Netflix - Not bad! Qwikster - uh, never mind...

I don't think the problems with bad discs are due to packaging. The packaging protects the discs well enough against scratching and smudging, which are the most annoying forms of disc damage. They don't protect very well against cracking, which is annoying, but not as annoying as a scratched disc, because you can instantly see that it's damaged and send it back. The problem with the scratched discs is that you don't know until halfway through the movie that there's a problem. I think that the scratch damage must be caused my people not keeping their discs in the paper sleeves or otherwise mistreating them.

Yeah, I've gotten a couple discs lately that look as if someone had been playing frisbee with them prior to sending them back. Or using them as a testing ground for sandpaper, not sure which.

Do you guys REPORT DAMAGED DISC? And do you know if they get rid of those discs when someone does?

No, they just rub some vaseline on them and send them off to the next poor tombot.

Seriously, what 15 disc series?

I've been killing the Netflix on-demand feature... all sorts of weird art documentaries on there.

I wonder what it is like to do a job interview for the job of rubbing vaseline onto shiny silver discs. "So what is your five year plan?"

"In five years I think I'd like to be eating less of the vaseline and maybe write something, like a book."

You guys seem to have many more issues with cracked discs and scratches than I do. I can only remember 3 of the latter in almost 4 years and maybe a dozen or so discs that have been actually unwatchable (maybe one or two a month have a had scratch serious enough that I miss more than a couple of seconds of something.) I remember having at least as many problems with the latter with stuff from my local videa store.

okay dumb netflix question--should EVERY disc we get from them have issues? like will freeze in the middle of a scene, and i have to fast forward and then go back to get it to play right? or is it our DVD player?

i had a bad run of scratched discs, no problems for the last few months. though with my old last-legs dvd player, even almost-new discs would have issues.

Is there visible damage on these discs? If so it's the discs. If not then your player might be wonky.

visible damage=looks like a really scratchy CD? then yes.

i use the blockbuster online cuz there is one close to me and you get the free in-stores anytime you want.

I lied, it's only a ten-disc set. And after watching disc 5 I think I'm going to wait for the new translation of the movies to come out instead, F this noise.

DAER NETFLIX LACK OF MAC SUPPORT FOR WATCH ONLINE OPTION EAT A DICK.

I try to always report a disc as damaged if it skips or won't play a section - they give you the option to have another one sent of the same or not, depending on how much of it you were able to watch and how much you care to see the rest.

okay dumb netflix question--should EVERY disc we get from them have issues? like will freeze in the middle of a scene, and i have to fast forward and then go back to get it to play right? or is it our DVD player?

My 1999, $300 player did this. I replaced it with a new $40 player and everything plays fine now.

So about this "watch instantly" feature:

1) If the quality is shit on my pc laptop, is that just because I lack a good, uh, video card or something?

2) Why do they not have a player for mac and when will they have one for chrissakes?

really wanna see the dirt on how their "movies you'll <3" system works

History of the World: Part 1

Because you enjoyed:
Conan the Barbarian

appearance of swords? conan the barbarian is connected to a ton of suggestions...

Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

Because you enjoyed:
The Wire: Season 1
The Wire: Season 2
Eddie Murphy: Delirious

lol black ppl

the intergenre connections are weird too

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Because you enjoyed:
The Fog of War

you enjoy movies about weather phenomena

2) Why do they not have a player for mac and when will they have one for chrissakes?

^^^^^
yes. wtf.

Any other Mac-using netflixers tried the streaming player yet? I'm downloading the Silverlight plugin now.

I was under the impression that this didn't work on Macs.

New for Macs in the last week or so (in beta).

Oh neat. I'll have to take a look. Between baseball and the election I've not watched a lot lately.

http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=9842

NetFlix goes live for the Mac
by M. Sharp, Insanely Great Mac
November 2nd 2008

VentureBeat reports that Netflix has opened the beta of its Watch Instantly to all of the company's Mac-using subscribers.

For any and all who might be interested (Netflix subscription and Microsoft Silverlight required), here's the opt in form—http://www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin.

