Topic 'Re: No choice for Netflix' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650649 en Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:56:06 EDT Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:56:06 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17664189 www.mapquest.com/maps/ma ··· zipcode= ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17664189 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:46:37 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17661531 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17661531 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:04:03 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17661298 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17661298 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:31:49 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17660859 said by KrK:

Networked PC/DVR's/Media Centers etc are already here and will become more integrated, common, and easy to use. If the CES was any indication, we'll be talking about home video servers at Wal*Mart next Christmas...
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Streaming to the PC doesn't interest me much, I'd like to see them do a deal with Tivo, Apple, etc.Yeah, but convergence is coming, and fast. In fact I'm convinced it would already be in widespread use if it WASN'T for DRM and BS Hollywood lawsuits.

Sending movies to the PC is merely the first step. Eventually, and probably sooner, (some ppl can do it already) streaming movies to the PC will be no different from then streaming movies to your living room.

The ReplayTV was headed this way when Hollywood sued em back into the stone-age... but it's coming. Networked PC/DVR's/Media Centers etc are already here and will become more integrated, common, and easy to use.
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Like Tulsa is a happening place? Get a grip cowpoke! Nice, from someone in Plano, Texas. I think the number #1 thing to do there is 'hang' at the Super Wal-Mart....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17660264 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:43:41 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17656123 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17656123 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:36 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17655008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17655008 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:20:12 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654743 said by AR:

Nope. Don't think that'd work - same address, same name. Yes it does. I know quite a few people who have done it. Same name, address, and even credit card, just a different e-mail address.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654743 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:45:29 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654305 arguendo a movie you want is in the store. That's a very hit-or-miss proposition.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654305 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:45:20 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654719
You could create a new one per family member but eventually you'd run out of that option.
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But can't one bypass throttling @ BB by exchanging movies at the store? I guess they could. One could do the same for Netflix by closing the old account and making a new one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654695 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:38:38 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654124 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654124 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:14:24 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654050 said by spewak:

That is exactly why I am now subscribing to Blockbuster and cancelling my Netflix account. They intentionally delay movies from being reported as being recieved, even though you drop them all at the same time.
Don't fool yourself, Blockbuster throttles people too. From what I've seen, Netflix has eased the throttling, as I was one who was throttled, and it has been removed for quite a while. I return all movies at the same time, and 3 new ones go back out the same day without any issues.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17654050 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:02:24 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17653898 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17653898 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:41:44 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17653885 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17653885 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:40:00 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17653132 said by inteller:

I can walk to Blockbuster if I wanted to. You must live in the sticks.....oh wait I see Jackson, MS. No wonder.
... posting it from Tulsa, OKLAHOMA which occupies the shockingly high 93rd spot on the list of largest cities in North America?

Hilarious, ROFL. :D
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Netflix is going to have their ass handed to them by Blockbuster and this new bring it to the store plan. This is the best flexing of brick and mortar muscle I have seen. People aren't going to futz with streaming download bullshit for hours when they can go down the block to their blockbuster and drop off the movie and get another one.
I'd never even try to deal with BB and its craptastic local staff again, let alone its sorry-ass retarded selection.

If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling.
I'd buy it. BB has only couple of more years to live then it'll die and noone will cry for them - their store selection sucks compared to Netflix, period.
I'm not interested retarded-shitty, lame American action heroes at all.
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Have you ever been to a Blockbuster store? Driving in traffic to get there, the lines once I do get there and the idiotic people... why exactly would I waste my time?

Netflix does exactly what I need.One of the reasons I ditched Blockbuster 4 years ago. I used to drop off my returns early in the morning and still be charged late fees because some incompetent monkey was too lazy to check them in on time. If that kind of thing still goes on at Blockbuster, then this ability to return movies to your local store as opposed to mailing them in makes no difference.

Luckily, traffic was not an issue for me as it was for you, my neighborhood Blockbuster is just around the corner from where I live.
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Jackson, MS, home of Worldcom crooks....nuff said.
Jeez, what a retarded arguement. :P

Lets get back on topic here. It was never about blockbuster. This was about free downloads from Netflix. If Blockbuster makes you happy, then great. You don't need to argue your point to the point of insulting other users. :P
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It is not even worth signing up for Blockbuster Online to be able to trade movies at the local brick and mortar store when the selection at my local store sucks and quantities are limited.

