I am actually paying less now since I dropped the dvd service and use streaming exclusively now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That’s all I have...I can wait for the stream release....I like it and price is good.
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.
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.