Netflix

[kennermike]

Netflix Breaks Off DVD Rentals Into Qwikster - MovieWeb.com

Im not a member but I know alot people here are thought I should post

[pmwasson]

Seems like people are pretty upset. Check out the comments in the official blog:
http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/expl...flections.html

[Hector]

I still have full Netflix service...but I'm dropping the DVD option, and just keep streaming from them.

Their new separate service...Qwikster...is just ridiculous, and a headache I don't want to deal with.

I'll keep doing it until just before my next billing next month.

I'll be getting my DVD's from Redbox from now on.

[Mikey]

Been told Netflix is getting less and less new DVD's (to physically rent)

Eventually they will only do streaming

[toys2cool]

so what you won't be able to do your queue thru netflix anymore? you'll have to log in another site to do that? guess i'm canceling as well

[domino]

It's just one dumb move followed by another with them. I canceled a few months back and will not go back.

[Mikey]

My nephew had Netflix for a little while

I asked him to rent me a few movies including Stephen King's Salems Lot and Saturn-3

Netflix didn't have either

They're a joke.

[SeattleEd]

Glad to see they are moving forward. Looking forward to the other companies following suit as well. Streaming is the future.
I for one am one of those that agree hard copies aren't necessary. Too cumbersome but yet, I love my vinyl records for nostalgia.

[Mikey]

I think hard copies will always be necessary for freedom's sake.

Without hard copies we must always be signed up and pay money to watch something - even over and over and over.

[Nostalgiabuff]

not good news for us or them. i will cancel the DVD option now as well, don't want to be bothered with 2 different accounts.....in fact i may even cancel altogether as the amount of movies available for streaming is getting less and less

[SeattleEd]

I think hard copies will always be necessary for freedom's sake.

Without hard copies we must always be signed up and pay money to watch something - even over and over and over.

Must be a generational thing, Mikey.

I can state that my oldest daughter and her friends, and school mates, don't do much hard copies anymore. Mostly files.
Same applies with my friends and their kids. A lot of them are unloading their discs be it DVD or BR. It's just more convenient and flexible to have files.
Looks more like a trend to me.

[megomania]

I still have full Netflix service...but I'm dropping the DVD option, and just keep streaming from them.

Their new separate service...Qwikster...is just ridiculous.

So is the name. I guess "Dumbster" wasn't available?

[Mikey]

Not just generational, but it also is probably a wealth class thing too.

The poor working class family who can't afford stuff like Netflix constantly has to buy hard copies of something they really like and want to watch over and over.

[megoapesnut]

I still have full Netflix service...but I'm dropping the DVD option, and just keep streaming from them.

Their new separate service...Qwikster...is just ridiculous, and a headache I don't want to deal with.

I'll keep doing it until just before my next billing next month.

I'll be getting my DVD's from Redbox from now on.

Ditto

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Thanks for typing my thoughts for me, Hec

[SeattleEd]

Not just generational, but it also is probably a wealth class thing too.

The poor working class family who can't afford stuff like Netflix constantly has to buy hard copies of something they really like and want to watch over and over.

I thought the same thing until I was informed of smartphones becoming the home computers of low income families. Pretty big in Brazil. Easy to watch movies and music on your phone.
Time to invest in battery manufacturing companies. LOL