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In Reply to: RE: how itunes destroyed the music business in one simple chart... posted by AbeCollins on May 25, 2015 at 09:31:05
The selection available for disc rental is better, but you have to plan ahead. We still use Netflix for renting Blu-Rays through the mail a couple times a month, but for streaming Vudu and Blockbuster are better.
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The way I understood the offer, getting discs sent to you was an UPGRADE to the regular streaming service.
For my nickel? I'll use REDBOX for new releases and start investigating OTHER streamers.
My FINAL P.O. with Netflix? My relatives in Mexico could get Downton Abbey. Not HERE in the states! What a rip.
Too much is never enough
We've been using Netflix for disc rentals since the early 2000s, well before they started the streaming service. About 4 years ago, they split the streaming and rental services and briefly tried to spin off the rental business. There was a big backlash and they decided to keep the rental business, but the plans and web sites are still separate. A streaming-only plan is $8, a rental-only plan is $8, and there's no discount if you subscribe to both. www.netflix.com is the streaming site, dvd.netflix.com is the rental site, and they don't even link to each other.
Redbox is OK if all you want are new-ish releases, but so is Netflix streaming, or just about any service for that matter. The reason we keep a Netflix rental plan is the selection. Over the last few months, we've rented Fail-Safe, some 80s cult classics from John Carpenter, The Quiet Earth, Hot Fuzz, and Stalag 17. You just can't get this kind of stuff on streaming sites unfortunately.
I must have Mis-Read. I thought you had to have ONE, the streaming, to get the OTHER, the Mailorder. I want just by mail. Being able to get movies by mail and watch at my convenience is fine.
And while I do have a fairly quick connection, the selection isn't the best.
Too much is never enough
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