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UK has LoveFilm.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 22:13 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Jocelyn, we watched Return to Oz. You are so OTM - what a completely fucked up kids' movie!

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

I cancelled my account. The throttled delays were pretty ridiculous considering the level of service I was paying for. Also, I waited 4 months with Swamp Thing at the top of my queue! Ridiculous!

I'm not going to spend money on a rental service in the near future, but when I do, I will go with something like greencine I guess. They have the Turkish ET, which is pretty cool.

― Polysix Bad Battery (cprek), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

Ooh we should add Return to Oz. I saw that in the theater as a kid! I didn't think it was any more fucked up and nightmarish than the Neverending Story, TBH.

Last night we watched Four Brothers, that was immensely gratifying somehow.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

I've been getting DVD's where the contrast goes from normal to a pinkish hue and then back again, it does this over and over (even when paused). WTF?

I'm probably going to cancel my account as requesting a replacement copy has never worked.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

That's the copy protection on the DVDs fucking with your TV. How is your DVD player plugged into the set?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

What is Macrovision?
Macrovision is a copying protection system, that is installed on ‘most’ DVDs. Macrovision causes varying colour balances and distorts the picture on any attempts at copying to a VHS.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Through the VCR.

xpost. AHA! thanks!

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Sigh. For some reason they've been slightly better lately (I am guessing the days I was on vacation are registering or maybe I've been watching slower.) I'm still not going to quit unless I know for sure that what I am replacing it with is actually better.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

I'm knocking wood -- they've been faster than ever, and we're turning stuff around back to them in one or two days.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

It's still been working pretty good for me! It's not Netflix's fault that I put a bunch of stuff in my queue that has turned out to be dire.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

I created my own profile separate from the one owned by my Netflix husband. I already tried to get you to friend me, adamrl, and was denied. But if anyone else wants to try, I think you should probably be able to using the ephender-amp-hotmail-dt-cm address. Or at least in theory.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

I'm not netflix anymore!

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

I just sent you an Netflix invite.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Cool. It worked (even though I'm not the executor, or whatever, of the Netflix account). You've rated a shitload.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:41 (twenty years ago)

Does the trick of returning two DVDs in one envelope to thwart their delays still work?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

No.

(xpost) Haha yes I have.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

I just recently re-started a Netflix account since it's no longer convenient for me to go to Video Vault down in Old Town Alexandria. Seems like they're carrying a lot broader selection than they used to when I used them 5-6 years ago!

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

It's weird. You seem a much lighter grader than I, Alex/SF, but all the movies under the "movies we disagree over" blurb are movies I like:

Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut
Beetlejuice
The Last Temptation of Christ
Crash
It's a Wonderful Life
Rushmore
Million Dollar Baby

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 06:03 (twenty years ago)

Netflix is a cheap whore. I've been signed up for just over two months and they're starting to throttle me. I sent them an item on Monday and I'm not due to get its replacement 'til Saturday. And the site's down. It's down a lot, isn't it? Boo.

(The other night I got "The Thief of Bagdad", which I know no video store in 100 miles stocks and it was GREAT so I still love you, Netflix. But please don't take advantage of me any more.)

― Father Brian Eno (Father Brian Eno), Thursday, 9 March 2006 08:00 (twenty years ago)

"You seem a much lighter grader than I, Alex/SF"

I'm tend just overrate movies that I likeso I get more movies recommendations like those. I also underrate "popular" movies that I didn't like so I get no more movies like that. It's a good system although lately they seem to be recommending more Mystery! series than I would like.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:33 (twenty years ago)

I'm on Greencine now, I like it better already. But we'll see after the honeymoon ends.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

I await full downloads like others await the Singularity.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Ned =

"I vow not to become involved, except when I become involved."

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha pretty much.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Green Cine is going great. One day turnarounds (to/fro), tons of OOP dvds. Much better service. I'm a fan.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

"I vow not to become involved, except when I become involved."

So true. But the pic is broken but I see not what is being linked.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:11 (twenty years ago)

*scrounges about* Ah right. Hm, never knew Galactus had an equal but opposite opponent.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

*watches ned scrounge, then flounce off*

;-O

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:18 (twenty years ago)

Nonsense, I haven't flounced anywhere yet!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

could they have gotten more of Sleeper Cell?

fuck a very long wait...i have the bitch queued since a release date was announced! technology should know my desire.

― Jimmy_tango, Thursday, 16 March 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

zip.ca did a cap recently so you only get 11 movies a month tops. fuck that.

currently on a free trial at canflix. it sucks but it's free.

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Thursday, 16 March 2006 04:18 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

is it worth it to friends klust people?

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

what? friends list

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Yes! Especially people like Alex in SF, because he watches EVERYTHING. I get maybe 1/2 of the stuff on my queue because of the friends lists, things I wouldn't normally have come across.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

one of my friends totally refuses to be anyone's netflix friend, because she doesnt want anyone knowing what she rents

i like my friend list ok - sometimes i get some ideas that way

― SQUARECOATS (plsmith), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

ok, i added alex in sf. let's see if he will have me.

pleasant plains and i are ditching netflix for good this month. no more anxious mailbox waiting.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I've been watching movies at a slower clip these days. Sometimes I only get 5 a week heh. I haven't gotten an invite from you Roxy, but I'll totally be your friend.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

under the above address, right?

Also, with a friends list, you get to see the $0.02 reviews as well as the star rating.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Yeah that works.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 16:46 (twenty years ago)

Still loving GreenCine...

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 17:32 (twenty years ago)

i think we're going to switch to greencine after rejoining netflix for two months and getting 3 movies total - two weeks to register movies as "returned" sucks. and then the last one was sent from houston.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

when we first joined we had a 3-4 day return/send turn around to an out of state distribution center. then they put a distribution center in our town and suddenly it takes 7-9 days WTF???

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Downgraded to one disc at a time... At least until I catch up on my other media consumption.

Anyway, friend me too at this address.

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)

This friends thing is awesome.

Here are some movies your friends like much more than most Netflix customers:

Dumbo
Edward Scissorhands
Animal House

Hey Jaq, Roxy, and AlexinSF, can i add you to my friends list?

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 11 May 2006 14:28 (twenty years ago)

sure thing, this address

i was totally underwhelmed by netflix when i tried it. did the 2 week trial, got three films during the period, they claimed they'd sent another 3 by the time i quit but hadn't arrived a week after they sent them. and the distribution center was like 20 mins away.

screenselect.co.uk is pretty decent, and i think they do a free month trial.

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 11 May 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

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