04.14.2008 12:56 am

How do you get your movie video fix?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Video rental stores like Hollywood are closing in the face of increased competition from Netflix, availability of movies streamed directly to laptops and a coming change in TV format. What will this technological shift mean for consumers.

While video stores have not disappeared completely, the surviving stores are struggling to compete in the era of Netflix, computer downloads and inexpensive retail sales.

In today’s story by movie critic Joe Williams, in March, Hollywood Video closed three of its local outlets, a year after the chain was bought by rival Movie Gallery.

The inventory at even the largest Hollywood Video or…