Why I will most likely cancel Netflix

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Anderson on November 21, 2009 at 11:58am

..put a sock in it puppet...

...point here is to try and figure out what the best (Internet $treaming) deal is today...currently offered by (which vendor?) Do you use Internet Streaming to your Blu-ray player? If yes, what is your preferred Streaming vendor?

Forgot to mention the ($1 dollar over nite) Red Box (DVD vending machine) in my local grocery store and they have another one in my local McDonald's too.

Obviously the $1 dollar overnite special is that your can easily RIP the DVD, Convert, and copy to my iPhone (3G). iPhone movie works great on long flights. Red Box does a pretty good job of the latest DVD movie releases too.

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Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on November 21, 2009 at 12:02pm

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Permalink Reply by Sock Puppet on November 21, 2009 at 12:08pm

And I made that point quite clearly. $14 for 16 DVDs and Unlimited streaming of 15000 titles or $4-$5 for one movie (just because its a "Current" just released this Tuesday title), the winner is very clear to me, UNLESS all you care about are the modern, new "just released" movies. Which as I pointed out, is entirely too limiting.

Redbox is great if you only want New Releases. But that is a limited selection at best, for folks who (likely) have little to no imagination (need modern new CGI and special FX to stimulate their brains).

And you are not allowed to RIP/Convert the DVD, that's illegal and constitutes pirating, which if the studios get their way will keep Redbox from being able to rent new New Releases till up to 30 days have passed on their initial street release. (Pirating is one of the reasons the studios want to do this, because the "stealing" you refer to reduces the income they make on a movie.)

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Permalink Reply by Aces on November 21, 2009 at 8:24am

I did not spend 20 thousand dollars on a state of the art home theatre to watch old stuff.

Don't forget you don't want to haffta read those fooren ones NF has either - if youd a wanted to read youda got one of those book things they tried to teech you aboot in schol.

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Permalink Reply by Microwaved on November 21, 2009 at 12:47pm

And I was pissed at Netflix this week cause they sent me a new release that I put at number 10 in my queue on Very Long Wait. Yep you read that right folks. They skipped over 9 other movies in my queue to send me a new release that was on Very Long Wait that I just added to my queue on Tuesday. It's like they want to have sex with me or something.

By the way, I hardly ever have to wait for a new release, and most of the time I only need to wait a couple of days. I guess it pays upgrading to their gold club membership*.

















I'm lying, I'm not on their gold club membership. They just fucking LOVE me.

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Permalink Reply by D._ on November 22, 2009 at 11:55am

When I put a new release in the top of my Q, I too, get it on Tue. But then again there are tons of movies at Netflix I haven't seen that tickle my ass, so I don't have to have a new release. Hell, if I had a rich man's (or woman's) home theater system, I'd love to watch some classics on it. It must be hard for some people to wait for a movie that's unavailable for another day since they've already waited long enough for the DVD release, eh? Stoopid Netflix... what are they thinking?

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl on November 22, 2009 at 9:21am

I don't understand why people don't just go to the theater if they really want to see a movie that's just been released.

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Permalink Reply by ACK Happy on November 27, 2009 at 8:41am

Use Netflix for the convenience. With a 20k system you should be using Blu-ray. Maybe buy the best new movies or classics you love. Use Netflix for older movies (get two at a time unlimited.) Then get the new movies at Red Box if you can't wait. Netflix can only buy so many copies of new movies to make the business viable. I also sometimes have the long wait problem but I always seem to get the movies very soon anyway. I have friends who use and love Red-box, but they are not big movie fans, it is a good service for new movies and priced cheaply. I am sure even with Red-Box you will some times go to the grocery store and a movie will be unavailable.
Relax, life is to short to be getting angry over how long you have to wait for a DVD.

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