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I've gone to the $8 a month for streaming only. Mainly because all I ever watch is Star Trek (woo hoo!) or other TV shows. Which, when it comes to streaming TV, there are some good choices. Although I'm still waiting on Northern Exposure and Picket Fences to stream.

Before, I was paying the $10 a month for the streaming and one DVD at a time. I never watched the DVDs, but I had the service because my mother used the account as well.

My mother is stone deaf, but loves to watch movies. Lately, she's been watching the Showtime series The Tudors. She has to have those DVDs, because a lot of times, the content available for streaming isn't equipped for closed captioning. A bit is, but not even enough to be marginally viable. So she's got to have a disc with subtitles to enjoy.

Because of that, she and I had a discussion about it via Skype where she's going to pay $8 a month for the DVD service. So basically I'd have my account and she'd start hers.

Heh, it's actually kind of funny having a conversation in sign language via Skype. If the stream buffers, the conversation is lost and you have to start over. Though it is a heck of a lot easier than texting-- which I hate-- or using TTY (not the Unix code, but the deaf phone machine).

Well, I've never used Netflix, being a Brit and all, but there are similar sorts of services this side of the pond.  I don't think I'd ever use them - I enjoy the cinema-going experience, and watching sumptuously filmed titles with great sound editing etc on my little computer screen and its two tinny speakers just isn't the same.

However.  Personally, I'd opt for the DVD option, since I don't like the idea of my access to films being cut off whenever my internet is (and I share my internet with several other people, so bandwidth is sometimes an issue).  And I would worry about picture quality with a streaming service (perhaps uneccessarily?) - in general I like to have something tangible in my hand.

That said, $15 a month for both services hardly seems excessive.

This is on the verge of turning into an anti-Steam diatribe, so I'd better end here!

Unblocked Flash, (what is with the image?) paused at 31 seconds in since I was chuckling out loud in my 'what am I watching?' and since I didn't sleep last night it is not helping matters.

If you are going to do future ones please give notice so I can make sure not to watch if I haven't slept. So about 15 minutes later and only 1 minute 22 seconds into the video I get a phone call which results in my having to go out, which means I am going to go though that opening again.

....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I love you, Commodore, no homo. Or is it yes homo? Man you can homo all over me, I don't mind. You know how to make a lady feel special. 

Onto the subject at hand: they got us. What I mean by that is Netflix essentially has a monopoly on their market. Even with the change in price you cannot get everything they offer with the $15 plan from any other service be it Amazon or Blockbuster.

That means this is still a pretty good deal, and it's not enough of a hike to break the bank. However, I have a problem with how they're handling it. The way I understand the situation is that their operating costs haven't risen substantially even after renewing their contract with the major studios. That means that this is entirely for profit, and while a business is well within its rights to maximize profit however the market will bear, I feel like they're not showing their loyal customers any respect with how they're making this move. 

Just look at the Netflix blog-it's your typical corporate double-speak to assure you that you're somehow getting value when you aren't. That's expected-perhaps even necessary, to an extent-but I have major issues with being talked down to by big companies. They haven't done anything so egregious that I wouldn't subscribe and I think that's what upsets me most about this-I don't know what to feel. Nobody's a bad guy in this situation. They're not extorting their customers. The only fault in what they're doing is that it's not a win/win.

My question, though, is will this come back to bite them? My prediction is that they'll probably lose a very small percentage of their subscribers but what we're seeing now is the typical outcry before grumbling submission.  It's the same kind of thing we saw when people boycotted L4D2 and a myriad of other things. With that said, people still like physical media and if they can't get streaming and physical media for the same price as they have been what's stopping them from going to torrent sites and getting what they want from there? At $10 a month you've got a really convenient service that flexes to your needs. At $15 you might see a lot of people stick with the physical plan while downloading the rest, or just dropping their subscription altogether.

It's the elephant in the room, and while again it's one of those things that's slightly off-topic the fact is that every major media company and distributor has to compete with piracy and I don't see how they can do that by offering less. What looks like a good move for their bottom line in the short term could have nasty consequences down the road. It's exactly why I'm so glad to see something like the Amazon MP3 store but I'm so irritated that even a decade after Napster they still have such a poor offering. 99 cents for compressed files when a flac version of the same album is on file sharing sites the day it's released, if not sooner? I can't tell you how often I grab the album off Amazon, junk the files and then go get the lossless version. I want to support the artists but why do I have to do it by paying for an inferior product?

Anyway, I'll stop myself before I go on a tangent about how copyright law needs to be updated for the 21st century as that's way out in left field. In summary, I am more of an observer than I am anything else and my opinion won't be fully formed until I see the results of what Netflix has done. 

