Netflix's answer to my dissatisfaction, cancel your account.

[DainBramaged]

Great way to do business. Tired of "long wait" and "Very Long Wait" and then a few months after you buy the movie they don't have they stream it.


Looking into Amazon annual pass, I tried HULU don't care for TV shows much, what do you think?

[Katashi_itto]

1. Fandor isn't to bad, has obscure movies

http://www.fandor.com/movie-genres/horror-films-135

[NV Whino]

2. I triEd Amazon

I liked it. They have almost everything that Netflix has and more, and more recent stuff. If they supported Apple TV, I'd go with them.

[aristocles]

3. Turn the TV box so that it faces a wall...

...pull the power plug from the outlet...disconnect the cable.

Read a book.

[randome]

5. Best answer to the question 'How to watch TV": "Don't."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[DainBramaged]

6. Yes of course all mighty demander to change my life for your happiness

You offend me.

[NYC_SKP]

66. My least favorite thing on this board.

Holier than though attitudes about things like TV watching or what we drive.

Good morning, DB!

[DainBramaged]

67. Good morning my friend

My Dad used to say two words to folks who preached to him in the 50's ( the world was going to end because of Rock and Roll)


One had something to do with pounding and the other with salt!!!



As a matter of fact I may just turn on the TV and stare at a blank screen

[Lex]

14. "Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television"

LOL. Your reply reminds me of one of the best articles on The Onion:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/

CHAPEL HILL, NC–Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers–as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his apartment building.

Jonathan Green, who tells as many people as possible that he is "fully weaned off the glass teat."

"I, personally, would rather spend my time doing something useful than watch television," Green told a random woman Monday at the Suds 'N' Duds Laundromat, noticing the establishment's wall-mounted TV. "I don't even own one."

[DainBramaged]

17. Thanks for that, it's all too common here

It is terribly funny how some chastise us for having a TV, I actually have three, all there are hooked up to computers for streaming Netflix and Discovery/History/ESPN for the races.

[kentauros]

36. What's worse are the threads that pop up (often in the Lounge)

where everyone proclaims how they gave up their TV, cable, satellite, et cetera, and now just go to Redbox or stream Netflix/Prime on their computers.

What was that about giving up TV?
I guess what they really gave up was the monthly-fee tuner and not the monitor

[Butterbean]

24. LMFAO. My mother is EXACTLY like that, which makes that hilarious.

Plus, I live about 15 minutes away from Chapel Hill, which makes it doubly hilarious.

[RudynJack]

33. When I first read that article

I nearly peed. For years I laughed about people who pride themselves on not owning a television. It's a ridiculous thing to be proud of.

[Divernan]

86. Sounds like my sister-in-law, the p***y-whipping control freak.

Never allowed her husband (my brother) to get a cable hookup - very high-minded about not letting all those trashy programs into their home. The 3 main networks and PBS should be enough for everyone! There were more important things to do with one's life than sit in front of the boob tube! Of course, then they ended up buying whole series of programs on DVDs. Only 2 years ago, she finally, somehow twisted her reasoning around to justify getting cable.

This from a bright, but poor and uneducated woman who has never chosen to work since she hooked my brother (some 45 years ago); who never had the intellectual curiosity to go back to school when my brother would have paid any amount of tuition; and has never involved herself in any community, political or charitable activities. She ridicules "professional" women as being work-obsessed and having no "passion" in life, i.e, like one of her passions, scrap-booking, for example, or "yarn art" or redecorating her house. She's just drifted from one expensive hobby/collecting passion to another. Now she has a blog where she posts photos of her country estate and "uplifting" comments like: it's such a beautiful world, there's no good reason for anyone to be depressed. They just need to adjust their attitudes and look around for something fun to do.

However, my brother, who is the head of his own law firm he built from the ground up, is not allowed to wear a wrist watch. When I happened to ask him for the time, he looked down and mumbled "I don't wear a watch". I didn't even have the heart to ask why. I know why. Another edict from She Who Must Be Obeyed. (Yes, I think of her as Hilda Rumpole). Let me just say that judges get VERY insulted and pissed off if any attorney does not show up on time for a pre-trial conference, motions' argument or trial. And an attorney better have a DAMN good excuse, like, my car was totaled on the way here and I have time dated photos to prove it, your honor - not, "My wife thinks wristwatches are crutches for disorganized people."

