Netflix

[perzephone]

I signed up for a free trial for Netflix - I'm already hooked & I think I'm going to spend the monthly fee to keep it. Rob & I can watch different stuff on our computers - it's freaking awesome. I can also stream stuff like the Autopsy series & Cold Case Files.

There are a lot of movies & whatnot I've wanted to watch or check out, but don't necessarily want to buy. Our movie library is relatively small. We don't go out & drop wads of cash on every new movie - only the things we know for certain we're going to watch over & over again. Normally, that's where Hollywood Movies would come in because we'd go rent a movie every couple of months. However, the one by our house is out of business (we missed the sale, too, blargh!) & we're not going to drive across town to rent something. We went to Wal-Mart & BestBuy tonight to price movies, but the selections are depressingly limited & overpriced. I'm not going to pay $100 for a collection of anime when I'm not sure if I'm going to like it or not. I was thinking, well, we don't have our WoW subscriptions anymore, maybe we should get basic cable again - Rob's already going nuts w/out something to keep him occupied all day. But, most of what I've been seeing on t.v. at work is not appealing to me - just how much has reality programming taken over the airwaves?

That's where Netflix came in. It's the awesome. My only beef with it is that it won't work on SeaMonkey, & not
everything they have can be streamed instantly :P

Comments

[ziasummer.livejournal.com]

I love Netflix. We got it when I was on bed rest with Tace. It was great to have it since I do not really get into main stream movies it helped with finding ones that are more Indie or Foreign.
Also getting to see some old shows that I had not seen in a while.
Byron and I both are of a same mindset. We don't want to buy something unless we know we will watch it at least 3 more times. Chris thought we should buy them at first but he is growing on the idea of being able to watch it first. We get the 3 movies at a time on and that usually means when everyone is home at we get 5 a week or so plus the instant viewings.

oooh

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

I just saw - they've got some concert videos. Yummy!

[noctuary.livejournal.com]

I love my netflix. I find I watch more stuff on my laptop then what I get in the mail. I mean I am not in a hurry for the new releases to be honest. I probably watch two a week. But...I am currently addicted to tv shows like Xena and 21 Jump street. It's the best thing to just play something right before bed to zone out. Seriously...I love my Netflix.

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

It's pretty cool to just surf their catalog, too - I'm seeing things that I had forgotten about coming out on DVD. I don't have a t.v., so there's a bunch of new stuff out that I didn't even know about, too :D

[spyral-weaver73.livejournal.com]

I was going to try Netflix because you can stream it to your PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii (if they are connected to the net)..Which would be awesome since it will be like having TV w/o paying 40$ a month for cable..might have to try it..

Better than Cable Already

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

That was my line of thinking w/it. You do have to provide a credit card or debit card to sign up, but a free trial's a free trial. The basic one is $9.99 where you get x amount of streaming content and one movie out at a time. The next level is I think $11.99 w/unlimited streaming & one movie out at a time. I went w/the $13.99 - unlimited streaming & 2 movies out at a time. The next one was $16.99 & has 3 or 5 movies out at a time, can't remember which, but Rob & I aren't going to have 3 - 5 movies out at once - you guys might because of the kids.