Netflix

[Jerry Olexa]

We've had netflix for quite a while and love it. We are finding our new DVR (Tivo) option w Comcast starting to take over some of the impact.. Netflix is GREAT for finding obscure, old movies, etc as well as TV documentaries

[Gary Herrmann]

We've got it and like it. We upped our membership so we could have more than one movie at once, because our 6 yr old tends to watch movies over and over again.

It is kinda cute when he very seriously states "I'm ready to return this for my next Netflicks."

[Roger Bell]

We starting using Netflix when they first came out. At that time, we were negligent with returning videos and were getting hammered with vid-store late fees. It simply was not convenient enough for us to return movies on time. It was actually cheaper for us to use Netflix high option than any other venue. With Netflix, it simply doesnt matter how long you keep a movie. It is nice to keep certain films until you are in the mood for them...and it is nice to have a fair selection. We have the eight-out-at-time plan.

We are both working professionals with very little free time, especially during work hours, which, with commute, often run from 6 am to 8 pm. We delight in not having to putz around in video stores, standing in checkout lines run by teenagers, and not having to return to the video store again and again and again to repeat the process. That is why it was cheaper to pay the fifty bucks a month or more in late fees than to plan to have movies back on time. We simply don't have time for shopping....period....let alone video stores. Sitting down once a month for 30 minutes and putting twenty movies in our queue is easy and productive for us.

We live fairly close to a Netlfix distribution center. We have a new movie about one business day after we drop off a return movie in the mail. Netflix now appears to have speeded up this process immensely over several years ago. When they first started, they had some problems in this regard.

Netflix has a huge, huge inventory. Including old tv shows from the 50's, PBS series, etc. We like exploring various film genres from from past decades and Netflix enables us to do that...something the local yokel establishments can't do. Netflix has something for everyone...not just the youth.

[Phyllis Meyer]

And it is: CARS, no we don't have kids at home, but the animated stuff is great! We can't wait until Shreck 3 (did I spell that right) comes to theatres this summer! I think we will have great fun with this! Do I move my laser into the family room, or T.V. out to the shop? Such a dilema !

Sincerely,
Phyllis

[Stuart Johnson]

We have it and love it. About a year ago we had a bit of a problem with movies coming in with weird return addresses and new ones arriving late. I complained and have had no problems since. They have a terrific group of BBC TV comedy and mystery movies plus plenty of the old gangster movies.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

I've been thinking about netflix as opposed to Blockbuster.

I went to the netflix site and did the "browse" thing.
They have 20 catageories that have some overlap. Each catagory is presented as one page of 20 titles.

That is not what I hoped for.

So I plugged in a search term for a Guy Richie movie and they had it but it wasn't in the "browse our selections" area.

So then I plugged in Guy Richie's name into their search box and got nothing at all - which I thought was weird cause he's the director, and he directed some really good movies. "Snatch" and "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," "The Hard Case," and "Revolver" to name a few.

Then I tried a couple of titles that blockbuster has not got. NetFlix didn't have them either.


Apparantly Netflix has a whole lot of titles they simply haven't got 'em well presented and they haven't got much more than Blockbuster.

[Jeff Wright]

I went to the netflix site and did the "browse" thing. . . . They have 20 catageories that have some overlap. Each catagory is presented as one page of 20 titles.

That is not what I hoped for.

Apparantly Netflix has a whole lot of titles they simply haven't got 'em well presented . . .

Cliff, exactly the point of my prior post on this thread. If Netflix has a depth of title selections, why in heaven's name would they NOT feature them ALL on their site for the unsold prospect to view. Isn't depth of selection the main selling point of a service like theirs??