[mythtv-users] aereo

[Tom Lichti]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
wrote:

> Ah, it seems that the extra charge ($70-$130) was the way it used to work
> in VHS days, but the practice didn't survive into DVD days, and it wasn't
> so much a special-rental-licensed version as an earlier-availability
> version.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_rental#Selection
>
> So I guess the "for rental only" versions of the disks I get from Netflix,
> for example, are just specifically made for rental companies and sold by
> wholesalers (possibly at lower-than-consumer cost, and justified with the
> removal of extra features).
>
> Mike (who's showing his age by remembering the $80 VHS rental copies)
>

Don't forget video discs. Not to be confused with laser discs...
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