Set top box.
You wonder if some Hollywood executives are slapping their foreheads over this idea?
New Netflix distribution method
Hmmm.
Interesting, but there's a ton of "Yeah but what abouts..."
Internet connection? I assume they aren't talking about a phone line. Leeching my broadband bandwidth? What will my ISP think about that?
What is the cost of these things, and how many mailings would it have to displace in order to be worth it to the company?
Interesting, but there's a ton of "Yeah but what abouts..."
Internet connection? I assume they aren't talking about a phone line. Leeching my broadband bandwidth? What will my ISP think about that?
What is the cost of these things, and how many mailings would it have to displace in order to be worth it to the company?
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
If it's the same price, I'm in. Well, as long as you have the option to switch back later if you don't like it.
No extra fees, though, either they've figured out how to make it profitable or it's too soon to switch.
No extra fees, though, either they've figured out how to make it profitable or it's too soon to switch.
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I've yet to forgive Ballbuster for the years of shitty standard vid rentals.
Just cos a flick is popular doesn't mean you get to keep it in the new release section for two years just so you can charge $4 for it instead of a non-asshole price.
Just cos a flick is popular doesn't mean you get to keep it in the new release section for two years just so you can charge $4 for it instead of a non-asshole price.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Heh. Now they leave it on the shelf for years and charge $4 for everything in the store, even the crap in the middle. Not exactly an improvement.
I don't rent from the store, ever, except the free rental coupons the online guys give me. If I want to rent from a physical distribution center I go to Redbox at McDonald's.
I don't rent from the store, ever, except the free rental coupons the online guys give me. If I want to rent from a physical distribution center I go to Redbox at McDonald's.
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Of the two, it's a bit of a tossup. Netflix has a much better website and a slightly wider range of obscure titles, but they only have one version of each movie. Blockbuster gives you free in-store rentals, they receive and ship on Saturdays, and they have multiple versions of popular titles (as in do you want the first release of that movie to DVD or the Special Edition or the Remastered Directors Cut, etc etc), but I've had them ship me four times as many bad disks in the last year as Netflix.
But the real deciding issue for online DVD rental places is probably shipping locations. If one has a shipping center close to you and the other doesn't, there's your answer. I tried Intelliflix for a month and they only ship from California so I saw a 12-day turnaround in rentals, as opposed to 2 days with Netflix and Blockbuster who have centers right here in Houston.
If I had to pick just one, I'd go with Netflix because of the website. Their que management really is much much better than Blockbuster's. But then I have two ques to manage with over 900 movies total in 'em, so I'm a bit of an extreme case.
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But the real deciding issue for online DVD rental places is probably shipping locations. If one has a shipping center close to you and the other doesn't, there's your answer. I tried Intelliflix for a month and they only ship from California so I saw a 12-day turnaround in rentals, as opposed to 2 days with Netflix and Blockbuster who have centers right here in Houston.
If I had to pick just one, I'd go with Netflix because of the website. Their que management really is much much better than Blockbuster's. But then I have two ques to manage with over 900 movies total in 'em, so I'm a bit of an extreme case.
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I looked up shipping centers for each and it looks like both netflix and blockbuster both have one in the same city/state as me.
So I think I will try netflix.
While looking at the netflix website I get the impression that TV series with multiple discs come together, not disc 1 of season 2. Then I came across a website and it showed TV shows being broke up by discs in each season. Is it different for each series or do them come all as one or seperate?
So I think I will try netflix.
While looking at the netflix website I get the impression that TV series with multiple discs come together, not disc 1 of season 2. Then I came across a website and it showed TV shows being broke up by discs in each season. Is it different for each series or do them come all as one or seperate?
Each disk counts as a slot on your rentals. Netflix has a thing where you can add them all to your que at once and it'll make sure you get each disk of the season in order (if one has a wait, it will skip the whole season to get your next rental to send instead of sending the next disk in that season). Blockbuster has something similar, but it doesn't work right all the time.
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The only annoying things I've ever'd Netflix do to me were send me some DVDs that couldn't be played (replaced w\o question) & they seemed at one point to pick randomly from my top ten queued flicks & just sent me three of them.
Some fucker was either not returning my sealed DVDs to them or was simply swiping them. It happened twice. Both times I just reported to Netflix that the DVD was lost in the mail & life continued.
Only thing that sucks is the 3-4 day turnaround time for flicks.
Some fucker was either not returning my sealed DVDs to them or was simply swiping them. It happened twice. Both times I just reported to Netflix that the DVD was lost in the mail & life continued.
Only thing that sucks is the 3-4 day turnaround time for flicks.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
It's hard to say. One movie sucked & there's no reason anyone would want it. The other was good & a reasonable individual might take it.There was a thing a while ago about postal employees swiping netflix dvd containers.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yeah, once you've got a few dozen ratings in the system they start to suggest stuff. The more ratings you get in there the better it gets at picking stuff for you.
They also do those "if you liked this, you might also like" suggestions on every movie, based on how people have rated it.
EDIT: There's also a whole "friends" system in place, where you can see your friends ratings on various movies, as well as the top of their que and what they have at home. And you can send them recommendations and do little private reviews as well. I've not really used it much as I have no friends.
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They also do those "if you liked this, you might also like" suggestions on every movie, based on how people have rated it.
EDIT: There's also a whole "friends" system in place, where you can see your friends ratings on various movies, as well as the top of their que and what they have at home. And you can send them recommendations and do little private reviews as well. I've not really used it much as I have no friends.
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