Thank you for bothering to read my rant. As Tolstoy said, All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

[Lex]

88. My brother's the same with his wife, but I think HE should stand up for himself.

I used to blame my sister-in-law, then I realized it certainly takes his consent to buckle to her crazy sh*t rules. He should put his foot down at least once in a while, but he doesn't. He lives with the consequences of his own inaction.

[Divernan]

89. I wish my brother would stand up for himself, also.

For while, about 20 years ago, he did - but then she whipped (pardon the expression) him back into line. It wouldn't be so bad if he were the only one who had to live with the consequences, but I cannot begin to tell you how many, many family holidays and relationships his wife has ruined over the decades through a combination of her poisoning his attitude toward his parents, his siblings & even his own kids and her outrageous behavior at the few family events she's deigned to attend. This babe always has to have an enemy/villain, and each of us has been assigned that role at some point over the years. I don't expect either of them to change at this stage of their lives (mid-60's). I used to hope he'd divorce her and find a mentally healthy partner. He's been emotionally lobotomized to the point that he's content.

[Lex]

90. I know exactly what you mean.

Same way, right down to her need to have a villain of the month in our family--which she emails outrageous tirades and made-up slights with are inexplicable. I'm pretty sure she has borderline-personality-disorder (the symptoms fit her to a T) but she'll never get any help. The ruined family events, totally understand that too. I feel so bad for my nieces and nephews, their kids.

[earthside]

28. Smug.

You know ... cinema is an art.

The "TV box" is a very great medium for viewing, for instance, French New Wave Cinema ... like I have been doing lately.

There are hundreds and hundreds of great, meaningful and entertaining movies out there.

Maybe you should try not being so smug, turn your "TV box" back around, and watch a marvelous movie like "Hiroshima Mon Amour" as I did this very evening.

[Logical]

31. LOL, food snobs and now TV snobs. Great. n-t

[melm00se]

70. next will be the book snobs n/t

[Little Star]

83. +1

[kentauros]

35. So, why aren't you off reading a book?

Instead of looking at a computer monitor / TV screen?

[flvegan]

68. LOL!

Okay, that was funny.

[kentauros]

91. Yes, that's a classic scene.

And The Tick is a classic animated series, from television

[WinkyDink]

74. You know what? FU. I'd bet my thousands of tomes that I've read more than you, AND I LOVE TV.

[NYC_SKP]

4. "Tombstone me right fucking now, Netflix!"

And homage to Walt Starr.

I still pay for Netflix but should really quit it because I don't use it nearly as much as I used to and now they've pissed me off for pissing you off.

If it's movies you like, give Amazon a try.

Also check out the DU netflix and streaming video group, if you haven't already.

[DainBramaged]

7. With my blindness, PC's and TV are my only real entertainment

I don't have cable, so I rely on Netflix to watch movies and series like Top Gear and the Discovery channel series.


But it just isn't worth the hassle any more, $168.00 a year and it's rare I can get 2 movies a moth to watch on DVD I haven't already watched (that I'm interested in).

[NYC_SKP]

10. The $8.95/month plan I have doesn't have half the movies I want.

I use the Roku box, which works with Hulu, too.

I hope you find the right thing at the right price, my friend!

[Skittles]

20. lemme ask you something NYC

I set up ROKU but am unable to stream even Netflix, which works just fine outside of ROKU. It just clocks endlessly.....what gives?

[NYC_SKP]

22. Funny you should ask. I just found out I had the "eternal wheel of doom", too.

Is that what you're having? Click on the star button to get into settings.

I had to go back and sync the Roku box with the wireless router.

And easier said than done, I had to go find an ethernet cable to run from here to another room, then set it up by hardwire, then go back in and reset for the wireless connection.

It seems to have lost my password so I had to re-enter it. This all may have been do to a power outage we had last week.

Here's a help page: http://rokuhowto.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-dreaded-error-code-014-solution-1.html

Lemme know if it helps.

[niyad]

25. have you tried your public library? even if it doesn't have the movies you want, and it is part of

the interlibrary loan system--you can get just about anything on dvd FOR FREE

[William769]

8. I can't live without them during the summer months.

Also they have a good selection of LGBT themed movies (some days I just have to immerse my self in them).

