Or you can go to Hulu.com or Crackel.com for movies
I ask fellow FReepers - what are alternatives to Netflix? I am going to cancel in protest.
Real life
Amazon has some video streaming - not as much as Netflix but that may change, now.
I am going to drop the streaming option. It was nice but the selection of movies is very limited.
I am canceling the streaming portion for now while I have cable and on demand (was going all netflix for 4 years - then got HBO and cable for “Game of Thrones”).
I will be saving money by just getting discs mailed.
They are pouring money into getting the rights to stream more and more movies - it only makes sense to separate out those costs to give more accurate customer options.
Just my 0.02$
Or you can go to Hulu.com or Crackel.com for movies
Yep - just got our notice this AM - knew there would not be a decrease in the fee regardless - if they streamed oldies, we’d cancel DVD service but NOOOOO! It’s expensive in Los Gatos and the CEO needs $$$ to give to Obummer....
Go streaming only. We did that last time they changed the rate structure. Their business is focused on streaming anyway at this stage. If you don’t do streaming, cancel and use Redbox. If you do use streaming keep that only, and go with Redbox for DVD rental. You can reserve specific movies on the redbox website or mobile apps before you go pick them up.
Yeah, I’m kind of ticked about this too. That’s a huge price increase — pretty close to 50%. It’s not going to sit well with most folks.
OT, but kinda related —
Is anybody else having a problem with HULU (free) not loading videos this morning??
I’m not sure if there is an alternative for both DVD rentals and streaming.
Blockbuster has a similar program for renting DVDs by mail, but it costs $11.99 a month. The good thing is they get a lot of the new releases almost a month earlier than Netflix, and if you live near a participating store, you can return your dvd to the store and select a new one up to 5 times a month.
I plan on cancelling too, but remember, it is not Netflix, it is the Studios that are driving this, and my cancellation is more a message to the studios than to Netflix, they are simply caught in the middle.
The studios have already delayed the availability of New Releases to Netflix by 30 days or more in some cases in hopes of driving sales of DVD’s during this initial window.
Late last year, Netflix reported that the fees they pay the studios rose from $229 million to $1.8 billion in the span of 3 months, and those costs continue to rise.
In short, if the studios want to discourage me from watching their product by extorting exorbitant fees from Netflix, I will play along and not watch. How often does Hollywood have to kill their golden goose before they learn their lesson?
After our email, we canceled everything but the streaming, but we like old movies. Red box is just down the street, new releases.
Got the email this morning. I’ve watched about all the old movies I wanted to anyway, and was just contemplating ditching Netflix, this makes it easy.
It’s still a lot cheaper than cable, and the rate hikes are mostly the fault of the media companies since they’re charging outrageous rates for rights to stream their shows/movies.
The streaming selection is getting much, much better, too.
yah...we got the e-mail yesterday informing us that we don’t need to do anything for our bill to double all by itself....it’s just like a Congressional pay raise....
I’ve never downloaded a movie from Netflix and probably never will, and there is no reason based on our customer history to double up on the charges for a service we have never used or asked for. But the onus is on us to straighten this out, and I’m inclined to make sure we don’t have anymore Netflix problems by cancelling Netflix entirely.
Get Vuze (Google it) and a Tivo Premier.
With Vuze you can access just about anything long before it’s available on DVD or streaming.
Vuze has a utility that will convert your video downloads to a Tivo format that you can download to the Tivo and play on your TV.
BTW, Netflix just shot themselves in the foot. Look for Netflix’s lead on its competition to start eroding quickly.
Now that were all hooked like crack addicts on TV the pusher raises their rates and the addict cries foul
Find better things to do with your time other than watching movies.