― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:51 (twenty years ago) link
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
Nosferatu (Herzog)Tokyo Story bonus discRules Of the GameOnibabaThe American FriendThe Count Of Monte Cristoa Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes dvdBob le Flambeur
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― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
uh... okay! ?? !
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:35 (twenty years ago) link
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:35 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:49 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 22:53 (twenty years ago) link
Alias Season 1 Disc 5VersusTexas Chainsaw remakeLost in TranslationBabylon 5 Season 3 Disc 3, 4, 5The Last UnicornThe Singing Detective remakeBelly
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 23:18 (twenty years ago) link
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― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:08 (twenty years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 04:55 (twenty years ago) link
Two days for 2 out of 3 (and I assume the 3rd probably went out later in the day and will be here tomorrow or that it's a postal twitch) is pretty damn good for what I assume is a recently begun company (at least more recently than Netflix); I don't know if it's that I'm near their major distribution center, or if they have multiple ones a la Netflix.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 March 2004 17:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 26 March 2004 21:33 (twenty years ago) link
seriously tempted by it as the rip off dvd rental place near me is 3 pounds a night!
― marcg (marcg), Saturday, 27 March 2004 18:44 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.moviesforme.ca/?REFERER=affiliate238http://www.nrexpress.cawww.dvdflix.ca
I'm assuming the selections aren't going to be as good, though
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Saturday, 27 March 2004 19:57 (twenty years ago) link
Two more movies arrived today, again with only a two-day delay. Their main base of operations is in Indiana, as it turns out, so that's helpful.
Orgazmo also arrived today, after, what, nine days -- it was shipped with the initial movies, and judging from the packaging it was mishandled somehow; it's re-stamped "correction," with a March 29th postmark on top of the March 23rd one.
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago) link
BladeDecasiaBeyond The Mat
And I'll try and make it to see Hellboy and The Return at the theater.
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 8 April 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago) link
But they're so fast otherwise that it seems worth it until I run out of region 1 movies I want to watch.
One of the unexpectedly nice things about them is that they have a lot of the Disney discs of shorts that Netflix doesn't or that are out of print -- the Complete Goofy, Mickey Mouse in Black and White, etc.
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 15:37 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― tobo (tobo), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 21:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 10 June 2004 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Monday, 20 September 2004 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 20 September 2004 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Monday, 20 September 2004 19:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 20 September 2004 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Monday, 20 September 2004 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Monday, 20 September 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 25 October 2004 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 25 October 2004 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Damn Yankees- High Enough (nordicskilla), Monday, 25 October 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Since our price increase in June, some of our members have expressed concerns about the new pricing. We've listened to this feedback and are pleased to inform you that we're lowering the price of your Netflix 3-at-a-time program from $21.99 per month to 17.99 per month.
Sounds like trouble a-brewin'.
― the apex of nadirs (Rock Hardy), Monday, 25 October 2004 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Damn Yankees- High Enough (nordicskilla), Monday, 25 October 2004 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 25 October 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
everything's a damn Netflix original and it either stars Adam Sandler or some guy who played Cocaine Dealer #3 on C.H.I.P.S as the star
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 04:48 (one year ago) link
and right now there are a grand total of 36 films from before 1980 that are available to stream
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Thursday, 20 April 2023 04:50 (one year ago) link
jesus
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 04:51 (one year ago) link
At this moment, Netflix is streaming about 3800 films - less than half of what the average Blockbuster used to carry. As for films made before 1990? Only 79 titles are currently streaming. If we go to 1980 or earlier, that drops to 36 (!)✨PHYSICAL MEDIA STILL MATTERS✨— Kate Hagen (@thathagengrrl) April 18, 2023
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Thursday, 20 April 2023 04:57 (one year ago) link
out of all streaming services, I think I use Netflix least of all, I keep it purely for my folks. right now most of their investment seems to be in standup
― Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 April 2023 05:01 (one year ago) link
I am lucky to have a decent public library in my city, which is linked to a huge network of other libraries throughout the metro area. As long as one of the linked libraries has a title (and they rarely come up empty no matter how obscure my request is) I can have it delivered to my local within a few days.
― henry s
this is what i also do but there's lots of stuff nypl doesn't have and many of the dvd's are trashed and won't play through. anything the least bit kid-friendly is basically a shiny frisbee.