[Maximumnegro]

47. Don't know what your tastes are but Netflix is a progressive

dream. There are so many outstanding documentaries on Netflix that I've seen over the past 10 years that NO ONE else has. Amazon has been trying to catch up in the last year but they are still behind. I've seen incredible docs like Helvetica, Steinway, Sherman's March, Queen of Versailles, Nader: An Unreasonable Man, Ken Burns' Jazz/Baseball/Empire of the Air/Jefferson, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, First Position, Bourdain No Reservations, on and on and on and on. Netlfix is THE most accessible for streaming documentaries. For anyone who values knowledge as well as entertainment it is the best IMO.

[Rstrstx]

50. Agree completely

Don't think I'll ever go back to cable/satellite, Netflix is WAYYY cheaper and has more than enough interesting programs to keep me occupied. What it lacks in blockbuster hits it more than makes up for in educational/foreign/alternative stuff. Roku also streams Amazon so if I want to buy/rent a movie that's always an option, heck my Roku is so old it even gets youtube even though it's little more than a gimmick.

[Bluenorthwest]

65. I picked a title I had not seen from your list, I could watch it now for free on

Youtube, I could get it from Google Play etc as well as from Netflix. The content you mention is not made by Netflix. 'Bourdain' is from the Travel Channel, they made that content. His current show 'Parts Unknown' is new on CNN and if you like his stuff it is the best of his stuff. Just watched his Libya and Tangier episodes and they were great stuff.

[Maximumnegro]

95. Oh, so you pick a title

and somehow that invalidates what I said.

Ok.

[whttevrr]

78. What?

Where is that?

[NYC_SKP]

81. From 2006. Classic DU. "Tomnbstone me now, Skinner"

Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-11-06 04:24 AM
Original message

Tomnbstone me now, Skinner

Since yhou can't take me posting on your site, tombstone me right the fuck now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2507034&mesg_id=2507034

And Skinner's classic reply:

Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-11-06 04:24 AM
Response to Original message

1. OK (nt)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2507034&mesg_id=2507035

[whttevrr]

82. oops...

I menat "where is that?" to this:

Also check out the DU netflix and streaming video group

[NYC_SKP]

84. Ah, here's a link to the DU Netflix, Streaming Video, and DVDs forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1143

[whttevrr]

85. Cool...

Thanks.

[msanthrope]

9. I have Amazon Prime. Well worth the money and the streaming is great. I cut the

cord--got totally rid of cable, and now just stream and buy whatever I want. And I have, HULU, too, because my kid LOVES Once Upon a Time and Grimm. And they are adding more and more cool stuff. Mostly TV, not movies, though.

[DainBramaged]

12. OMG I was watching Once Upon a Time at my sweetie's today she has Amazon prime

it was a little cheezy but fun.

Well, that's helping me make my decision.

[msanthrope]

21. The first season is free on Netflix, the second is currently on Hulu, free, but

the episodes will go away right before the premiere of the third season.

I think you have to pay on Amazon, unfortunately, but Season 1 might become Prime, soon.

My kid watches that show, obsessively. Grimm, too, because she really likes sci-fi and fantasy. Grimm is on Prime, I think....

There's lots of British TV on Prime. Check out "Lewis."

I went to Streaming only with Netflix---tired of the DVDs.

[Cha]

51. I just started watching Grimm! they had Season 1 at the Library

.. and now I'm watching Season 2 on Hulu.

I thought I wouldn't like it when it first came out but I do.. Season 2's even better.

there's a lot of TV shows I like and without a TV..thank goodness for the streaming net!

I love Beauty and The Beast too.. my tv lineup looks like teenager's for some shows but others are more grownup like Burn Notice, Suits, Covert Affairs, and Longmire!

[msanthrope]

61. I've been watching Longmire, too...I read a few of the books, so I wanted to see the

series and quite liked it.

I like the streaming option because it forces you to be specific...as opposed to surfing 200 channels of shite.

It also keeps my kid off of the toxic cesspools that are the Disney Channel, MTV, etc...much easier to control content because I can always watch first and decide if it's appropriate.

[quinnox]

11. I guess you could try blockbuster

They are kind of like netflix, you can get dvds sent by mail or streaming some of the movies, but many are not available.

I think there is a need for a better movie service though, one that would allow streaming of any movies instantly, and with a huge selection of both new and older movies. Some big company should enter the fray. Netflix, Blockbuster, and Amazon aren't cutting it.

