I am loving Netflix!

[Lil Missy]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8359987

Since my mom has a subscription, I can use hers to watch movies online.

The online movies are limited, but I've been lucky and have found some good ones. I like mysteries, crime drama, and thrillers mostly.

And doesn't cost me a dime! I'm just getting a bit of "bar elbow" for leaning on the desk while watching movies. But I have some elbow pads, so all is cool now.


:bounce:

[Lil Missy]

1. I'm going to find a movie now.

BRB in a couple hours....

[blogslut]

2. I've stopped getting DVDs through the mail

I was going to cancel my Netflix subscription because I was at a point where I was keeping the disks for three or months at a time. When I discovered they were streaming online and I didn't have to pay one cent extra to watch online, I was hooked.

It's true their online catalog is limited but considering this article:

Streaming video cannibalizing DVD rentals, says Netflix

Netflix says that DVD rentals are down for subscribers who make use of the company's online streaming service. Though it doesn't hurt Netflix's bottom line, the trend certainly spells bad news for physical media, including Blu-ray.

Those who make use of Netflix's ever-popular "Watch Instantly" streaming service rent fewer DVDs than the rest of the population, a Netflix executive revealed during the company's quarterly earnings call on Monday. The phenomenon reinforces the fact that online offerings really do compete with physical media for the same pieces of the movie pie, and that could prove worrisome for Blu-ray as online video continues to grow in popularity.

During the call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings noted that there were millions of subscribers using the Watch Instantly feature, and that Netflix had seen a "substitution effect" among subscribers who do so.

"We are seeing early signs of less DVD usage with some subscribers who are also watching instantly as compared to subscribers who only receive DVDs," said Hastings. "Time will tell whether this substitution effect is an attribute of early adopters or a mainstream behavior."

Our money is on it becoming a mainstream behavior...

I think they're going to greatly expand their online selection. :)

EDIT ADD: http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/01/streaming-video-cannibalizing-dvd-rentals-says-netflix.ars">link

[Lil Missy]

4. I only watch online. My mother gets the DVD's, and I don't step on that.

If they quit the online movies, then fuck that. We have cable.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. I LOVE instant streaming. I do it through my husband's xbox.

They have the entire first season of Twilight zone on there and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts

[Lil Missy]

5. I'm going to find a movie now.

Then go to bed. I'm tired.

:boring:

[skygazer]

6. Yup, me too

We got them in the mail but I sometimes use the online viewing if I just feel like watching something out of the blue. There's a pretty good crop of documentaries available and best of all, it remembers where you were so if you stop in the middle of a movie you can start right where you left off.