That said, there are some caveats:

• It's a beta, so there will be bugs

• It's a Microsoft-powered beta

• Not all Netflix movie titles are available

• No HD playback

• Using your Mac for playback will count as one of the six devices allowable (ie Roku box, Blu-ray players, etc) under Netflix terms

Previously, Watch Instantly for Mac was a closed beta.

One commenter to that story reports not being able to get it to work.

probbaly has a ppc mac

I don't give money to Internet companies that don't develop for the Mac from day one. There's simply no excuse anymore other than incompetence and tunnel vision.

Well ain't you bright and shiny.

Works fine for me -- just watched the first episode of Weeds. Some buffering pauses, but my connection is running about 10% of what it should be for some reason.

I don't give money to Internet companies that don't develop for the Mac from day one.

"Nor do I search on Google, those toolbar-for-IE-first-developing BASTARDS!!!"

netflix juxtaposition funnies!! I received in the mail today:

Breathless
La Petit Soldat
Speed Racer

You are receiving this email because you added unlimited Blu-ray access to your account for $1 a month. The number of Blu-ray titles has increased significantly and will continue to do so. As we buy more, you are able to choose from a rapidly expanding selection of Blu-ray titles. And as you've probably heard, Blu-ray discs are substantially more expensive than standard definition DVDs.

As a result, the monthly charge for Blu-ray access is increasing for most plans and will now vary by plan. The charge for monthly Blu-ray access on your 2 DVDs at-a-time (Unlimited) plan will increase from $1 a month to $3 a month. The price of your 2 DVDs at-a-time (Unlimited) plan is not changing and remains at $13.99 a month.

The new charge for Blu-ray access will be automatically added to your next billing statement on or after April 27, 2009 and will be referenced in your Membership Terms and Details.

If you wish to continue unlimited Blu-ray access for $3 a month, you don't need to do anything. If not, you can remove Blu-ray access anytime by visiting Your Account.

If you have questions about this change or need any assistance, please call us anytime at 1-888-923-0898.

-The Netflix Team

Seems fair, I guess. I don't have a Blu-Ray player so it won't affect me.

At this point, I'm just kind of worried that Netflix will go out of business.

I thought Blu-Ray prices were starting to drop, at least a little. I'm finding it more common to find them for $25 than the seemingly universal $30 six months ago.

Yeah, I guess I should thank them for calling to my attention how little I use Netflix and especially their bluray discs. I would be willing to pay more if they made signficant additions to their streaming selections. Bluray is unimportant though.

sorry alex, i keep making them lose money by continuing to get dvds through the mail instead of streaming them.

Does blu-ray really look that sweet?

is netflix doing badly? I doubt it will go out of business anytime soon as long as on demand prices for movies continue to be as high as they are. if netflix could get more stuff added to their instant service and get their player service integrated into existing cable boxes they're going to be set for quite a long time.

I'd heard they were doing badly.

I don't stream anything so I'm just as evil as you are to them, Jordan. Plus I just rented teh four hour two disc Hamlet which cost them twice as much to shit to me.

which cost them twice as much to shit to me.

this could be a clue as to why they're losing money

Plus it's dirty.

I heard that Netflix were doing great because of the bad economy and everyone staying in instead of going out?

srs, i lost my job and upped my netflix orders, no lie.

am i the only person getting "unresponsive script" errors when i try to reorder my queue with firefox?

FRUSTRATING

esp since out of desperation i just opened IE to fix my queue and it got to the queue and completely froze.

Agggggghghghgghhhh

It's not doing this for me, sorry you are cursed.

apparently god doesnt want me to watch Tokyo Gore Police until um 448 movies from now then.

what is troublesome is that im getting the same error on 2 different computers, so if no one else is having this problem, then it must be account based?

my account has been infected with the "Leonard Part 6" virus maybe.

i get that now and then using firefox on my mac. i used to use safari and that never ever worked.

i've gotten "unresponsive script" errors too. and yes i use firefox.