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Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
They're still doing it Brenda, now they just have a clause in their contracts that says they can. I usually return my three every Monday, and the new ones arrive Wednesday, but over the summer when there's less tv on I rotated through them more often, and by the end of the summer they had just started to throttle me. Luckily they stopped throttling straight away I slowed down, which is an improvement over previous summers.

Dolphinschild
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06-21-2006

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Good Info to know. Thanks every one. Kit I like your plan of turn in and returns. I think that will work for me too, so I will give it a try.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Kind of off topic, but I signed up for blockbuster total access. The nice thing is you can exchange your movies in the store right way if you want to. We have three movies at a time, so we can get three more at the store if we take them all in, while we are waiting for them to ship the next ones ithe queue. Seems to work pretty well so far.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Interesting Kitt. I guess I just don't go through movies fast enough to get throttled. I know my sister goes through them fast but hasn't complained.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Blockbuster can't tempt me with returning DVDs to the store. I hate the trip there and back.

The one negative I have heard about Blockbuster is the way their web site works. People have trouble with it.

Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
I got rid of blockbuster, because they never seem to give you the top run movies, netflex does, and they got rid of all the blockbuster stores in my area. I wasn't getting any good movies with blockbuster, like I am with Netflex.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I'm proud to say I haven't stepped foot into a Blockbuster in at least 6 years. I never did like that the wouldn't carry unrated films.

They can't tempt me away from Netflix either.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
has anyone gotten to use the download for movies with Netflix yet? when i inquired where we were on the list to have it available they told me our group was scheduled for June. just wondering how it is working for those that are in the first waves.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I haven't heard anything about it. I guess it's not here yet either!

...found the link. It says June in my area. Wonder how it will work, it could give a new meaning to unlimited.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i really don't see us using it that much. i just don't want to watch movies on my computer unless i am out of town and bored to death. but, i'll get it a shot once i get the chance to see how it works if nothing else.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I looked into it a bit more. If you're on the 3 at a time unlimited you'll get 18 hours of free online streaming media. 1,000 of the 70,000 movies should be available and also some tv shows. It's the tv shows that would interest me. People sometimes recommend old series and I sometimes don't want to "waste" one of my rentals on a tv show I'm not sure about. If I could download an episode as a tester that would be really good. IF that's what they mean by tv of course - maybe it's just last week's Lost.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
kitt, on the TV show rentals, the ones i watch come with several episodes on one disc. very few come with only one episode.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I checked out the site; apparently it is already available in my area. The TV shows are all older ones that are already on DVD, although so far, there is not a huge selection of them unless you're a Dr. Who fan. There aren't too many movies on it yet, either; under the Romance category, there are only 28.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
what about action and adventure, sci-fi or drama? i'm not a romance movie watcher, so that doesn't bother me. and, it is the older TV shows that i want to watch.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yeah, cnd, sorry I didn't explain myself well. I meant to see whether I like a series, I would have to use up one of my rental slots even if it turned out I didn't like it. (And a slot usually costs me a week of time, because I only have time to watch the dvds at the weekend.) If I could watch a single episode online then I could decide whether I liked it before renting the dvd.

Merrysea, yes, SciFi, my thought exactly! Any early scifi series (other than Dr Who!)?

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
There are several Red Dwarf seasons and Starhunter 2003 in television, but the TV category is not broken down into genres, so it's harder to find them. There are only about 85 TV rentals so far. In movies, there are 32 in the sci-fi category, 113 in action and adventure, and 201 in drama. There are some good older movies, and a lot of ones that I've never heard of!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Red Dwarf! I had those until my dvd collection was stolen. Sigh. Sounds like it could be good, but maybe not something to rely on for the blockbusters. Thanks for the info, I'm looking forward to it coming online here.

Bakerygirl
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11-03-2002

Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bakerygirl a private message Print Post    
I like Blockbuster online. You can take your movies back to the store and exchange them, then you still get more in the mail 2 days later. You can usually only get new releases in the store, you can't really depend on them through the mail without waiting awhile. You also get coupons you can print out for games or movies. Well worth the money and it seems much better than NetFlix

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Blockbuster works really well for me too. We have the three movies at a time, and get tv series or older movies; then trade them in at the store (halfway between my office and my home) for new releases we can't wait to see. And the once a month coupon that's good for a game or a movie helps with my son's frequent game rentals.

