netflix is spinning off its dvd rental side into a new company called Qwickster. Netflix itself will be only streaming media.
That reminds me, I should cancel my Netflix account.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
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Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 3:57:41 am PDT #17861 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2011 4:36:10 am PDT #17862 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What services are you using to consume media these days, Jess?
Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 4:39:10 am PDT #17863 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh - Ethan's job, mostly. If we've gone through everything on the Tivo, there's always a stack of DVDs to watch. I can't remember the last time I fired up Netflix streaming, and I haven't seen a DVD from them in months.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2011 4:41:52 am PDT #17864 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, is Netflix's only strong point w/r/t DVD rentals the fact that they have a large catalog? Because -- and I know I'm not the first person to say this -- I can rent Thor from RedBox for a buck.
But the flip side, I assume, is that RedBox is just new(ish) stuff? So if I wanted, say, S1 of a TV show, Netflix Qwickster would be the way to go?
Gris - Sep 19, 2011 4:45:21 am PDT #17865 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I'm working my way through Friends via Neflix DVD. RedBox can't do that. But honestly, I'm probably not going to keep two separate accounts to do that, and the streaming is more valuable to me. This split is a mistake.
I also made a mistake and bought some Netflix stock a month ago; I thought they were going to recover from the fallout of the price drop and Starz going away. I think this means I'm wrong. Oops.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 4:49:29 am PDT #17866 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I believe Redbox focuses on current releases, and I guess it isn't available everywhere (I have no idea where I would go for Redbox around where I live).
Netflix's catalog is pretty deep on the DVD side, their streaming is great for tv releases, but if I want to say, watch "The Sound of Music", I pretty much can't do that streaming.
I can't watch "The Wire" streaming.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 4:49:48 am PDT #17867 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, and streaming does not have the full coverage of subtitle options either.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2011 4:58:08 am PDT #17868 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or special content, depending.
I'm keeping both accounts. It was nice having them in the same place, and being able to decide right there between hard copy and streaming, but I use both sides, and don't see why I'd stop.
Netflix just made it out to Jamaica, and my sister was very excited. And then she saw the reduced catalog, and now she's all bitter.
bon bon - Sep 19, 2011 6:08:19 am PDT #17869 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
When I saw that thing from Netflix, it was on my iphone, and I seriously thought it was a hoax. So, your apology is to announce a change in service that in no way is better for your consumers (two websites that DON'T TALK TO ONE ANOTHER), and makes things harder in order to make things easier for Netflix? Smooth move, ex-lax.
meara - Sep 19, 2011 6:13:03 am PDT #17870 of 25501
Yeah, the spit and changing the name is so weird and random I was like "wait, it's not April Fool's...WTF?"
My only other immediate thought was "does this make it somehow easier to close the DVD rental part without freaking out investors and subscribers, in the future?"