After not following several other studios that make consumers wait 28 days to rent films from rental services like Redbox and Blockbuster, Disney is now considering imposing such a window.

CEO Bob Iger says the studio is “in discussions” about the chance in policy.

Up to now Disney didn’t think that a delay would have much impact on disc sales, but he says that “the industry has continued to suffer on the sell-through side.”

Iger also expressed frustration that Disney’s streaming content service for its movies hasn’t taken off as much as he’d expected.

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"Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars"

Strangely the tune "Three Blind Mice" keeps going through my head.

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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
--PKD

I can’t recall the last DVD or Blu-Ray disk I bought, I have really gotten into digital downloads / Netflix.

In some cases, I catch stuff on Netflix that I never would have bothered in theaters or ever bothered purchasing anyway.

I think people are turning more and more towards things like Netflix, Redbox or buying one time viewings from their cable/satellite providers.

I would rather wait than buy a DVD that I may only ever watch once.

There are always exceptions of course, but they really are getting fewer and fewer for me.

I would tell movie studios to not go down the same path as the music industry did and embrace all forms of digital delivery.

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"All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct." -- Carl Sagan