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Netflix throttled me after the free trial period was over. At first, I could easily do 2 turn-arounds per week, but they slowed things down, so that 1 turn-around was the most I could get. NO, I've never copied a movie in my life...but I don't work, so I have time to watch movies when I want. Tried Blockbuster's on-line service, and found them to be faster. Surprisingly, their selection is a bit poorer than Netflix. In the past year, I got 2 movies from NetFlix that were damaged to a point of being unwatchable, (skim and return to start) and 1 from BB. Both places were great at replacing them, so no complaints there. In all, I really can't complain about NetFlix, other than if you try to rent too many movies in a month, they WILL slow you down...
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Netflix throttled me after the free trial period was over. At first, I could easily do 2 turn-arounds per week, but they slowed things down, so that 1 turn-around was the most I could get. NO, I've never copied a movie in my life...but I don't work, so I have time to watch movies when I want. Tried Blockbuster's on-line service, and found them to be faster. Surprisingly, their selection is a bit poorer than Netflix. In the past year, I got 2 movies from NetFlix that were damaged to a point of being unwatchable, (skim and return to start) and 1 from BB. Both places were great at replacing them, so no complaints there. In all, I really can't complain about NetFlix, other than if you try to rent too many movies in a month, they WILL slow you down...
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I did Netflix for 4 months doing like 20+ DVDs a month during the summer and I had no issues. I was going through 6 per week. No throttling issues.

Netflix shipped faster than BB, but now BB has in-store exchange I think it might be worth it to go with BB for now.
 
I've had a couple broken disks with netflix (2), but it was never a big issue... I filled out the broken disk thing on the site, sent the disk back, and they shipped a new, working disk out to me right away.

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Originally posted by: Duddy
Why don't they have a NetFlix for pr0n? They could just run the discs through a cleaning machine after the customer returns them.

Unlimited hentai for only $9.95 a month! 😛
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why would anyone want to watch animated porno with monsters and animals with little japanese girls?
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welcome to the human race. people are ****ing nuts 😛
 
I used to do Netflix but I switched to Blockbuster Online. $10/month 1 at a time plus 2 in store rentals per month plus being able to return the online dvd at the B&M for yet another free in store rental. I have a blockbuster walking distance from my apartment and so it's great for instant gratification when you want a specific movie that very day.

 
NetFlix is great when you're a new customer. But it is a fact that they put quotas on older customers, meaning no matter how quickly you put those 3 DVDs in the mailbox you're still only getting 9 rentals the entire month. They pulled that crap on me and I quit, if you are only going to give me 9 rentals a month then advertise your service as 9 rentals a month.

9 is an arbitrary number but I assume their quota is something around that. Either way it would take me a week to get my next picks as opposed to 1-2 days when I started.
 
Originally posted by: chrisms
NetFlix is great when you're a new customer. But it is a fact that they put quotas on older customers, meaning no matter how quickly you put those 3 DVDs in the mailbox you're still only getting 9 rentals the entire month. They pulled that crap on me and I quit, if you are only going to give me 9 rentals a month then advertise your service as 9 rentals a month.

9 is an arbitrary number but I assume their quota is something around that. Either way it would take me a week to get my next picks as opposed to 1-2 days when I started.
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I think we were doing 15+ at peak, and we started to see some throttling. We became less aggressive with returns (not watching them always on the day we received, etc). Now we're going at about 12 per month, with no noticeable throttling. We've been customers for about 16 months now.

FYI, <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=1970624&e
terthread=y">Netflix customers can received a free in-store Blockbuster rental</a> up until the 21st.
 
netflix was great to me for the first 6 months or so, but it's gotten progressively worse. so bad that i had to cancel service this week before they charged me again. movies were taking a week to get and a week for them to receive. it may be due to the holiday season or perhaps it's just netflix trying to limit me. either way, i'm planning on trying it again in january after the holiday rush.
 
I have been netflix customer since the time they started out.
I have been happy with their service until recently.
It looks like the movies never arrive or receive from them ontime.
The schedule delivery from their Email that they sent me is always a day or two late before I get the movies.
I'm living in Connecticut and the movie usually return to Hartford distribution which is about 20 minutes from me, I don't know if they close that plant down or what because all my movie seem to be shipped from either Maine, New Hampshire or Mass.
I have blockbuster 5 minutes from me. I'll give netflix a month or two. if their service is not improving I'll switch to Blockbuster.
 
I use blockbuster online... used to be a netflix subscriber, though. The thing I like about BB is the in-store return for free rentals and the next movies in my queue are usually shipped out the next day. Also get a coupon for a free in-store movie or game rental each month.
 
Originally posted by: soulcougher73
Blockbuster online is better. Same price but you can return to the store as well if you want a movie instantly.
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This.

I started last month and got 5 movies out of the deal. It could easily be more, but I hung onto the mailed movies for 5-6 days before taking them into the nearest Blockbuster.
 
Originally posted by: soulcougher73
Blockbuster online is better. Same price but you can return to the store as well if you want a movie instantly.
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Yep, Blockbuster online is the score. :thumbsup:

You return your Blockbuster online movies to the store for free instant rentals, they give you coupons for free in-store rentals, and they don't throttle half as bad as Netflix. There is simply no comparison.

 
Nothing beat Hollywood video down the street from me....but since they couldn't affrod the rent, I had to move on. I have tried netflix. No major compaints here. I am alos trying Blockbuster now. Seems to be the same service to me, but the added B&M is nice.
 
netflix started throttling me.

when i first got the first few months were great. i woiuld get movies on thursday-friday. watch them over the weekend and send them out on monday. i would get 12 movies a month. it was a great deal.

then they started getting slower. i would miss a week. then it got to the point i would get 9 a month.

I was not a burn and return. i watched them over the weekend and returned them when done.

So i canceled and went to Blockbuster. i avarage 9-15 a month but what makes it worth it is the in store rental.
 
I still like Netflix eventhough some of the movie has a extra long wait. But I think they need to spend more money and get a better envelops. I received movies with openned evelop on numerous occasions. One time I received just the part with my mailing address with the movie went missing somewhere.

My brother subcribes to blockbuster and their envelops are much better than netflix.
I wonder how many poeple report movies lost in the mail everyday. Thought they would get the hint.
 
Originally posted by: Nickyct
I still like Netflix eventhough some of the movie has a extra long wait. But I think they need to spend more money and get a better envelops. I received movies with openned evelop on numerous occasions. One time I received just the part with my mailing address with the movie went missing somewhere.

My brother subcribes to blockbuster and their envelop is much more tougher than netflix.
I wonder how many poeple report movies lost in the mail everyday. Thought they would get the hint.
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greencine has even better envelopes but they can be slow if you don't live pretty close to CA 🙁
 
Use to netflix but stopped because they just got slower and slower. I honestly think they keep tabs on how many you rent out and start to throttle you as others have stated, but I'm not going to encourage paranoid thoughts or anything because while I was on Netflix it was good to me.

I would personally go BB since they just went the B&M route as well. Netflix has a better selection though in my personal opinion.
 
Originally posted by: AlgaeEater
Use to netflix but stopped because they just got slower and slower. I honestly think they keep tabs on how many you rent out and start to throttle you as others have stated, but I'm not going to encourage paranoid thoughts or anything because while I was on Netflix it was good to me.

I would personally go BB since they just went the B&M route as well. Netflix has a better selection though in my personal opinion.
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I think the only thing that will help netflix is more instant watching dvds!
 
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