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it really depends how much you use it to know whether its "worth" it or not. In the winter, keeping 2 DVD's at a time for me is great as I usually go through 2 a week and stream shows and movies at work. But in the summer its a waste because it seems the DVDs always sit on my xbox for weeks

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Here is a very important PSA about all this.

http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/5x48

Really?! The price is not bad at all, still way better than what I was paying a month to go to Blockbuster. And blaming this on NetFlix greed?!?!?! What ever! Do your homework. They are the underdog in all this. They are fighting Hollywood and all that bullshit, then they have Comcast putting the screws to them with slowing the traffic on comcast's internet service unless they pay a surcharge. Why? Because NetFlix is cutting into the their Pay-Per-View. Then, O wait, Postage keeps going up as well, when was the last time you put a stamp on your DVD? Wat to talk about the lacking selection, again talk to Hollywood and Blockbuster. They have deals to try to lock Netflixs out of the game, at one point Sony was charging 2Xs the licensing fee to Netflix as it was any other retailer

I realize this is the case but also they only care about the number of subscribers. The first increase that I incurred was due to them making a cheaper streaming plan but raising a 4 year loyal customers price who already has one of their most expensive packages. I also understand their costs have increased dramatically but so has their number of subscribers. I have no issue paying an increase due to increasing costs but don't raise my price to create a cheaper plan to bring in more subscribers and then raise my price again 6 months later.

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Got this email from Netflix this morning...

Dear David,

I messed up. I owe you an explanation.

It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology. Let me explain what we are doing.

For the past five years, my greatest fear at Netflix has been that we wouldn't make the leap from success in DVDs to success in streaming. Most companies that are great at something – like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores – do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us). So we moved quickly into streaming, but I should have personally given you a full explanation of why we are splitting the services and thereby increasing prices. It wouldn’t have changed the price increase, but it would have been the right thing to do.

So here is what we are doing and why.

Many members love our DVD service, as I do, because nearly every movie ever made is published on DVD. DVD is a great option for those who want the huge and comprehensive selection of movies.

I also love our streaming service because it is integrated into my TV, and I can watch anytime I want. The benefits of our streaming service are really quite different from the benefits of DVD by mail. We need to focus on rapid improvement as streaming technology and the market evolves, without maintaining compatibility with our DVD by mail service.

So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are really becoming two different businesses, with very different cost structures, that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently.

It’s hard to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to “Qwikster”. We chose the name Qwikster because it refers to quick delivery. We will keep the name “Netflix” for streaming.

Qwikster will be the same website and DVD service that everyone is used to. It is just a new name, and DVD members will go to qwikster.com to access their DVD queues and choose movies. One improvement we will make at launch is to add a video games upgrade option, similar to our upgrade option for Blu-ray, for those who want to rent Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 games. Members have been asking for video games for many years, but now that DVD by mail has its own team, we are finally getting it done. Other improvements will follow. A negative of the renaming and separation is that the Qwikster.com and Netflix.com websites will not be integrated.

There are no pricing changes (we’re done with that!). If you subscribe to both services you will have two entries on your credit card statement, one for Qwikster and one for Netflix. The total will be the same as your current charges. We will let you know in a few weeks when the Qwikster.com website is up and ready.

For me the Netflix red envelope has always been a source of joy. The new envelope is still that lovely red, but now it will have a Qwikster logo. I know that logo will grow on me over time, but still, it is hard. I imagine it will be similar for many of you.

I want to acknowledge and thank you for sticking with us, and to apologize again to those members, both current and former, who felt we treated them thoughtlessly.

Both the Qwikster and Netflix teams will work hard to regain your trust. We know it will not be overnight. Actions speak louder than words. But words help people to understand actions.

Respectfully yours,

-Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, Netflix

p.s. I have a slightly longer explanation along with a video posted on our blog, where you can also post comments.

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I got the same email as Dave posted this morning.

I have kept both services, thus far. It's still cheaper than cable TV. Granted the quality of shows isn't great. I only watch a couple of streaming shows.

I am salty now that I have to goto 2 different websites to get what I want.

Last confirmed number I saw that had left was 600,000. Stock had dropped $39.xx too at that point. No idea what it is now.

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If you have a local Drug Mart around you, Monday's are their "deal" day. 79 cents per movie - no matter what type it is (new or old release). Granted, their selection sucks and there's only a few copies of each new release but I'll typically go there on Monday's, walk out with 4 (max. allowed) new movies and spend a little over 3 bucks for all new releases. I'm the type that won't rent movies for a long time and then all of the sudden, I'll rent a bunch so I never thought paying a continuous fee per month was the best for me.

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yea this just might be my jumping off point from the DVD service now
I got the same email as Dave posted this morning.

I have kept both services, thus far. It's still cheaper than cable TV. Granted the quality of shows isn't great. I only watch a couple of streaming shows.

I am salty now that I have to goto 2 different websites to get what I want.

Last confirmed number I saw that had left was 600,000. Stock had dropped $39.xx too at that point. No idea what it is now.

I got the email too, funny thing is I saw it on a tech blog before I got the email. This change makes me more sad than the price bump.

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We have had it a couple months now. Kids love it! Just got a blueray with wifi and now able to watch it in the bedroom! wooo hooo ;) We just have the streaming not the dvd. Sounds like its not worth the extra $$. How does Hulu work?? Ive heard of it, but havnt seen it.

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We have had it a couple months now. Kids love it! Just got a blueray with wifi and now able to watch it in the bedroom! wooo hooo ;) We just have the streaming not the dvd. Sounds like its not worth the extra $$. How does Hulu work?? Ive heard of it, but havnt seen it.

Your blueray player may do hulu too. It is a ton of tv shows (but next to nothing for kids). They have a good chunk of new shows that get posted within 24-48 hours of airing on tv.

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I am thinking about it too. If you are a Dish Network customer, they are offering the same package as Netflix (1 disc at a time, streaming, games (consoles), etc.) for $10 / month. I am waiting to see if they come up with an app like Netflix did for built in support for my bluray player, XBOX360 & PS3.

Just FYI.

OhioBob

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baha so after the original idea to split it into 2 companies, they've now changed their mind with more negative backlash

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/netflix-abandons-plan-to-rent-dvds-on-qwikster/

official post from netflix:

http://blog.netflix.com/2011/10/dvds-will-be-staying-at-netflixcom.html

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whenever i want to watch a movie/tv show i just set sail for the pirate bay. YARRRRRR

that's what I do but the picture quality isn't that great. even ones that are over 1 gig in size often are nowhere near a blue ray or a dvd in progressive scan mode. which is really apparent when viewing them on a larger tv. I have a smaller 32" lcd in the bedroom and hooked up to my computer via dvi to hdmi out it's still not the greatest. even though it says it's playing in 1080P on the tv. it looks more like a vcr.

I can live with most of them and it's good for checking out a movie and if I like it I usually buy it on blue ray.

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