Reply #34: The DVD by mail service isn't worth $8 a month [View All]

[Juche]

It takes 1-2 days for them to ship it to you, then another 2-4 days between when you put it in the mailbox and when you get the next one. I can get DVDs for $1 at redbox, blockbuster and the library w/o the wait. Even if I watch movies right when I get them (which I usually do not, I only get 2-3 a month in the mail) it would end up costing me $1 each DVD, which is what I pay to get them in person.

The only problem is they had a good selection by mail. But I'm not going to pay a huge markup for it. I'm keeping the streaming service though. However the selection on that, while good, isn't as good as the DVD by mail. And they broke off with Starz recently so they will lose movies that way too.

In the article they claim their streaming service will expand soon. I hope so, if they devote more energy to expanding streaming at $8/month then in the long run this will work out well, at least for me. But there are still going to be DVDs that I can't get at redbox, blockbuster, local video stores or the library that I won't be able to see since I don't have netflix dvd anymore.