Netflix vs. Blockbuster Online

[Verto]

Originally posted by Sava


yeah...

that's the catch though...

I usually don't rent more than 3 or 4 DVD's a month, so it really isn't worth it for me to pay the monthly fees for those services. Some months I don't rent more than 1 DVD.

I prefer to rent stuff from Blockbuster (going into the store) because it's close to my house, but my mom hates them, so we go to Hollywood more often. Hollywood isn't as good as Blockbuster, but it still is okay.

I just think that waiting for stuff to come in the mail is just stupid.

I want to be able to watch it right away, not wait a few days or whatever and then hassle with having to mail it back.

Plus, there are limits on the number of movies you can have out at any one time, there's the monthly fees that are only worth it if you watch a certain number of movies per month... it just isn't worth it IMO.

The main reasons for me going for Netflix over a brick and mortar store are:

1.) Renting one DVD can easily cost you over six bucks. On top of that, and depending on how new a release it is, you've got to return it in a short period of time.

2.) The selection available at a Blocksbuster or Hollywood Video is pretty small. For popular, mainstream new releases, you can be pretty assured it'll be available. But for older films, or less popular films, you can be dead in the water pretty quick.

Besides, this is a cheaper alternative for watching season sets of shows like CSI, Star Trek, etc, as opposed to buying them.

[GePap]

Well, most of the time renting a single flick costs, what? 3 bucks to 4? So if you rent 5 DVD's a month, you are even. If you do 10, you are way ahead.

I agree that the service only makes sense if you are going to be renting alot of DVD's. But anyone who is, it is great.

It is particulalrly good for renting TV seasons in DVD, since that is usually 6 or 7 DVD's.

[Impaler[WrG]]

My parents use Net Flix and report that they realy enjoy the convenience of mail based delivery and their watching more DVD's then they used too because of the lower per unit cost.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Verto



1.) Renting one DVD can easily cost you over six bucks. On top of that, and depending on how new a release it is, you've got to return it in a short period of time.

$3.49 over at Hollywood for me

and they give me a dollar credit if I return it the next day, otherwise I can keep it 5 days (new release or old stuff)

[Nostromo]

I'm with Zip, the Canadian version of Netflix and I love it. They have an amazing choice. That's the main reason to like it. And its cheaper than renting it in a a brick and mortar store. I rent between 1 and 2 movies per week (last wednesday, I watched the 3 last DVDs of the 5th season of 24 )

Anyway, here are some suggestions Verto:

TV series:

- Foyles' war
- 24
- CSI (the original series)
- Arrested development
- Ghost in the shell stand alone complex

Movies:

- Spirited away (great anime)
- Ghost in the shell
- Ghost in the shell 2: innocence
- The omega man
- Miller's crossing
- Downfall
- Solaris (Tarkovsky's great sci-fi movie, based on Lem's novel)
- The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2004)
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- House of Flying Daggers
- The machinist