[Maximumnegro]

48. Netflix 'cuts it' you just have to be open to widening

your horizins. Netflix's documentary and foreign film selection is OUTSTANDING. I can jump from any number of bollywood movies to documentaries to silent films to tv shows that NO ONE else has, or at least has for free. I am continuously amazed at just how limited my fellow progressives' tastes are when it comes to Netflix. I don;t mean that in a abd way, just that I am so surprised because Netflix's selection is so obviously PROGRESSIVE. There are so many great titles that are geared toward learning something new and their categories are so much more specific than anyone else's. Like Gay-themes movies, bam it brings up a whole bunch, cerebral documentaries, bam, buddhist/dalai lama docs bam, on and on and on.

Netflix is the best service there is. No it does not have the brand new and latest but that's never going to happen because the media companies want you to pay premium for that. I'll take feeding my head any day over paying out the nose for ads on Hulu or border-line theater prices from Vudu for recent fare only.

[duffyduff]

77. Streaming isn't owning something

That's why I think all of the streaming outfits are inferior to owning DVDs.

[tammywammy]

13. I like NetFlix, especially their House of Cards series.

To each their own. If you're unhappy with their services you should cut it. I also have Amazon Prime and like it too.

[Maximumnegro]

46. OP didn't even give a real explanation so

not worth the attention. I have had Netflix for over 10 yrs and their customer service has been stellar. If something is Very Long Wait chances are some OTHER customers have damaged or lost the disc and screwed every one else over. This has happened occasionally on harder to find titles as well as very very popular titles that appeal to say less careful viewers (like Cheech and Chong if you get my drift).

Typical DU two sentence outrage thread with no details.

[mick063]

15. I don't get why they abruptly remove TV series.

You get into season four of eight and it isn't available anymore.

Why not just make everything available? I'll pay more for the service.

The other day I wanted to watch "Capitalism: A love Story" by Michael Moore again.

Not available. Why not?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. Because the studios will lease movies or TV shows to Netflix only for a limited amount of time

They would rather sell DVDs. HBO will no longer supply content to Netflix at all, because they've started their own streaming service, which, however, is available only to people who already subscribe to it.

I subscribe to Netflix (for foreign TV and movies), Hulu Plus (for the Criterion Collection of films), and Acorn TV (for British, Canadian, and Australian content). Together, they have more than Amazon Prime has (you have to pay extra for a lot of Amazon's offerings).

[tularetom]

16. If you're into movies and TV shows from the UK, Acorn is a pretty good bet

You can buy their premium membership for thirty bucks a year and watch a wide assortment of mystery and comedy shows.

If you don't mind subtitles or if you speak Swedish, try Mhznetworks.org. They run a detective story from Sweden at 9 PM pacific every night.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. Actually, only some of their programs are from Sweden

although a lot of them, such as "Beck," "Irene Huss," and "Johan Falk," are. Others are from Italy, France, and Germany.

[tularetom]

45. Yeah but the Swedish ones are the only ones I can understand

without reading the subtitles.

No that isn't strictly true, I can understand the Inspector Brunetti episodes filmed in Venice because they are in German. But I haven't seen one of them in awhile.

[jollyreaper2112]

23. No problem for me

Very happy with the service. I pirate anything they don't have. If I have a choice between piracy and Netflix, Netflix is more convenient. Think about that for a second. This is how you do business.

I'm not a corporate fanboy so I will give them shit when they deserve it.

[NewThinkingChance40]

26. I usually use 1channel

for any movies I don't find on Netflix. It can be a pain in the ass because of popups when trying to get the movie started, but it has been good for movies and TV shows once I clear all the ads.

[Avalux]

27. Get a Roku.

You can get Hulu Plus and Amazon, plus a host of other content including music; many are free movie channels.

I've had it for almost a year and love it.

http://www.roku.com/?gclid=CPyI8Lry4rgCFcbm7AodxDMALg

[ceile]

75. how does Roku work?

Is there a monthly fee for the box, or just the one time purchase price? Looking to get rid of Uverse....

[shanti]

79. no monthly fees

but you still have to have internet to use it, so there's that.

[Avalux]

96. It connects to your internet and downloads content through its 'channels'.

The box is a one time fee. Hulu and Netflix are paid monthly subscriptions, as are others, but a lot of them are free and there are tons.

I got rid of Uverse except for local channels and my internet because my cable bill was enormous. Most of the channels cable pads into their packages are useless and I don't watch a lot of TV anyway. I save about 100 bucks a month with what I have now and perfectly happy.

