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Photo by Guzel Maksutova / UnsplashThe Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library – 404 Media
By Claire Woodcock, Dec 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
Photo by Guzel Maksutova / UnsplashThis story was reported with support from the MuckRock foundation.
As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.
Some libraries are now intentionally using iconic Blockbuster branding to recall the hours visitors once spent looking for something to rent on Friday and Saturday nights.
John Scalzo, audiovisual collection librarian with a public library in western New York, says that despite an observed drop-off in DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra disc circulation in 2019, interest in physical media is coming back around.
“People really seem to want physical media,” Scalzo told 404 Media.
Part of it has to do with consumer awareness: People know they’re paying more for monthly subscriptions to streaming services and getting less. The same has been true for gaming.
As the audiovisual selector with the Free Library of Philadelphia since 2024, Kris Langlais has been focused on building the library’s video game collections to meet comparable interest in demand. Now that every branch library has a prominent video game collection, Langlais says that patrons who come for the games are reportedly expressing interest in more of what the library has to offer.
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404 Media's Claire Woodcock writes: As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library. ...
Almost PlausibleGuess which of the hosts used to live in a video store. The answer may surprise you! Unless you've listened to the show before.
On this episode, a listener wrote in suggesting Thomas, Emily, and Shep do an episode about "nothing," the trio try hard to come up with a suitable and original idea.
Listen now: http://bit.ly/472l6Hg
#AlmostPlausible #Nothing #VideoStore #VideoRental #Blockbuster #Podcast #Comedy #Improv #Screenwriting #Movie
On this episode, a listener wrote in suggesting Thomas, Emily, and Shep do an episode about "nothing," the trio try hard to come up with a suitable and original idea.
Listen now: http://bit.ly/472l6Hg
#AlmostPlausible #Nothing #VideoStore #VideoRental #Blockbuster #Podcast #Comedy #Improv #Screenwriting #Movie
Almost PlausibleGuess which of the hosts used to live in a video store. The answer may surprise you! Unless you've listened to the show before.
On this episode, a listener wrote in suggesting Thomas, Emily, and Shep do an episode about "nothing," the trio try hard to come up with a suitable and original idea.
Listen now: http://bit.ly/4p4HXsr
#AlmostPlausible #Nothing #VideoStore #VideoRental #Blockbuster #Podcast #Comedy #Improv #Screenwriting #Movie
Flipboard Culture DeskA year ago, film lovers raised $1M to save Seattle's Scarecrow Video, the world's largest video rental store and a cultural icon beloved by everyone from Roger Ebert to Quentin Tarantino. Now, the team behind it is shifting focus from survival to thriving. @IndieWire checked in with some of the people who are leading the institute into its new phase. “I think about this job a lot in terms of who gets to be the arbiter of truth,” said director of development Tyler Mesman. “Our job is to draw attention to things people might not know about. Unlike other public media libraries that are being pilfered right now, that are being censored, that are being torn asunder, nothing is going to leave our collection.”
#Movies #Cinema #Film #Entertainment #VideoRental #Lifestyle #DVD #VHS
Raymond LarabieIn a quiet corner of Nagoya, the Elvis video rental shop stands as a quirky shrine to a bygone era—did the King himself swap the stage for the silver screen in these streets? The plot thickens with each unreturned tape. 🎥🕺
名古屋の静かな一角にあるエルビスビデオレンタルショップは、過ぎ去った時代への風変わりな祭壇として立っています。文字が通りかかる人々にウィンクを投げています—キング自身がこれらの通りでステージと銀幕を交換したのでしょうか？返却されないテープごとに、物語は深まります。📼👑
#Nagoya #Japan #streetphotography #videoRental #elvis #retro #ricoh_gr #ricohgr3 #aichi
Thomas GuerreroOswego Video - Yes you can still rent DVDs #yyj #victoriabc #dvdcollector #videorental #fujifilmxt2 #fujifilm #fujixt2 #fujinon1855 #sidewalkingvictoria #sidewalking
Trixter of the Moon CouncilThe Washington Post just published an article about the return of video rental stores, something I noticed first-hand this weekend in Fredericksburg, VA when I made a wrong turn looking for the comic shop:
(Gift link, no paywall!)
Travis SiglerVanilla Maple Late at our local video store coffee shop here in Milwaukie, Oregon!
Great American Video and Espresso.
#coffee #videostore #videorental #movies #nostalgia #coffeeshop