Whrlwnd
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10-13-2006

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whrlwnd a private message Print Post    
LOL! Will TVCH never cease to surprise me? Just when I think I've found all the sections/topics there are, I accidentally discover even more!

I just joined Netflix this past summer. Like Kitt, I usually retn mine on Mon and have the new ones by Weds. It's gone like clockwork for me. I have 2 unlimited, but I normally wait til the weekends to watch them. So, I average 8 p/month.

I had an experience that I didn't notice anyone else mentioning above that I thought I'd share. Not that long ago, there was one week that they recd my returns as usual, but for some reason they didn't ship the new ones right away. I recd them Fri instead of usual Weds. No biggie to me, as long as I had them for the weekend. The surprise, though, was they also shipped a 3rd one as a bonus to apologize for the delay.

So, needless to say, I have no complaints, having recd an apology bonus when I wasn't even unhappy!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
OT Whrlwnd, have you moseyed into the members section, yet?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
You received a third one as a bonus!!!!! My one main gripe with Netflix (apart from the throttling) is that their customer support is atrocious. I wish my local branch was as nice as yours!

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Melfie1222 a private message Print Post    
I Netflix. In 2 1/2 years only two issues outside of the usual. 1st, received one DVD with a tiny crack in it, they sent the same movie immediately. But I didn't get to watch the movie I wanted to that night. 2nd, ordered one I guess sort of obscure DVD that took more than the usual one day since they didn't have it in the local center, and they emailed me to let me know that it would take longer than usual. Two days instead of one.

My only thing is, I want more options to personalize my queue. I want to be able to add a little note to whichever movie I am adding. My queue is already too long because I add movies that friends have recommended or I've seen reviews of elsewhere... the ones that don't have a commercial to remind you to "own it on DVD this Tuesday!"

Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
I like netflex better then blockbuster, because you get the first run movies faster, I don't know how they do it.

Crzndeb
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07-26-2004

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crzndeb a private message Print Post    
If I want a movie that is releasing on Tues, I always make sure I mail back movies to Netflix on the previous Fri. or Sat. That way, they always ship me the new releases on Monday. I have a distribution center close, so it's only a one day turnaround.
I'm on the 3 at a time unlimited plan and I probably average 10-12 movies a month. Never had any trouble with throttling and I've had Netflix for about 3 years.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i have the 'Watch Now' tab when i login. we weren't supposed to get it until June. so, they must be ahead of schedule.

i tried to watch one of the movies yesterday but dh has to adjust something on our wireless network security. i'm excited to try it out and will let you know once we get it debugged. dh forgot to look at it last night.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Can you give a couple of names of movies with Watch Now on them, so I can check if they say for me? I can't see any at the moment in my area.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
kitt, when you go to the Netflix homepage there will be a new tab on the far right top just before the search box that says "Watch Now". if you don't have that tab, then you can't get in just yet.

and, you have to use Internet Explorer 6 or higher. it won't work with Firefox.

are you asking me for movie titles that are listed under the Watch Now tab?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Ah right, no tab yet :-(.

(I wasn't sure if you meant you were browsing through movies and noticed one had a Watch Now tab, so I was asking which one so I could see if it had the tab on mine. But as it's a big tab on the front page then I know I haven't got it yet, so no need to check an individual dvd!)

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
sorry for the confusion, kitt.

the really cool thing that i see so far is that it tells you which DVD's in your queue are available to watch so you don't have to look them up yourself.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Oh no don't apologise, the problem was me not making myself clear as usual!

I'm looking forward to it. We watch a lot of old tv shows so hopefully some of them will be available. In the summer when there's not much on tv we get through a lot of netflix, so I think this could be a really nice alternative. Depending on the quality of it!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
LOL...I've had the two same Netflix movies since before last October. I have found one since I moved and am hopeful of finding the other...but I probably will have to go online and figure out which one it is. The movies spent their winter in storage.