As an aside, I will always imagine Commodore speaking with Barry White's voice from now on. Keep it sexy my geeky brother.

Seems like a slap in the face honestly. They've provided a service at a set price for this long, and they have continued to make money, so why now do they feel the need to increase the price by five dollars a month? It already increased by a dollar or so about three months ago, and I was fine with that, but now they are just seemingly being greedy. I personally deal with the instant streaming more than anything else, but its nice to have the option of ordering a DVD for things that aren't available streaming. It seems lately that this is becoming a trend more often than not, as I search for something, usually at least five or more years old, only to find its listed as DVD only. My current $9.99 monthly will get me a single DVD at a time, and whatever streaming content i want to watch from their available line-up, which is an incredibly fair price, as I cannot visit a local blockbuster and rent a dvd for less than five dollars. $15.98 starting in september, however is a bit high for the offering. Right now I am currently emptying my DVD queue down to nothing so that in September, I can switch to the streaming only model.

I thought Netflix was a streaming service, so yea I don't use it or any other type of those service, I prefer buying movies and TV series due to why rent a movie when you can buy it for the same price or if not cheaper.

Also watching the opening again I didn't turn my speakers on till after the candle was blown out, it helped but I had to watch the video this time.

why rent a movie when you can buy it for the same price or if not cheaper.

I'm a teacher, so I've been off work since May. With as much as I've watched Netflix this summer, I can assure you, it is not the same price or cheaper to buy. It's a heck of a lot cheaper to stream.

If there's something on there you can't do without, by all means, go out and buy it. But most of it I really don't want to watch again.

Sure, I'd like to own ALL of Star Trek, but that would a be close to $1000 expense. So streaming is a viable option, because it isn't going anywhere.

As someone who uses Netflix that only uses Instant Streaming this really doesn't affect me all that much. From what Netflix has decided it is clear that they want to go exclusively streaming only, the problem is how they have handled this. They don't have the greatest collection of stuff to watch and newer titles are not updated all that much, so it comes off as it's not all that great of a deal. 

Netflix deal with Starz was a great deal and that for the most part kicked Instant Streaming off the ground for them. They got that deal super cheap and a tons of tittles. Now more companies want to play and Starz wants more money So Netflix needs to do this to be able to survive. Honestly this will probably be a good thing in the long run as they will more then likely have a much larger catalog online then DVD's in the near future.

Shipping DVD gets very expensive and I believe the reason for the split from the DVD's and streaming is to understand what the consumer really wants. They want to phase DVD's out but they are just not going to eliminate it all together as this would just completely kill there business, so they are in a way forcing people to choose. They are taking a big gamble on this, and hoping that more people with choose one or the other and not to many costumers will leave all together. 

The buying over renting I had the post before about Blockbusters prices in mind, but there are not many shows/movies that catch my eyes since about the year 2000 but looking at my list of shows I forgot about Anime and yes it would be cheaper to stream.

*pauses... looks around* Hello everyone. *HUGS!* So....

I've actually been thinking about getting Netflix. As long as you are okay with the size of your monitor or have a device (i.e. current gen gaming machine) that can handle Netflix for the big screen, then I see no reason not to go with streaming only.

Exception to this is as mentioned where subtitles come into play. I'm not hearing impared, but I am a "reformed otaku". I love crunchyroll because the majority of stuff on their website is Japanese audio with English subtitles. I just feel like the emotions (for the most part) are better played in their native language. I said I'm reformed, so that means I don't mind dub work... usually. This may not be an issue though.

I certainly wouldn't go with the DVD only package however. I'm a lazy procrastinator and prefer the ease and convenience of being able to stream video. I've often joked that "I don't watch TV. I watch internet."

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Now what do you mean you don't know us? ;-;  I feel so unloved now! I NEED A HUG! Or a Sonic Sez... something... *cry*

Ahem...

My DVD collection is primarily composed of movies I plan on watching again and again. A hard copy is nice especially since digital media can discontinue shows and movies just as easily as TV. I had started watching an anime on Crunchyroll called Restaurant paradise, and they stopped hosting it, so I never did finish the whole thing.

Tch... first my bra size slips, now my affinity for "slice of life" anime. I am a nerd.

Depends on your current watching habits, and how they would change if you picked one way or another to switch to.

If you watch a lot of dvds, switching solely to streaming might make bandwidth concerns crop up. You might even have to pay more, because of that, so the price drop from Netflix may not even be worth it.

If you watch a lot of movies streaming, you do that for a reason, so going only to dvds may be frustrating when the mail doesn't move as fast as electrons do.

