Netflix and history buffs

Milkman · Jan 7, 2011

My son is temporarily disabled and has lots of time on his hands for tv and such. I did a subscription to Netflix to allow him to watch movies online with his computer or TV. I also did the deal where I can get DVDs by mail.

They have a great selection of historical material available on DVD. I have watched several good documentaries related to the Civil War and have many others reserved on my que list for future viewing. All this for $10.69 per month. Unlimited movies by both methods. All I have to do is go to the mailbox for my DVDs. Turn around from the time I mail a movie back until I recieve the next one is only 3-4 days.

Just an FYI for any of you who like watching movies of any type.

Twenty five ought six · Jan 7, 2011

Milkman said:
Turn around from the time I mail a movie back until I recieve the next one is only 3-4 days.

Just an FYI for any of you who like watching movies of any type.

You do know that the more movies you watch the slower Netflix gets, don't you.

::ke:

Fletch_W · Jan 8, 2011

Twenty five ought six said:
You do know that the more movies you watch the slower Netflix gets, don't you.

????

sinclair1 · Jan 8, 2011

Twenty five ought six said:
You do know that the more movies you watch the slower Netflix gets, don't you.

its been two days for me since they started. Its actually faster now vs. when I first went with them.

Twenty five ought six · Jan 8, 2011

Fletch_W said:
????

When Netflix first hit the market, before streaming, they had plans at different levels. Basic, Premium, SuperPremium, and so on.

Of course the hook was the basic plan, $9.99 a month, and watch all you the movies you want.

Netflix got caught, and admitted to doing it -- naturally, because it was so new, a lot of people were hammering the $9.99 a month plan. Get a movie, watch it, send it right off, get another. That wasn't exactly Netflix business model.

So they had a program in place that if you had the basic plan, and followed that pattern, as you ordered more movies, the response time slowed down, especially on new releases. So even though you had "unlimited" movies, the Netflix computers were set up so that you could only order so many a month. The goal was to prod you into upgrading your plan -- mo' money, mo' money.

Anyway there was a little stir about it, and I think the outcome was that Netflix includes in its fine print that "unlmited" doesn't really mean unlimited. I think the whole streaming thing has probably made it a non-issue.

Knotwild · Jan 8, 2011

I use it and love it. The best thing is that I dumped satellite and have all the entertainment I want for one cheap price. Word is that Netflix is going to move away from dvd's and to instant viewing; which makes business sense to me.

camo93 · Jan 9, 2011

Netflixs

you can't beat the price....

I do wish they had more new releases on instant watch, but I know in time they will...

jigman29 · Jan 10, 2011

I just signed up on my sons x-box the other night and we really like it.The only problem I have is that a lot of the newer movies are dvd only.Other than that it seems great.

Knotwild · Jan 11, 2011

One thing that is worth a mention: watch Netflix and your kids. There is some stuff available on their that could be considered soft porn and I don't see any parental controls on there.

Milkman · Jan 12, 2011

Milkman said:
My son is temporarily disabled and has lots of time on his hands for tv and such. I did a subscription to Netflix to allow him to watch movies online with his computer or TV. I also did the deal where I can get DVDs by mail.

They have a great selection of historical material available on DVD. I have watched several good documentaries related to the Civil War and have many others reserved on my que list for future viewing. All this for $10.69 per month. Unlimited movies by both methods. All I have to do is go to the mailbox for my DVDs. Turn around from the time I mail a movie back until I recieve the next one is only 3-4 days.

Just an FYI for any of you who like watching movies of any type.

Knotwild said:
One thing that is worth a mention: watch Netflix and your kids. There is some stuff available on their that could be considered soft porn and I don't see any parental controls on there.

Great advice .......... but the son I mentioned in my original post is 25 years old

drippin' rock · Jan 13, 2011

We purchased a Wii for Christmas and signed up for Netficks as well. Love it! I have really injoyed documentaries and tv shows without commercials! Even though Pay-per-view seems to still have the corner marketed on new releases, I reached my breaking point paying 5 bucks to watch a movie that they take back in 24 hours.

egomaniac247 · Jan 16, 2011

I enjoyed it while I had it. I canceled it because we stopped using it as much as we had been.

I was fortunate to have a distribution center not far from my house so our turnaround time was never more than 2 days....1 day to send it back, 1 day to get a new one returned to me.

Haven't tried the instant streaming version yet.

When I did have it I watched a lot of WW2 movies...I'm a sucker for old war movies.

Since this is the "interesting facts" forum, I thought I'd point out that I read an article a few weeks ago where Netflix's higher ups actually met with Blockbuster executives years ago in attempt to get them to co-brand with them.....to have Blockbuster be the in-store option but folks could signup for the mail service at the store. The article said that Blockbuster execs basically laughed the Netflix guys out of the building.

Wonder how that ended up working out for them

Citiboy287 · Jan 17, 2011

Dont know if you would be interested A yankee here I have lots of civill war books If you son wants to read them , we are just cleaning out here preparing to downsize and would like to give them to someone who would enjoy them -- I travel the North GA area alot If you want them PM me if interested

Milkman · Jan 17, 2011

Citiboy287 said:
Dont know if you would be interested A yankee here I have lots of civill war books If you son wants to read them , we are just cleaning out here preparing to downsize and would like to give them to someone who would enjoy them -- I travel the North GA area alot If you want them PM me if interested

PM sent

pkp844 · May 25, 2011

We use netflix also, its great. But i was a little disappointed that most of the civil war shows are geared towards the north.

NickW · May 25, 2011

I bought Netflix Streaming and while I like the old movies as well..They have ALL the King of the Hill series!!!!

Resica · May 25, 2011

pkp844 said:
We use netflix also, its great. But i was a little disappointed that most of the civil war shows are geared towards the north.

Gotta hate those Yankees!! :shoot:

Milkman · May 26, 2011

Resica said:
Gotta hate those Yankees!!

Resica · May 29, 2011

Milkman said:

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