One caveat - no cable news. If you like to watch MSNBC or others they're not offered for Roku. I do have channels for Al Jazeera English, and Huff Po Live.

[earthside]

29. Netflix Greatest Flaw ...

... crappy customer care.

It is like they just don't care.

Which is too bad because streaming is the future.

Still, at my house we are absolutely taken with 'Doc Martin' right now -- one of the most enjoyable television experiences we have had in a long time.

[SMC22307]

30. I must be the only person on the planet...

who doesn't have trouble with Netflix. $8.95/month and depending on what's going on, I can watch 8 movies per month. That's $1.12 per movie. They arrive like clockwork; only once was one damaged in the mail. I LOVE those red envelopes.

[matthews]

39. I haven't had any problems either. nt

[SheilaT]

40. No. there are two of us.

I have Netflix, both streaming and the DVD thing. I often watch 12 or more mailed to me DVDs a month.

Even the supposed long wait ones will arrive very quickly if I move them to the top of my queue. I don't have a TV, but watch plenty over the internet, between Netflix, Hulu, and all of the live streaming any number of networks do

I also read lots of books.

[Maximumnegro]

49. Netflix use for over 10 years. Oustanding service.nt

[FSogol]

62. Same here. Never had a problem with them. n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

93. No, I never had problems, either

I used to get DVDs in the mail, but then I realized that I wanted more flexibility, so I got a Roku and have been happily streaming ever since.

[dorkzilla]

32. Another vote for roku AND twonky

I watch a lot of documentaries, and a good deal of them are on YouTube. Get a roku (I have two 2s and a 3), download the Twonky app (twonky.com) to your tablet, smartphone or computer and stream free YouTube videos to your telly.

I like amazon prime a lot, but I still have what I like to call NetDicks. They suck, but there are still things there I like to watch.

[RudynJack]

34. We just signed up for Netflix streaming

for $8/month, it's worth it. We're watching Mad Men right now. It's the price of one cocktail - well worth it, imo.

[rrneck]

37. I've used Red Box a few times.

You can reserve movies for each location online.

[MADem]

43. I LOVE Redbox--I use it when I go up to Northern Maine and don't have internet access. nt

[RebelOne]

59. In June, my area was hit by a couple of tornadoes.

I wasn't hit directly, but got the outskirts of one. It knocked power out for two days. No TV or Internet. Redbox saved me from total boredom. I have a portable battery-operated DVD player, so was able to rent movies from Redbox.

[MADem]

72. The price is really right, too--and if you rent several movies, they'll give you a code

for a free rental.

I've seen a bunch of films I'd never bother to pay eight to ten bucks to see, thanks to Redbox. And there's nothing better than being able to hit the pause button and go to the bathroom! Or get a snack! Or answer the phone!

[Kablooie]

38. The Pirate Bay has a pretty good selection and at bargain prices.

[millennialmax]

42. Pirate Bay saved me $230+ on a college textbook this quarter.

Pirate Bay.

[Skeeter Barnes]

44. +1

[millennialmax]

41. Movie4k has some good pricing... zero.

Be sure to use a hefty ad blocker, though. I recommend Adblock Plus.

[gopiscrap]

98. Welcome to DU

[Safetykitten]

52. Netflix has no choices if you are not into TV stuff. Redbox is great.

[snot]

53. Netflix is pretty awful.

It's hard to believe they care anymore; I think they're just waiting to be shut down.

I wanted 16 classic titles for a project. Netflix had 2. Amazon had many of them, for a reasonable price. My public library had nearly as many as Amazon, for free.

[Cha]

54. Hey Dain.. there's shows on amazon

that they don't have elsewhere so I watch a whole season for almost 1/2 the price of paying per episode.

You don't like tv shows much.. but, I can't find where the price is for an annual movie
pass.

I never thought about amazon for streaming movies 'cause I'm okay with my netflix DVDs and streaming.

Here's to watching what we love on the net.

[Morning Dew]

55. Be sure to watch Orange Is The New Black before you cancel

It's well worth the watch.

[JCMach1]

64. +1000

[Spirochete]

92. I just finished that one

I binge-watched it in 2 days.
Good stuff

[Jim Lane]

56. My experience with Netflix has been good.

We reported a movie missing and they immediately replaced it, no questions asked. A few months later, when the spring thaw came, we found it had been buried under the snow.

