PC World raved about Blockbuster's newly announced DVD set-top box for WiFi-enabled, downloaded movie rentals. But I disagree and think the BB franchise is played out. At the Motley Fool, Rick Aristotle Munarriz writes:
Blockbuster is late to the game with something redundant, unnecessary and ultimately inferior. For what? Does anyone know where Blockbuster sees itself in three years? I sure don't. I'm not sure Blockbuster does either…. Instead of encouraging foot traffic in its stores, it is shooing people away to their couches.
Blockbuster is a Box Buster. Very well said. When was the last time anyone walked into a Blockbuster store to rent movies? This is 2008, not 1988, and things have changed, big time. Wayne Huizenga may be a genius serial entrepreneur, but his flock is clearly not cut from the same mold.