Netflix to split DVD business? Not any more!
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Makes me want to take a nap.
Qwikster makes me want to Pukester!!!
Seriously, Netflix' new pricing/plans ARE saving us money every month...surprisingly the same amount we used to pay Netflix for their DVD/Streaming service.
I suspect Netflix views this as a short term loss, long term gain. I suspect Dish, with it's acquisitions, will be a MAJOR threat to Netflix.
Got the same email as Scott. Did not get the first email, but I only subscribe to streaming video.
I'd like to think they have some strategy, but it sure does not look good. I really hope the streaming service lasts -- I watch a lot of tv on it. LOST, Numb3rs, In Plain Sight, Dresdan Files, Jericho, all the star treks, the Stargates, etc... Yeah, its not NEW stuff, but it kept me very busy all summer, and its cheap entertainment at $8/month.
I'd like to think they have some strategy, but it sure does not look good. I really hope the streaming service lasts -- I watch a lot of tv on it. LOST, Numb3rs, In Plain Sight, Dresdan Files, Jericho, all the star treks, the Stargates, etc... Yeah, its not NEW stuff, but it kept me very busy all summer, and its cheap entertainment at $8/month.
No wonder Wally World wants to jump back in too the online movie rental biz again.
I don't think so, where did you read that?
Got that last night.
What's with the Napster-like name???
If they were going stupid, why not Qwikflix???
It does hold water because Dish is wholly independent of ISPs and their charges and caps. The ISPs could all go to blazes, and Dish could still sell TV as they do to millions of souls out in the boonies with no internet at all.
Part of what made Netflix so great was it's low flat rate pricing. Once the content providers get done holding them up, they won't be nearly so attractive. They could charge as much as Dish, and still be vulnerable to the ISPs, many of whom are cable TV providers who are in direct competition with Netflix.
I have yet to receive an email from Fletnix... Guess they forgot I'm a current sub...
Well OK, Bob Haller, I mean TheKrell, you win your debate when the world deletes the internet. How often do Bob's stupid predictions come true? Hey, Netflix doesn't have to sell to millions of people who live without the internet, they just need to dominate the world market of those who do have the internet. Don't forget, Netflix as with Dish, is demonstrating they have the willingness to survive any change in the way the world does things. Dish is moving toward streaming too, not away from it. Don't rule out Netflix launching their own satellites if the world outlaws the internet or all ISP's go up in a blaze as you suggest.
I do believe I may see a day where I have to make a choice between a satellite service and a streaming service because the rates of both are so high I can't afford to keep both. On that day we will see the bulk of the content to be similar if not identical. We saw this likely scenario before with subscribing to cable, DirecTV and DishNetwork. Today I have dropped DirecTV and Cable and remain with Dish due to increasing rates and similar content. Redundancy is an expensive luxury.
I get e-mails daily from Netflix and my letter arrived with the others. I never get anything from Fletnix either. But then I don't subscribe to Fletnix.
To quote Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix: "Many members love our DVD service, as I do, because nearly every movie ever made is published on DVD".
He can't be serious with that statement. If I had to guess, I'd say that less than 20% of all the movies ever made are on DVD. Get a clue, Reed.
He can't be serious with that statement. If I had to guess, I'd say that less than 20% of all the movies ever made are on DVD. Get a clue, Reed.
No email for me did not even get the usual email to say they got my disk and they have not sent my new one out
I guess they do want out of the dvd businesses
You have all ready said your a streamer I think DVD only customers where left out
Oh for crying out loud! I was using hyperbole; I do not expect anybody to "outlaw the Internet". And I certainly don't think all ISPs will simultaneously go up in smoke, though a few smaller operators, or smaller sections of bigger operators, have indeed gone "poof" taking their customers offline for days at a time.
What I was saying was that Netflix (the streaming-only option) is wholly dependent upon 3rd parties (the ISPs) to deliver their product. When they included disks by mail, they could still sell to people who don't have adequate, affordable Internet service. I'm still one of their <cringe> Quikster customers, even though I have 30/5 service, because (1) I've never seen acceptable quality streaming from them and (2) what I want to watch generally is unavailable via streaming. This can and I hope will be fixed for those of you who are keeping Netflix. But you (and Netflix) are at the mercy of your ISP. They could throttle Netflix tomorrow. They could change their TOS tonight and start charging an arm and a leg for any downloads greater than some lowball figure that won't bother anybody but those pulling down videos. And you could get an astronomical bill next month and have no recourse but to end your Netflix addiction.
Dish Network is not beholden to ISPs to deliver their primary product.
No problem, when others go down the road of absurdity I participate with equal absurdity. Sorry you got upset for me following your lead.
true- but based on last night's issues here, they seem to still be dependent on the weather. Ok more bad humor, but my point is that all business are dependent on some outside influence and can hit us unexpectedly without notice. We choose what we feel is the best for our individual situation and this can change with time as conditions change. I guess the point of not being emotional and just looking at the facts is to determine our needs and who is most efficient in supplying those needs. I just posted this in one of the many threads here about my objective evaluation on my media services. I left out Sirius as it is not video and only in one car.
I never had Netflix until about a year ago when all of you convinced me it was god's gift to satelliteguys other than a temp trial period years ago. I always said it was too few DVD's for the cost when compared to the competition. Turn around 2 years ago was pathetic and the wait for new releases was worse, sometimes waiting for months. But I tried it again in the summer of 2010 and things improved. Better turn around and no waiting. I seem to never get a BD passed over as not available and they here are next day. For the price it seems like a decent backup option to my movie pass with Blockbuster. PLUS, Netflix had this streaming HD that looked pretty good and has been getting better both in quality and quantity. They had titles I couldn't get at Blockbuster too. I was hooked. Then in the Spring of 2011 BB went throughj the scare of going out of business and everyone here was down on them for being so lousy. I never saw it but did agree their business was run poorly on a debt to income ratio. DishNetwork comes to the rescue and makes no real changes other than a slight 5% price increase on my movie pass. There was a 6 week period of no new releases I suffered through too. Things have settled down a bit now but the fickle satelliteguys have nowt turned on the once beloved Netflix and I haven't heard where they are running to but rather they are just running away from Netflix. So, I see it as a panic emotional fear packed response to something that is led by negative hype. If it weren't so sad it would be funny to see the reaction here if Netflix goes under and Blockbuster ironically is the remaining streaming service ( currently shut down by Dish but is suspicioned to turn it back on) to offer a subscription rate, jack their rates to 3 times what it is now because there is no competition.