― hoonja doonja love me anymore (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 20 April 2023 05:17 (one year ago) link
one single non-profit indie video store in Baltimore has 8x as many films as Netflix
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
Just last week I got two DVDs from Netflix because no county library branch or my uni library carried them. This sucks.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
🏴☠️
― michel goindry (wins), Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
I am really sorry to hear the announcement of the discontinuation of Netflix's DVD rental service. In the 9 years since I started subscribing I've rented and watched close to 2400 movies. Not only has it been great for accessing classic films, but the whole concept of the queue, which allows you to program a rotating list of multiple directors' films to watch in chronological order, has been really great. It has been an education
I like looking at the history of all of the films I have rented over the years, it's my version of the thread here where everyone posts the films they have recently seen to make a record. I still have close to 500 films in my queue, so I know I have to trim it down to some I really want to watch and some I know I'll never otherwise see after Sep 29th
― Dan S, Friday, 21 April 2023 23:15 (one year ago) link
Netflix DVD has been great for recording one's entire film viewing history, the whole thing is there. Letterboxd seems paltry in comparison. I guess I will have to privately note my own viewing experiences from now on. The Last (x) movies you saw (II) thread - what is that about? - are you all intending that as a place for you to look back on and remember and document your experiences, or is it just a vehicle for conversation? I have never really understood it
― Dan S, Friday, 28 April 2023 00:12 (one year ago) link
I've kept a list since 1992, which I migrated to Letterboxd 10 years ago. Sometimes I'd forget to log something, though, and Netflix rental history was a useful backup.
― jaymc, Friday, 28 April 2023 01:11 (one year ago) link
end of an era
Our last-ever day of shipping out the red envelopes is getting close. You have 40 more days to enjoy your DVD Netflix membership before we send out our final shipments on September 29th. Here are a few ways you can make the most of this final season:Move must-watch titles to the top of your queue, to increase your chances of receiving them. We’ve also added a handy "move streamable titles to the bottom" option to help you make sure each red envelope counts! (Note that if your queue has no streamable titles, this option won’t be shown.)Your data will be available until October 27th, so be sure to download a keepsake PDF of your queue, rental history, ratings, and reviews here. Plus, due to popular request, we’ve added the option to download in CSV format!The last day to change your plan is August 28th. If you’d like to get more discs, browse our plans here.As a reminder, September 29th is definitely our last day of shipping. Naturally, we hope everyone successfully receives their last shipments – however, in the event that a disc gets damaged or lost in the mail, we will unfortunately not be able to ship you a replacement after September 29th.We truly appreciate you being part of our final season. Thank you for welcoming our iconic red envelopes into your homes for 25 years. Any further questions? See our FAQ.—The Netflix DVD team
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 20 August 2023 00:44 (eight months ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/netflix-dvds-mail-ending/675204/
The real reason I stuck it out was the queue. Netflix allows DVD subscribers to save titles to a list of films, which are then sent in the order in which you added them. I’ve grown very attached to this system, and I’m not looking forward to its disappearance. At one point, I had more than 200 movies in my queue—years’ worth of viewing, especially after I switched from three discs at a time to one. Even as I started adding more streaming to my movie diet, I kept one strict rule: If there was a new DVD waiting for me from Netflix, I had to watch that first. Long day at work and not really in an Ingmar Bergman mood? Too bad, buddy. You-from-eight-months-ago thought you should watch The Silence, so that’s what you’re watching.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 3 September 2023 15:07 (seven months ago) link
Got billed yesterday. The one nice part about losing the disc service is now I'm paying them like 55% less a month until I saw 'fuck it' and cancel.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 September 2023 13:55 (seven months ago) link
The post office lost one of the discs I sent back on Tuesday, and Netflix has already disabled the customer service arm of DVD.com, so I'm being shorted a disc in my final delivery. All in all, a perfect way to close this thing out.
Great work everyone!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 September 2023 17:21 (seven months ago) link
I don't know why they don't just let everyone keep their final selections, but I guess they don't technically own the discs? Like they're just licensing them from the distributors/studios or something.. so they'll all end up in a landfill I imagine
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 29 September 2023 18:24 (seven months ago) link
They are letting people keep their absolute final selections, I'm just getting jipped out of one because of the post office.
If you signed up for it, you could also get ten random discs to keep on top of that.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 September 2023 18:31 (seven months ago) link
I don't think the word gets better to use if you spell it differently btw
― vashti funyuns (sic), Friday, 29 September 2023 19:53 (seven months ago) link
We lost disc service for this?
https://netflixtoken.io/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 October 2023 16:40 (six months ago) link
Is this 2022?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 13 October 2023 16:44 (six months ago) link