Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Week In history: The first Blockbuster video rental store opened on Oct. 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas. Pictured here is the ...

Long before Netflix, there was Blockbuster Video. The very first Blockbuster Video Store opened on October 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas. It was opened by David Cook as a lone video rental store, but the ...

When Netflix launched as a DVD rental service in 1998, that was its most effective pitch to potential customers — an unmistakable reference to the thing that people hated the most about Blockbuster.

There’s a new museum in town, not the typical kind, either. It’s Bend’s Blockbuster video store, the last store of its kind on Earth. The store hearkens back to the 1990s and early 2000s when the once ...

Before streaming entered the scene, Friday nights were the prime time to head to Blockbuster. Families and friends wandered the aisles looking for the perfect movie, often picking up a box of candy or ...