Just curious if any Freaks use Netflix and what your thoughts on it are.
Thoughts On Netflix
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Jen
KurJen - Kurgan Mod
I use it and think it's great - also have an XBOX 360 so I can watching streaming movies straight to my TV. They have a very wide selection - almost can guarantee that you could find whatever you were looking for. Plus I have a shipping center not far from where I live so I can get movies in a day.
Reinhardt
Super Freak
I've been using Netflix for about 6-7 years now and love it (whenever it started). I have discovered so many new movies that I would never have known about without netflix. I'm a big fan of foreign films and love Criterion, and these films have normally been harder to get a hold of - but netflix seems to carry almost everything. i love the fact that within 2 days of me mailing something out I will get my next movie.
I'm a fan!!
I'm a fan!!
BadMoon
Demi G0D Overseer
Yup I have had netflix for about 6 or 7 years as well. I love it! 
Plus now if you have an Xbox or certain DVD players you can stream certain movies as well.
Plus now if you have an Xbox or certain DVD players you can stream certain movies as well.
I echo the positive endorsements posted in this thread. Netflix gets a plus 1 from me as well.
Fast, easy, cheap... just how I like my women.
Fast, easy, cheap... just how I like my women.
How many of you do the unlimited option as opposed to the 1 DVD at a time option?
BadMoon
Demi G0D Overseer
I have the 3 limit option.
ProgMatinee
circlesendwheretheybegin
i was really cynical the first few years I heard of it, then i started maybe 4 years ago. My wife and I love it. We watch mostly tv series that we missed over the years.
We divided our account into 3 queues. 1 for her, 1 for me and 1 for us.
Currently I have like 40 Dr Who dvds all lined up in a row on the "us".
I would probably cancel cable before I cancelled netflix.
I would not do the 1 at a time... might as well do blockbuster or not at all in that case.
I would go with the standard 3 at a time.
We divided our account into 3 queues. 1 for her, 1 for me and 1 for us.
Currently I have like 40 Dr Who dvds all lined up in a row on the "us".
I would probably cancel cable before I cancelled netflix.
I would not do the 1 at a time... might as well do blockbuster or not at all in that case.
I would go with the standard 3 at a time.
I have also used Netflix for years, and have enjoyed it for the reasons stated here. I only get 1 at a time. I had more, but they just sat there for weeks until I got a chance to watch them, so this works for me.
For about a year, I switched over to Blockbuster online, since they let you switch stuff out at their store for a rental until the next disc arrived in the mail, but when they started adding restrictions on how many you could do a month, etc., I went back to Netflix.
Blockbuster had a great thing going, but they had to nickle-and-dime us with it, and so they lost my business. Screw them.
For about a year, I switched over to Blockbuster online, since they let you switch stuff out at their store for a rental until the next disc arrived in the mail, but when they started adding restrictions on how many you could do a month, etc., I went back to Netflix.
Blockbuster had a great thing going, but they had to nickle-and-dime us with it, and so they lost my business. Screw them.
I had it for a while and cancelled it once they started Throttling on me...
I used to have the 3 at a time "unlimited" rentals, but it pisses me off when companies don't honor their side of the agreement...
Now I use Blockbuster, so I can get them on the mail and exchange them at a store,
better deal IMO!!
I used to have the 3 at a time "unlimited" rentals, but it pisses me off when companies don't honor their side of the agreement...
Now I use Blockbuster, so I can get them on the mail and exchange them at a store,
better deal IMO
!!
DarkArtist81
Super Freak
I've been doing it on and off for several years and I absolutely LOVE it. It's really the best rental service I have ever had, and Gamefly isn't all that bad either. Both are great, you won't be disappointed in it.
ProgMatinee
circlesendwheretheybegin
Throttling is kinda a phony conspiracy. It seems to really only impact people that literally try to watch like 30 movies in a month. If you're using netflix enough to notice the throttling you are getting maximun benefit from your subscription anyway.
Reinhardt
Super Freak
i have 3 at a time, and have about 460 movies in my queue, so i won't be seeing some in my queue for 2 years!
I had the 3 at a time deal and was watching about 15 movies a month, the first 2 months it was ok but by the 3rd, 4rd month they would delay movies sometimes up to a week... it's real, it happens, and they've even accepted it publicly...
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I only had the 4 DVD at a time when I was trying to get through actual seasons. I dropped to three and watch an average of about 10 movies month. Since our 360 is streaming though, our amount of movies has gone down. If they would get new movies in to screaming or at least match their current catalog, I'd probably downgrade my plan further to as low as it can be.
I opted for the unlimited 1 at a time option. I figure anymore than that and I'll feel obligated to watch things and thats a buzz kill.
DarkArtist81
Super Freak
I opted for the unlimited 1 at a time option. I figure anymore than that and I'll feel obligated to watch things and thats a buzz kill.
That's what plan we are on, works fine for us. I would watch more than that, but my Wife wanted the cost low. So I accepted her terms.
Jen
KurJen - Kurgan Mod
I used to do 4 at at time...which was great...but then there were spells when I would have movies sitting around for weeks on end.
So now I do two - but with the streaming movies - that's unlimited.
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