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To: JaguarXKE

I am actually paying less now since I dropped the dvd service and use streaming exclusively now.


4 posted on 09/16/2011 1:02:02 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Rick Perry 2012 !)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Hows that working for you? Is the streaming service the same as the instant queue? Cuz I gotta say, the instant queue SUCKS big uns for selection.


6 posted on 09/16/2011 1:05:17 PM PDT by Dick Tater
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Netflix is in trouble. I'm really surprised. I thought they were a well-run company but this is serious. I'm like you, I cancelled DVD and kept streaming.

But Netflix is getting it from all sides. I'm just now checking out Amazon Prime's month-long free trial, and it's a better product. They have all the same stuff and more. The amazon prime is cheaper ($79 for the year.) It has a vast catalog available for free to prime members, plus you can pay 3 bucks and rent most anything else you can think of. AND you get free shipping from amazon on any purchases.

I like what I'm seeing from Amazon prime, and I've been a netflix customer for years. But this is the real deal. They are going down.

And that's just streaming. REDBOX is kicking their butt in dvd rental. Redbox has a website, I can lookup which kiosk has the movie I want and rent it on the net.

20 posted on 09/16/2011 1:20:02 PM PDT by Huck (If you are in a union, then bow to your COMMIE masters.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I am actually paying less now since I dropped the dvd service and use streaming exclusively now.

See, that's what I thought was going to happen. If I want to see a movie, I want to see it now, not two days from now.

If it's not on NETFLIX, it'll be On Demand, and if not there, I can rent and stream it from Amazon (I think that's about $3).

I've been told they're going to quit the DVD thing entirely in the next 18 months or so anyway.

35 posted on 09/16/2011 1:33:35 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I am actually paying less now since I dropped the dvd service and use streaming exclusively now.
Yep. We pay a lot less now too -- dropped the streaming service.

I'm surprised at the [lack of] depth of knowledge displayed in this thread. "It ain't rocket surgery."
44 posted on 09/16/2011 1:45:12 PM PDT by Peet (Cogito ergo dubito.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
"I am actually paying less now since I dropped the dvd service and use streaming exclusively now."

Mine went down as well. I have only one possible internet provider at my location and it is too slow to stream movies so I no longer have to pay for that option.

48 posted on 09/16/2011 2:24:08 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

That’s all I have...I can wait for the stream release....I like it and price is good.


50 posted on 09/16/2011 2:36:33 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I did the same thing and never looked back.

I’ve had the service for several years now, and after about 18 months, I tried the DVD service once just to see how slick it worked. I’ve got to admit, it was pretty slick. None the less I didn’t use it again.

Streaming to my iPhone or iPad works great, and I’ll probably pick up a device to play the Netflix videos on our HDTV in the future.

I’m also enjoying HBOGo and MAXGo.


77 posted on 09/16/2011 7:52:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 year right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Ditto. While willing to pay for 2-DVDs-at-a-time service and then sit on the discs for weeks (making them $5 rentals on average), I’m not willing to pay 60% more. Streaming only now - when you’ve got kids, unlimited videos for a cheap flat fee rocks!

Wonder if they did an analysis of how many subscribers underused their subscription, knowing they were wasting money but too lazy/greedy to actually cancel/change it, but would drop one part or the other when prices went up further.


97 posted on 09/19/2011 6:18:44 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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