I love netflix, actually got rid of my cable for over a year (just reconnected to watch the olympics). Between the streaming video and the renting I found I didn’t need cable, as I don’t watch sports.
I use a site called instantwatcher.com to organize -it’s actually better than netflix. I used the cash I saved from cable to buy a monster computer video monitor and I watch on that.
If you like history, check out “The Age of Ballyhoo” which is a great documentary with Gloria Swanson. I watched with my parents and they remembered so much from it. I liked it because instead of going through the twenties by events, they tried to recreate the flavor of what it was like to live in the twenties; for instance how most people lived in rural areas and on farms up to that time.
It’s one of those documentaries you hear so little about nowadays yet it really teaches you something. And it’s not too partisan, which most docs are nowadays.
I really don’t watch much tv, my wife does. Finding a movie, or even a tv show or documentary, these days without a political undertone is getting harder and harder.
I canceled cable about two years ago, and recently subscribed to Dish for my wife. Still, I do enjoy Netflix and, occasionally, Hulu.