Blockbuster could stand to spruce up their web site also. It is almost as primitive as BMG IMO.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17652720 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:34:47 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17652612 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17652612 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:17:23 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17652050 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17652050 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:48:28 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17652159 said by Evergreener:

Streaming to the PC doesn't interest me much, I'd like to see them do a deal with Tivo, Apple, etc.A Netflix deal with TiVo was announced quite some time ago, but I'm pretty sure it's hibernating or dead. I was really looking forward to it, too.
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If this came in some Media-Center plugin i'd be a little happier.
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smaller than burger king? WTF? All the blockbusters here are HUGE.
It all depends on where you live; the closest Blockbuster is over 25 minutes away, and it's not a particularly large one at that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651695 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:41:21 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651618 said by user=tiger72 :

Let's not forget that you are forced to watch the movie on your PC now too.
Thats why my PC is hooked to my 37" widescreen :) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651618 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:27:06 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651473 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651473 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:59:56 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651363 said by Evergreener:

Streaming to the PC doesn't interest me much, I'd like to see them do a deal with Tivo, Apple, etc.
That would be the $hizzle. I would love to have Apple's iTV be able to surf the rentals from Netflix, Blockbuster, etc vs Comcast's PPV. That would be the best thing since sliced bread.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651363 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:37:46 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651353 said by inteller:

compared to North Aurora, IL....yes.
But the comparison was not with North Aurora, it was with Jackson, MS?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651353 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:35:45 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651298 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651298 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:26:54 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651283 said by kyramilan:

You can only return movies not rent any but 1 a month with Blockbuster. And, look at the crappy selection at local stores that are smaller than Burger King.
BZZZZT! Wrong answer. I dropped Netflix ages ago due to crappy delivery. With the new blockbuster system, I can take all three of my envelopes down do to the store and here's what happens:

1) I get 3 rentals of my choice
2) The next day the movies clear my queue
3) My next 3 movies ship.

So, in total, I now have 6 movies when I'm only paying to rent 3.

Explain to me, exactly, how that is only renting on movie per month? Or how that's only able to "return movies"?

Do some research on how it really works before spouting off garbage.
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Who cares? This thread is about Netflix and downloads, not Blockbuster and their only selections of BIG hit movies (no obscure or indie films, or if so, in supply) and 90 copies of Open Season with only one on shelf...oh look, the pimple-faced clerk has 4 copies behind the counter but wants to chat about his level 50 WoW character with the other over-weight, pasty-faced clerk-asst mngr.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651021 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:20:06 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651248 said by inteller:

Netflix is going to have their ass handed to them by Blockbuster and this new bring it to the store plan. This is the best flexing of brick and mortar muscle I have seen. People aren't going to futz with streaming download bullshit for hours when they can go down the block to their blockbuster and drop off the movie and get another one.

If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling.
Let's not forget that you are forced to watch the movie on your PC now too.
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I can walk to Blockbuster if I wanted to. You must live in the sticks.....oh wait I see Jackson, MS. No wonder.
Tulsa is the cradle of Western civilization now? ;) :p :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651112 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:49:57 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651045 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651045 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:37:58 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17651023 said by inteller:

enjoy waiting for your intentionally delayed movies while others pick up news ones from blockbuster.

Zealotry gets you no where.
That is exactly why I am now subscribing to Blockbuster and cancelling my Netflix account. They intentionally delay movies from being reported as being recieved, even though you drop them all at the same time. I work at the main Postal facility and know how the system works, when the driver for Netflix arrives to pick-up the thousands of discs. For them to report that not all of the discs have been returned is horsebleep! We won't even get into throttling. See ya Netflix.
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I myself do not run home every day just to sit on my azz and watch movies. I have dinner dates, homework assignments, Movie dates and other social activities that keep me busy. As a result I have downgraded my Netflix subscription to two out at a time because I don't watch the movies quickly enough.

I belive the only people that are gonna run to Blockbuster will be those like my roommate whose sole existence is to come home watch movies, eat, drink and smoke in his bedroom at every moment he gets, because hes a lazy azz with no life.

Now don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with having a day to yourself and vegging out, and doing things that make you happy.....but my roomie will park his car on Friday after work and go to his room and neither he nor his car would move until its time to go back to work.

He might switch to Blockbuster but im guessing that hes too lazy to get off his butt even if it meant getting movies faster. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650920 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:15:14 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650852 said by inteller:

smaller than burger king? WTF? All the blockbusters here are HUGE.
Most of the ones here have been closed down.
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Netflix is going to have their ass handed to them by Blockbuster and this new bring it to the store plan. This is the best flexing of brick and mortar muscle I have seen. People aren't going to futz with streaming download bullshit for hours when they can go down the block to their blockbuster and drop off the movie and get another one.

If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling.
You can only return movies not rent any but 1 a month with Blockbuster. And, look at the crappy selection at local stores that are smaller than Burger King.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650808 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:50:20 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650795 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650795 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:47:44 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650793
Netflix does exactly what I need.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650793 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:47:27 EDT Re: No choice for Netflix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-No-choice-for-Netflix-17650780
Zealotry gets you no where.
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I subscribe to Netflix so I don't have to go to Blockbuster.
Dittoes.
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If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling.
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