na di na kailangan magrent. 

Pay per view also, lalo na sa US na it's there all the time. Ah.. There, so due to a lot of access in flicks, di ko pa nasama ang mga pirata. hehe Wala na talaga, sad to say.. But maybe I should thank this one because without it, siguro di ako mahilig sa films lately. I still remember, mga after dinner, lalabas ako ng bahay tapos punta na sa isang maliit na video shop tapos nakatitig lang ako mga matagal tapos pipili lang ng isa o dalawa, 15 pesos ata bawat isang tape. =)

Now, all I need to do, is to wait some hours and presto! Sit back, relax and enjoy the movie!