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

[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.