Netflix DVDs

[videobread]

I have had Netflix on an off over the years and really liked access to their catalog. They have everything. I moved to a rural area a year and a half ago and have slow high speed internet - download speed of 0.43 Mbps and I am limited to 3 gig a month or it costs me $10 for every extra gig. I thought Nexflix only had the streaming package with DVDs by mail at an extra charge. I was mistaken and got my old 3 DVD out plan with no streaming at all for less than $20/mo. I read an article by Read Hastings where he said that Netflix was 'going to let DVD die on the vine'. I'm happy. I was just not aware that the old DVD plan was still available.

[TreeTops]

Well it sure isn't apparent when you look at Netflix home page.

[videobread]

I know. I had to search it out. http://blog.netflix.com/2011/07/netflix-introduces-new-plans-and.html
I got the three out DVD only plan. They are not promoting DVDs anymore. Netflix is a funny outfit. They abandoned the DVD enthusiasts that wanted access to their catalog and planned on going all streaming on someone else's dime. They don't have to pay for the bandwidth. Like that was going to work. People like me can't even stream anyway.

[jman98]

Netflix is completely and utterly screwed up. I am still a customer by the way. The idiots who destroyed shareholder value were left alone to continue to run the company into the ground. Netflix has 2 problems.
1) They haven't exactly abandoned the "DVD enthusiasts" as you claim. They just simply don't promote it any more. They still get all the new releases, it's just iffy if they will get them in Blu Ray or not. For example, they have all of Battlestar Gallactica in BD except for the next to last season. Every other season is in BD with them. They did junk a buttload of old inventory in foreign films though. There were plenty of foreign films they had 5+ years ago that are now completely unavailable. The really big ones they still have, but the lesser films are iffy.
2) I know that they are pushing streaming, but the reality is that they do not have a lot to offer in streaming. A few weeks ago I had to rent a copy of one of 2008's most successful and popular US comedies because they don't have it on streaming. A 4 year old film that was a huge success is not on streaming? Yep. Quite a few studios told Netflix to suck it unless Netflix wanted to pay more for streaming (they declined). It depends on what you like, but honestly I find Amazon Prime's streaming via Roku to be a ton more useful to me than Netflix's streaming. I now use Netflix's streaming so little that the thought occurs to me that I should consider dropping the streaming and just stick with the DVDs via mail part of it.

Netflix is now the worst of both worlds. They have DVDs and BDs but they don't promote it and they make it hard to get it. They do streaming, but they do it half assed where there are monstrous gaps in what they have available. Funny but Amazon didn't have any problems reaching deals with some of the studios that Netflix couldn't reach any streaming agreements with. You are right that Netflix foolishly believed that they could continue their streaming agreements (the original ones let them do it for pennies on the dollar compared to the cost now). They are kind of stuck because the higher costs they have to pay studios on each new agreement eats into their profits, which makes them have to either dump content or raise prices, both of which lead to a decline in customers.

[MOVIEGEEK]

The funny part is the disc division is turning a profit while the streaming division is losing money, Reed Hastings thought he could split the disc side off last year and sell it(my theory) but he dropped the idea when shareholders and customers complained. I am still a Netflix streaming customer but I sold all my shares last year because I don't have faith in the company while Reed is in charge.

[yoda313]

I had netflix for awhile but eventually dropped it.

I have so much material nowadays that I wasn't using it. I have some I haven't gotten to yet (garage sales and the like) and stuff I've only watched once or twice but would like to watch again.

Plus I have cable and I've turned into something of a youtube junky for things like anime and documentaries. I've started to use them for movie extras and background info on movies that didn't come with extras (or rather the version I bought didn't have extras on it).

So I really can't see using netflix much which was I dropped it again (was a member for awhile before streaming was viable or possible and then dropped and signed up again when streaming was doable and dropped after awhile again - read not a member now).

It is weird what they do have and don't have. If you notice the ads they post on yahoo and other sites all you see are pictures of limitless and iron man. Not exactly the biggest or newest movies. Limitless is newer of course but not like a super star movie.

[handyguy]

There is a special page that comes out on Sundays with what the new dvds are:
http://www2.netflix.com/AllNewReleases?lnkctr=NavAllNewReleases

[_Al_]

There is a special page that comes out on Sundays with what the new dvds are:
http://www2.netflix.com/AllNewReleases?lnkctr=NavAllNewReleases

I clicked the link and was told that this web page is available only for those who have DVD plan, I have streaming only (for summer I have stopped DVD rental).
Why do they do this, I might see something and might sing up, they get more money.

[handyguy]

There is a special page that comes out on Sundays with what the new dvds are:
http://www2.netflix.com/AllNewReleases?lnkctr=NavAllNewReleases

I clicked the link and was told that this web page is available only for those who have DVD plan, I have streaming only (for summer I have stopped DVD rental).
Why do they do this, I might see something and might sing up, they get more money.

Wow, I never thought they would limit it to those who have dvds.

[_Al_]

They only want me to browse this: http://www2.netflix.com/BrowseDVDSelection not all new releases, ...., as a current streamer user, they really do not want me to sign up again for DVD rental, weird.

[handyguy]

List is pretty much the same as this:
http://www.moviefone.com/dvd