I don't get how he is calculating the cost of keeping a movie out. His starting point seems off. He says this "Trexel, I could tell, was a kindred spirit. She likes movies and is on the eight-film-a-month plan ($48 a month)." I assume he means 8-at-a-time? Because paying $50 for a total of 8 films seems pretty stupid. I looked on Netflix and there is not any plan listed involving 8 movies (but I think there used to be).

Of course, I don't really understand keeping something for two years and not watching it either.

If customers decide they’re not getting their money’s worth, they might cancel their subscriptions altogether or at least downgrade them.

My deciding factor is "how much would this film be costing me in late fees." Hell, I ended up paying late fees on the movies I watched right away. So I'm still committed to Netflix. Even though I sent Hotel Rwanda back unwatched because I knew I couldn't take the film, emotionally.

I've sat on a few things for a while and never watched them. I've also misplaced a dvd and so never returned it. I finally found several months later behind the piano. But I was continually watching and returning other discs so I didn't feel so bad about it.

The fact that I can sit on a movie until I actually feel like watching it is why I have Netflix. I can either factor things as how many movies I can have at a time, or how long I can have movies. Both are valuable in their own ways.

Okay, now I need to get to that work task that involves aggregating information from a sequence of e-mails. I hate doing that with Notes, since it's a tabbed interface.

My deciding factor is "how much would this film be costing me in late fees." Hell, I ended up paying late fees on the movies I watched right away.

Hell, I end up paying late fees on library DVDs--and the library is across the street! So if that "8th" DVD slot being taken up for a few months allows you to cycle through your other 7 more rapidly, I'd say you are probably getting your money's worth.

I have THREE discs in my house somewhere that I cannot find. I keep watching two movies and returning them to get more while still being on the five movie at a time plan because they are parts of boxed sets and I am sure I will find them eventually.

That is my Netflix guilt

Isn't this article a lot like one that was posted in Salon some time ago? I'm not sure it's not the exact same one, actually.

We just downgraded to one at a time. We're too busy / have too much media to keep up with even two.

I downgraded to one at a time also, and also have had Hustle and Flow since Feb.

But Hustle & Flow is fun. Gritty, but fun. With good music. Why the wait?

I went from five to three. If I had one, I couldn't hang onto it until I felt like watching it without backing up the 446 movies in the queue.

Which reminds me, I need to go interleave Deadwood S1 with something nice and different.