Yep - when the local rental places went out of business, we stopped renting - period. Paying for a premium TV service with HBO as the one "luxury" keeps us plenty busy as far as choices go. If a "must see" movie hits the theaters, we go (sneak our own drinks and candy in). The rest will eventually hit the TV somewhere down the road - once you get out of the "gotta see it now" mode, you don't really miss anything, you just delay the "pleasure" which is the most cost-effective way to go. I haven't even felt the need to use my subscriber service to pay for the "privilege" of viewing something a bit sooner.
We have HBO mostly for their series. We LOVE Boardwalk Empire and watch it religiously. We were also HUGE Entourage fans, and I cut my HBO teeth on The Sopranos. Game of Thrones was pretty good too, but it didn’t keep my interest as much as some of the more contemporary stuff.
I never was a “gotta see it now” type person. I always found that those movies with the greatest looking previews were the worst to actually sit through. At one point when I was in high school, going to the movies took a back seat to the mall and the beach for us. Not to mention the $12 - $15 price tag for a ticket is a bit much, IMO.