Netflix

[SonicMan46]

I just signed up and am disappointed by how many of the movies I searched for that were unavailable for streaming.  I refuse to signup for both streaming and DVD, so, the jury is still out on whether I will continue after the free month.

Hi San Antone - we've been Netflix members for years - use to love the pre-streaming days w/ those little red envelopes; but we have been on their 'streaming' service only for a number of years and I agree completely w/ you, i.e. offerings of 'new' movie releases is beggarly - but I've streamed a number of TV series and find the occsasional film - use my local cable service & Amazon for majority of recent films, but there's a small fee so defeats the purpose of having Netflix - Dave

[Sammy]

I've had Netflix for quite a few years now.  We have the "5 at a time" package with streaming.  Concerning defective dvd's, maybe once a year; I don't look at the surfaces, just go by whether the thing works while watching.

Basically, you get what you pay for.  Streaming only is inexpensive, but the quantity is rather low.

[Brian]

Yeh, we watched some early Mad Men episodes, and also found the Inspector Morse series, which we loved, and Lonesome Dove.  But am still experimenting.  Other than the lack of selection, I am impressed by the overall functionality, though.

Columbo!
I consider Netflix like a used book store: it may not have exactly what I want, but I can always find something that I wanted to watch anyway. My queue is around 50 items, taking in a range of movies, documentaries, TV series, and comedy specials.

[Bogey]

We have 3 discs and streaming.  I am about to cut back to just one disc.  We are also Amazon Prime members.  Even some pay for streams are cheaper than what we are getting from Netflix at this point.

[Wendell_E]

Concerning defective dvd's, maybe once a year; I don't look at the surfaces, just go by whether the thing works while watching.

I've had one a month since June, usually cracked and completely unplayable.  But I have the three-at-a-time plan, so I usually go through 20+ discs a month, so I guess that's not too bad, considering the envelopes they're shipped in.  I cut out streaming after they started charging extra for it.  I probably would have kept if if they'd been honest about the price increase, rather than saying "we're charging you more, but it's not really a price increase".

[Sammy]

I've had one a month since June, usually cracked and completely unplayable.

That really sucks.  Alabama is so disrespected.

[Karl Henning]

. . . I probably would have kept if if they'd been honest about the price increase, rather than saying "we're charging you more, but it's not really a price increase".

Part of the problem was the "stealth push" of the rate hike...but mostly, I calculated that the cost of the subscription was not worth the benefit I saw from it.

[Octave]

I've had one a month since June, usually cracked and completely unplayable.

FWIW I was having this problem for a while, with several discs arriving almost identically cracked along the radius of the disc, all inside a couple months.  After reporting each of these through the NF website (no blank/box to detail problems, unfortunately), I finally called NF and said that it seemed strange.  The customer service rep said that sometimes particular postal service centers don't route NF discs the way they're supposed to, that they need to be reminded of what "kind" of mail these discs are....something like that.  I thought it was just a friendly way of blowing me off, but the cracked discs problem stopped immediately, and they haven't been a problem since, for several months now.  Blind luck?  Very strange.  FYI!