For those of you that have Netflix, have you added anyone to your friends list yet?
No friends on the Netflix list, Not yet anyways.
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Post Edited (10-11-05 15:32)
No friends at all. Not yet anyway.
odinn7 wrote:
> No friends at all. Not yet anyway.
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But we are your friends odinn7 (http://www.websmileys.com/sm/happy/143.gif)
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rich andrini wrote:
> odinn7 wrote:
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> > No friends at all. Not yet anyway.
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> But we are your friends odinn7
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Haha...thanks Rich.
I've seen netflix mentioned several times before. Does anyone care to clue in the clueless as to what it's all about?
Netflix is a online movie rental service. For about 20 dollars a month you can rent 3 movies at a time and keep them as long as you want. When your done you send them back and they give you the next movies on your queue. The queue is a list of movies that you want and they send them to you as soon as you send back any one of the movies. You don't have to send them all back at one time either. The shipping is free to send them back and they usually get the movies within a day or two to you. Pretty good collection of movies too,
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I' ve got 4 Netflix friends, 2 family and 2 people I know.
It's actually pretty interesting, as you can see what people have at home and what people have in their queue. Also, Netflix crosschecks your movie ratings against each other, giving little lists that show movies you both loved or hated or disagreed upon. Also, if a friend has rated a movie highly, a little purple person will appear next to the title while you're browsing. When you bring up the movie you can see the rating your friends have given it.
I was leery about people seeing what I was renting at first, considering I mostly rent a lot of sleazy horror films and a crapload of anime, but since I obsessively check my rental queue Netflix friends has been something I now check out all the time.
If you want to see what I"m talking about, send an invitation to rsteele27@cox.net and I'll add you to my friends list. You can always delete yourself later.
I currently have 171 movies in my queue...plus two headed back and one headed out...
I currently have about 180 in my list. Mainly horror and foriegn films I haven't been able to find locally.
Anyone who wants to add me to their friends list should feel free to do so. Just send an invite to:
george@sipen.com
am i the only one who feels netflix is a menace and must be destroyed? then again, i feel that way about myspace too. and cooked meat. so maybe im a little irational on these subjects.
What's objectionable about Netflix?
well, it sort of takes away buisness from regualar video stores, and i really like to hang out in video stores and look at all the videos even if i don't get anything (which i often don't). so i guess i really am worried that the regular video store may go away.
Don't have a lot of good indie video stores here, and those are the only ones I hang out in. I loved the one I used to have near my college campus... but those days are gone.
If Netflix meant the end of Blockbuster and other chains, that'd be okay by me. I really doubt it'll happen anytime soon though... (but that's just an opinion; I have no clue about the real implications of those particular market forces).
For me, though, I'd much rather just get the mail and get something I picked out and know I want, than to go to a store and spend 30 minutes agonizing. And looking through all the crap. And waiting in line.
There's something easier about Netflix besides that -- it's easier to remember what I wanted next, because I *never* think of what should come next when I'm *in* the video store (we all know how that happens). But when I'm at this computer, I can just open a window and put it in the queue...
The regular video store has mostly already gone away at the hands of Blockbuster and a few others and if Netflix can dump Blockerbuster, great
I do both: Our Netflix equivalent, Quickflix is great because it stocks lesser known and obscure titles and has a good selection of Anime and foriegn films which is great, but for what it is I think it's a tad expensive.
The reason I think its a little expensive is:
1. I get lazy sometimes and forget to send them back even though I am done with them, and therefore me paying AU$30 for four movies in one month isn't worth it [though that's my fault not theirs]
2. My local video store I go to offers 6 movies for AU$6 so that's a damn good deal.
I also use both because of the whole waiting to get the title you want thing: Sometimes its just better to go down to the store and get what you want there and then instead of waiting around for your turn to come.
So I guess you have your good sides and bad sides for both: One doesn't stock every DVD you can think of, and one doesn't always send the one you really want.
So I guess both are important: Whilst Netflix might be popular, and Blockbuster is kind of evil, I still think it would be really sad if the video store closed down.
The local video stores can co-survive with Netflix; competition is a good thing. But, it will require them to modify what they do: maybe lower prices, keep a good selection, allow longer rental times (or no limit), etc.
IMO, the thing that is killing the brick-and-mortar 'local' video store (ie, Blockbuster, et al, this comment does not necessarily apply to the small indy shops) is lack of selection. It's pretty sad. We've had discussions on here about this before.
Finally, and I don't mean to flame, but it is considered "poor form" to go into a place of business with no intention of making a purchase. I'm not Jewish, but I have been led to understand that this is actually against Jewish Law. It goes along the lines of the shop owner has to pay for electricity, staff, stock (and wear on same), etc. In a way, you are COSTING them money.
So, if you really want to save the local video store, with or without a Netflix out there as competition, rent (or buy) their product. Your presence browsing the shelves does nothing to pay their bills.
I still rent VHS videos at several local Hollywood Videos. And I usually call first to see if they have the movie in stock just so that I'm not looking around trying to find it.