What do you think the other shoe will be?
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
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javachik - Sep 19, 2011 7:37:27 am PDT #17876 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
SuziQ - Sep 19, 2011 7:38:24 am PDT #17877 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have until Sept 26th (my next billing date) to decide what to do with Netflix. I got that e-mail this morning and it pissed me off even more than the original rate restructing did.
Other streaming/DVD options are what? Amazon? Hulu Plus? I haven't explored either of those or know what the pros/cons are there. At this point I kinda want to completely drop Netflix, but I do like the streaming and having access to newer movies on DVD.
javachik - Sep 19, 2011 7:40:59 am PDT #17878 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Suzi, I have huluplus and amazon prime and there is a lot of overlap. I mostly have huluplus because Charlie gets a lot of use out of it (I got him a Roku for his new apartment in Alameda, and he watches Netflix, huluplus and amazon all on my acccounts). It allows both of us to have minimal cable. I'd drop cable in a minute if I wasn't a sports nut.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2011 7:49:41 am PDT #17879 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There's already a Qwikster on Twitter, and it's HILARIOUS: [link]
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 7:56:19 am PDT #17880 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
javachik,
I am not sure. I wish I were an industry analyst because I probably could answer your question more cogently.
It seems to me that netflix is in a bit of a bind:
a) disc shipping is somewhat beholden to the postal service system which is in trouble
b) streaming is beholden to the content providers who can act like ass clowns half the time. streaming is also beholden to cable companies and other telcos who control the pipes.
I think netflix is getting squeezed and I wouldn't be surprised if another major change to functionality/value is not in store.
Toddson - Sep 19, 2011 8:07:21 am PDT #17881 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw "huluplus" and thought, for a moment, "it IS lupus!".
javachik - Sep 19, 2011 8:09:10 am PDT #17882 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
HA!
SuziQ - Sep 19, 2011 8:17:59 am PDT #17883 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Looks like the cost for HuluPlus and Amazon Prime are less than what I had been paying for Netflix, monthly. I know, I'd have to pay Amazon Prime for the full annual amount together. But the other benefits of Prime sound pretty good too.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 8:19:01 am PDT #17884 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
note: not all videos available on Amazon Unbox are available free via Prime.
Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 8:21:04 am PDT #17885 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is there an easy way to have last.fm remove an artist from my library? It keeps giving me Weird Al because I like Jonathan Coulton.