hmv is coming back

[scottish]

http://www.hmv.com/


not gonna bump the gone into admin thread but yeah, news on it.

[Adam]

They sell 4 year old video games for £45.

When I say sell, I mean, have in the shop. They don't sell them. Nobody buys them.

Terrible company.

[scottish]

well hilco is taking them over and they're successful with the purchase of HMV Canada so wonder if they'll be able to turn the UK stores in same way.

[Shockwave.2CC]

Yeah if HMV went Leicester City Centre would only have like CEX that sells DVDs

[Cerys]

Yeah, it's a little overpriced. But I just don't think CD/DVD/Game shopping would be the same without HMV...

Glad it could be sticking around.

[Ardemax]

I have like 19,000 HMV vouchers, so this is useful. Thanks for the info.

[Samantha]

I'm glad they're coming back, but a lot of shops and jobs have already been lost and have closed so that part can't be changed back really - the locations for them before might be home to other shops now too. However, I'm glad it's back.

[peteyt]

Glad they have returned. A lot of people like to browse shops and look for old stuff that supermarkets won't stock.

[Lew]

never shopped there

[GoldenMerc]

oooohh how interesting!

[Stephen]

i dont like going onto the tech tab and being greeted by images of dr dre overpriced crap

[Reloaded]

Dad is part of the 3 board team that shall be getting it back up and making profit again. hopefully it works out well.

[Mikey]

Think the people who have bought the company have to re-think their selling strategies and the price of the products that they are selling. I do like going into HMV and actually seeing the stuff that I am buying instead of having it based online and on my computer, I like the feeling of having a CD or DVD in your hands and opening it for the first time but yeah the prices need to be lowered a tad.

[AgnesIO]

Dad is part of the 3 board team that shall be getting it back up and making profit again. hopefully it works out well.

It won't work. Hope he hasn't invested his own money in it lmao

[Metric1]

one word: iTunes.

[Demi]

Thanks for the info! :)

[peteyt]

one word: iTunes.

You forget that some people don't like Digital stuff. Actually quite a few people I know would rather buy a physical item e.g. an actual CD, DVD etc because at least you have it there to hold. Film wise you can also play a DVD as soon as you buy it rather than having to download it.

[scottish]

yeah i'd always rather have the physical thing, netflix and spotify is as far as i'll go with digital content

I want CDs so I can play it in the car etc

[AgnesIO]

You forget that some people don't like Digital stuff. Actually quite a few people I know would rather buy a physical item e.g. an actual CD, DVD etc because at least you have it there to hold. Film wise you can also play a DVD as soon as you buy it rather than having to download it.

The argument for watching it as soon as you buy it doesn't really work. As you have to go out, or order it online - so Dow loading nowadays would actually be faster.

I get that some people prefer physical though, my parents do for cds for example.

[Reloaded]

It won't work. Hope he hasn't invested his own money in it lmao

No hes employed by Hilco as a Administrative Consultant or something. Works with all the major companys going into admin and re-structuring.

[peteyt]

The argument for watching it as soon as you buy it doesn't really work. As you have to go out, or order it online - so Dow loading nowadays would actually be faster.

I get that some people prefer physical though, my parents do for cds for example.

Not really though. I could go into HMV and buy a complete series of something, lets say Doctor who and be back in half and hour and start watching it.

If I tried to download it or stream it, it would take far longer, especially considering the internet around my area isn't that great. While fibre optics is being rolled out all over the UK a lot of places don't have it yet and even when some cities do get it, it only goes to certain areas.

I've bought some music digitally before, but only when I can't get it physically. At the end of the day, while apple is probably safe, at least I know if anything happened to these companies my media would be okay as I'd always have a physical copy.

[geo]

HMV is my life. I absolutely love actually buying DVDs and occasionally CDs (I'll usually buy these off iTunes) but with DVDs I just love having them for myself. I don't enjoy watching movies on my laptop as it doesn't seem as good and stuff. I'm glad to hear they'll be changing their techniques and methods in selling. Also real glad the HMVs near me weren't closed whilst closures were happening, I can't cope without HMV. It allows me to discover new films as well as get the ones I wanted.

[AgnesIO]

Not really though. I could go into HMV and buy a complete series of something, lets say Doctor who and be back in half and hour and start watching it.

If I tried to download it or stream it, it would take far longer, especially considering the internet around my area isn't that great. While fibre optics is being rolled out all over the UK a lot of places don't have it yet and even when some cities do get it, it only goes to certain areas.

I've bought some music digitally before, but only when I can't get it physically. At the end of the day, while apple is probably safe, at least I know if anything happened to these companies my media would be okay as I'd always have a physical copy.

Your interest must be appalling. I can get about 700kbps when downloading movies - so a 500mb movie takes very little time really - certainly not faster than driving to town, going to a shop, driving home.

[Puss]

Only store i buy cd n Movies at is Hmv in canada cuz of 2 for 10 or 2 for 5 , ect

[peteyt]

Your interest must be appalling. I can get about 700kbps when downloading movies - so a 500mb movie takes very little time really - certainly not faster than driving to town, going to a shop, driving home.

I gather you meant internet? Sorry got confused ha.

And yeah a 500mb but that's basic right. If I was going to buy a film I'd want the best quality and probably extras, special features etc. I get 2-3mb a second if I'm lucky here, sadly nothing I can do about that at the moment - infinity apparently coming soon but the dates keep changing. But I still prefer physical any ways.