In the last years of my mother's life, she couldn't get around much. Netflix was a great boon to her. I'm not familiar with the other services mentioned in this thread, but the Netflix feature of suggesting movies, based on your ratings of movies you've seen, led her to many movies she enjoyed but otherwise wouldn't have thought of.

[Make7]

57. At least they don't just cancel your account for you...

... If you seem to be ruining this website for a large proportion of our visitors, if we think the community as a whole would be better off without you here, if you are constantly wasting the DU Administrators' time, if you seem to oppose the mission of DU, or if the DU Administrators just don't like you, we will revoke your posting privileges. ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

[Kaleva]

58. I like Netflix

For $7.99 a month, I've watched numerous very entertaining and often critically acclaimed foreign movies.

[davidpdx]

60. So much for customer service

I'd send them a note saying "Fuck you very much, I'll do just that".

Hulu is a racket. I know nothing about Amazon. I don't "qualify" for any of those services since I'm outside the US.

Which makes it easier to tell the movie studios and TV networks to go fuck themselves and still get my shows and movies.

Dear Comcast (NBC),

Go fuck yourself!

Dear Fox 21 Century,

Go fuck yourself!

Dear CBS,

Go fuck yourself!

Edit: Whoops I almost forgot. I don't want to discriminate

Dear Mickey Mouse,

Go fuck yourself!

[NoMoreWarNow]

63. I wish they had more streaming movies, but otherwise, I really like Netflix and

think it is a good deal. I called customer service once and they were quite friendly.

[ananda]

69. For $8.65 a month, I don't know what I should expect.

I like Netflix. It has lots of good shows to watch, and I stream them through
my Roku boxes... with no ads, that's a biggie.

No, they don't have every show I want to see, but when I consider the price,
there are enough shows to keep me happy until the others come out.

[n2doc]

71. I'found that basically, I don't find much to watch on netflix anymore

Maybe 1 new one a month, 2 if I'm lucky. The rest is pure crap, or stuff I'm not interested in. When I first joined netflix many years ago, I had a 4 at a time plan because there were so many interesting things to watch. But I now have seen them all, or some have gone away. Pretty much the same with Amazon Prime.

Would suggest redbox if it is a newer release, they are pretty common and easy to deal with.

[DirkGently]

73. Despite some bad past behavior, I like Netflix.

They were absolutely "throttling" accounts in the past -- deliberately shipping from the most remote locations to slow down people turning the discs around too fast. And if you had too much in your queue, you'd get every last obscure movie from the bottom of the list before the handful of popular movies would ever ship. I learned to cull the list when that started to happen.

But it works well now, in my opinion. I love streaming, particularly television series, where you can decide exactly how much you want to watch and when.

And they're on to something with these self-produced series. "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black" were both amazing, commercial free, and fully available whenever, wherever.

[duffyduff]

76. I will buy DVDs of what I want to keep.

It's mine, and I am not renting. I will check out DVDs from my local library to see if I like a vintage title.

I will look at free downloads on YouTube or Hulu. I will NOT pay a subscription.

[shanti]

80. netflix is great

i have both the streaming and the dvd plan (3 at a time). it's wonderful for documentaries, which i really like. netflix and directv provide me with anything i may want to watch, anytime.

i've had my issues with netflix over the almost 10 years i've been a member, but all in all, it works for me.

[alp227]

87. First world problems haha n/t

[KoKo]

94. We got the "Free Trial" year "Prime Watch Offer" for Amazon recently

and there are many newer movies on there that you don't have to pay for (300 they claim). We just paid them for Season 4 of "White Collar" because we had watched the first 3 Seasons on Netflix but they couldn't get a deal for Season 4, so Amazon was the only place we could find to stream it. It cost $24 but...we figured it's the price for going out to a movie and getting popcorn and drink for two. And we get all 12 episodes...so it was worth it.

We've had Netflix for 6 years and have really liked it but it may be that our tastes trend towards British Series/Old Stuff and Documentaries. Their original production "House of Cards" was a fantastic watch and I think they are going to do more original productions.

The problem with Amazon for us is that we use our Roku Box for streaming and Netflix is so easy to use with it. To watch a movie on Amazon with Roku I have to go to my computer and pay for the rental every time I want to watch. Also their screen interface isn't as friendly as Netflix is on Roku.

Good Luck with the Amazon if you decide to try it!