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exhawg;1970022; said:
Any word on how many subscribers Netflix has lost? I cancelled the day before my next bill was due and right after they shipped me my last dvd. If they don't workout a deal to have new releases online I don't see these new plans working. If they were smart they would have their standard online plan and then add premium movies on top of that to take the place of DVD's. If they had done this and given me 5 premium movies a month for the $10 I was paying I probably would have stuck with them.
As of now I'm hitting up Drug Mart for $.79 Mondays I figure I'll pick up 2-3 movies a week and still pay less than what I was giving Netflix.
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I haven't seen any numbers yet. The changes don't take effect for existing customers until 9/1, so there will probably be a lot of movement around the end of the month. I'm not cancelling, but I'm getting what discs I can between now and then and then downgrading my plan.
 
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As a current customer the price change doesn't effect me until my bill on Sept. 21. I'll drop down to just streaming and use Redbox to get Bluray movies. My kids sport schedules don't leave a lot of time to sit and watch movies much so it'll be cheaper going this route.
 
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Well, I've waited long enough... I changed my plan to streaming-only. There's too much value in being able to watch on my iPad and too little real competition out there for me to cancel altogether. They have succeeded in downselling me by $10/month though.
 
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jlb1705;1976056; said:
Well, I've waited long enough... I changed my plan to streaming-only. There's too much value in being able to watch on my iPad and too little real competition out there for me to cancel altogether. They have succeeded in downselling me by $10/month though.
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I absolutely love the Netflix Instant Stream. I've caught up on so many GOOD shows, and watched a lot of great movies. Plus, you never are without the DUDE again. Oh yeah.. It's on there!

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On the bright side, it's looks like the new management at Blockbuster (Dish Network) is going to pick up the slack. It is rumored they will start a streaming service soon to go along with their mailing service. I actually use their mailing service, and it's better than Netflix. You can take your mailing to a Blockbuster store, and then they ship you the next in que the next morning. Much faster since you don't have to wait for the return to reach them. Or you can exchange your mailing for in store titles, which is great for new titles which can be a really long wait through the mail. Much faster than Nextflix. In a normal week (no holidays), I get 9 blu ray titles (6 from mailings, 3 from in store). Blu ray does not cost extra either. The only downside is the lack of streaming, which will hopefully be remedied soon. Although there are plenty of other ways to stream videos for a person with a HTPC.

Of course if you don't live near a Blockbuster many of the pluses are negated. Yet if you do, I highly recommend it. Plus Blockbuster's in store prices have also dropped a ton. I am very happy with where they are going.
 
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And just like that, Netflix goes 'pop.'

There was already Blockbuster, Redbox, Hulu, &c in the market space, and as we're seeing with apps like Crackle and HBOGo on the iPad, I would not be surprised if we 'had an app for that' for every major TV and film studio within the next two to three years.

It's so easy to stream content, rights holders would be stupid to license the content out any further, which is what we're seeing with the current Netflix/Starz flap. DIY means you get all the earnings and the opportunity to lock-in the customer to your content while you have them in a window where there is nothing from competing studios.

That is the future. For me, the question is whether it's two years or twenty before it arrives, when ALL content is a la carte and on demand. Forget 3D, the next leap is Android, iOS, and Windows 8 powered multitouch HD televisions.

Netflix had a 'blue ocean' strategy and enjoyed a good run, but now there are hundreds of sharks in the water and this is likely the beginning of the end. In five or ten years they'll be kaput or bought, IMHO.
 
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I'd like to kick their butts... but if it's true that their annual expense to use content via streaming is going to increase by over 1000% in one year.. they could be justified...

Something like... current expense to them is $188M.. to go to $1.8B in 2012.. if I remember correctly...
 
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Until streaming technology gives me the ability to watch true 1080p Blu-ray quality video with DTS/TrueHD quality audio I'll keep watching movies on BD. Even DirecTV's HD compression algorithm (which is considered one of the best) still doesn't come close to matching the quality of a good Blu-ray so I don't see internet bandwidth being able to provide a comparable experience for a long time.
 
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I'm sure Discount Drug Mart is enjoying my business every Monday for 69 cent rentals of everything in the store. That's where I was going for BR now I get everything from them and probably spend less than the $10 a month I was giving Netflix.
 
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Netflix is spinning off its physical media business. Qwikster is the name of the new subsidiary. Qwikster will apparently be adding video game rentals to is DVD/BD offerings Netflix will become a streaming-only service. Current customers of the disc-by-mail service will be migrated automatically.

Engadget: Netflix spins DVD-by-mail service off into Qwikster, says it's 'done' with price changes

Engadget Editorial: Reed Hastings' Netflix spinoff isn't about DVD success, it's about hedging the stream
 
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http://gizmodo.com/5842499/netflix-...dliest-catch-and-the-rest-of-discoverys-shows

Netflix Is Getting Man vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch, and the Rest of Discovery's Shows

It looks like Netflix CEO wasn't totally full of hot air when he claimed that Netflix would be adding a bunch of new streaming content. Discovery Communications has agreed to a two-year deal to bring full episodes of its TV shows to Netflix.

The deal only covers episodes from previous seasons, so you won't be able to stay current by watching on Netflix, but until now there was no way to watch Discovery's shows in their entirety online.

Discovery Communication's networks include Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, ID: Investigation Discovery, and the Science and Military Channels. So popular shows like Dirty Jobs, Man vs. Wild, and Deadliest Catch will all be available. The one exception is Oprah's OWN network, which wasn't included in the deal.
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Netflix has apparently changed their minds about spinning off their physical media business. They clearly have no idea what they're doing at this point. They have another earnings call later this month - should be interesting to see how many more subscriptions they've hemorrhaged.
 
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jlb1705;2010698; said:
Netflix has apparently changed their minds about spinning off their physical media business. They clearly have no idea what they're doing at this point. They have another earnings call later this month - should be interesting to see how many more subscriptions they've hemorrhaged.
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I don't see how the CEO will last past the end of the year.
 
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