Netflix

[firstadopter]

Netflix rocks so hard (online dvd rental service). I can't live without it. Blockbuster is so dead.

One of the best parts is you can email your whole rental history, to see which movies you've seen in your past.

[Clandestine]

$20 a month is a lot.

[Tucxie75]

Maybe but Blockbuster is almost $5 per movie so after 4 movies per month, you are a winner.

[firstadopter]

I agree. The best part of Netflix is the convenience of never having to return movies. Maybe I'm just lazy, but this is huge.

[TomDavis]

Netflix is starting to advertise on TV now, I saw an ad today.

[TheAngryIntern]

rgr, netflix is the bomb! I love not having to go to the store to get a movie....plus I've rented a lot of movies that I probably wouldn't have gotten at blockbuster....and netflix's selection blows any brick-n-mortar store out of the water!

-TAI

[firstadopter]

I have to admit I canceled Netflix after they announced their price increase. I thought, hey I have Tivo and since I'm getting HDTV, I might as well get HBO, Starz, and Encore and then cancel Netflix.

And then after 3 weeks without it, I was forced to resubscribe and then I proceeded to cancel HBO, Starz, and Encore. :)

Nothing beats the variety and convience of Netflix. HBO, even with a 1/2 dozen channels, keep playing the same boring movies, over and over again.

[Rogue]

Netflix ranks right up there with Broadband and Tivo, I can't live without it!!!! It is not all that expensive, I just got 3 movies in the mail today.

If you have not tried it you REALLY, REALLY need too.

[sHAZBOT!]

No Doubt...I Love Netflix! I've seen so many great indie and counter-culture movies that I'd never even know existed. Plus, there are so many reviewers that you can pretty much screen out movies you won't like. I get one movie for myself, one for the whole family, and one for the teenager specifically. It's great.

BTW I saw Ballbuster is trying to one-up them here (http://www.blockbuster.com/homepages/displayPage.action?channel1=Sign+In+Sign+Up&channel2=Code&nav=false&channel=Movies&subChannel=sub)

I wonder if Viacom will try to crush netflix. I'm staying with netflix unless they get too $$$ or delivery becomes an issue.

[Rogue]

I signed up for Blockbuster about three weeks ago to give them a try (a bit cheaper). Bottom line (for me), too slow to return. Netflix gets the movies I ship back the next day ( I live in ST. Louis and they are mailed to an address in St. Louis) and it takes Blockbuster about three days to receive them (they go to Lansing Michigan).

[firstadopter]

Wow, thanks for the tip Rogue. I was considering switching myself b/c of tight budget, but I guess I'll stick with Netflix.

I actually downgrade my subscription to 2 at a time, got to save some money there. This plan only lets you see 4 movies a month, which is fine with me.

[yowzator]

I'm considering trying out peerflix.com. Probably not nearly as fast as netflix, but definitely cheaper!

Anyone have any experience with it?

[firstadopter]

I never heard of peerflix. But what you should do is try the Blockbuster trial 2 weeks and then cancel. It's free.

I also heard that they may off you another month free if you cancel. Take the 1 1/2 free months and then cancel it.

Then try Walmart for 30 days free.

After all that try Netflix. I'm currently on the 2 DVD's at a time at only $11.99 a month. Can't really beat that. They limit you to 4 DVDs total a month though. Since Netflix shipping is SO FAST compared to others, I don't mind 2 DVDs at a time.

[CAG]

Welcome to the forum, yowzator :)

I haven't used peerflix but, from the info on their site, it seems to go something like this:

You buy a movie for $1 and then you can keep it or, for another $1, trade it for something else with someone in their network. I assume that what you get in trade you can keep or trade it again. But, put simply, for an "entry fee" of $1 (the cost of the initial movie you have to buy), you get to see as many other titles as peerflix has for $1 each...provided that (and this is the limiting factor) that you're able to work the trades for the movies you want to see.

CAG