Talking to friends and family, some people started mostly streaming, but it over-saturated the novelty of movie night. When you can watch any movie you want to given you have two hours to kill, you start doing it a lot, until you feel bad for not reading or not having gone outside in a few days. Most of the people I've had this conversation with ended up watching less movies than before, just because of the instant availability of them, and the drive to do other things.

Switching to only dvds makes good sense financially, (though it's a bit of a dick move for them to raise the price to keep your service as is), and it would keep movie night special, if that's a concern, and the ever important bandwidth wouldn't be touched, and the price of internet service wouldn't be raised, if that's a risk.

So there's my take, and my vote for dvd only.

Who am I? First time commenter, though I've been coming here for a while, from seeing CotGW on TGWTG (Yay for initialisms!) Love the shows; Wringer and Gems.

This one was interesting to pick to comment on for the first time. I'ma go look at some pictures of women and try to not question my sexuality.

Well i dont have netflix, but its just a general rule of thumb of mine to choose  streaming when given th option, mainly because its usually cheaper, and more effecient.

I've been away for a while but now I'm back.  "Life! Don't talk to me about life!" Anyway...

I used to have Netflix but I canceled a while ago.  When I restarted with them the last time, I never received the first 2 DVDs I requested and, for me, the streaming quality just didn't look that good.  My computer is connected to my 55 inch LCD TV so if the picture looked good enough, I would probably just stream only. ( Nothing like watching a you-tube video of a huge "dead" snake in full screen. I nearly broke my chair from jumping backwards!!!)

My biggest concern though, is with all of this streaming and torrenting and online gameplay!  Netflix may be thinking stream more and have less overhead and fewer distribution points to save more money, but many internet providers are thinking of how to charge more for online content.  Comcast has one of the "most generous" limits of 250GB per month however, others are trying to limit to 120-150GB per month before they charge extra per GB.  It may feel like allot but I go over that when I DON'T torrent.  I can see how streaming that much content could be the wave of the future, but for now I think Netflix is looking a little too far ahead.

BTW I was wondering how long you were going to keep going with the "Weekly Wringer After Dark" thing.

Thanks Commodore, I think the name is pretty cool too, although I can't take full credit for the creation of the name, heheh. It's from a game called Shadow Hearts. Harmonixers are people that can fuse into other beasts/monsters (which is what the main character is). Anyway, on to the question...

My family and I have been using Netflix for almost a year now. We got it because all of the local Blockbusters and Hollywood Videos (I don't know if people outside of west coast had them or not) closed down. So we got a box for the TV that will connect to the internet for the ability to stream movies off Netflix, then we got Netflix and haven't looked back since. But the thing is, we mostly use their service for streaming content, because it is more convenient, so most likely what we are going to do is switch to a streaming only model, and then if there is a movie we really want to see that is pretty new, we'll just get it on RedBox.

I do feel that this price hike to $15.98  is pretty steep for being all of a sudden like this. I mean, couldn't they have just gradually raised it? To be honest, we may have stuck with the two plan thing if it only went up to about $12.98, because I feel like that is a more reasonable upgrade.

My computer is connected to my 55 inch LCD TV

One of my computers is hooked up to a 36" TV. That's the one I watch Netflix on.

I haven't requested any DVDs from Netflix (but I like having the option).

I already changed my account to streaming only.

BTW.  Arkus and my sister are piggybacking on my acoount for free as two of my 7 (I think devices).

i actually just got netwflix last week when it came on the 3DS and i just go with streaming, other than my laptop i dont have a DVD player and if im going to play a DVD on my laptop i might as well just stream instead.

DVD's in my opinion are becoming obsolete. The market loves to push digital media, physical media is slowing fading into the back corner. Heck if you want to get all conspiracy theory about it maybe Netflix is pushing to get rid of physical media by making it its own seperate service, who knows?.

I don't really watch DVDs or movies. I use both Hulu and Netflix to watch what i want. I watch my daily show, colbert report, master chef and animes on Hulu since i dont have cable in my room and i use Netflix to watch old Nicktoons and newer Movies that ive missed out on in theaters. Netflix ill gladly pay for the streaming services since i dont go to the movies and video rental places are closing down, just stream it to my computor its more convenient. and all my tv shows i get for free on Hulu (i refuse to pay for hulu plus)

Damn you Harmonixer! That was a great game but I never finished it and you reminded me of it, now I wanna play it again >.<

Anyway, my personal experience with Netflix. Now everyone in my family uses it, mostly for streaming but my dad mostly watches the Blu-rays. Say what you want about HD but he is obsessed with it so that's his thing. So up until now we've had streaming +2 Blu-rays at a time which saved a lot of money over getting a new 25-30$ Blu-ray every week to watch. I may not watch streaming stuff all the time but I love having the option, sometimes I turn on my 360 and decide not to play a game but watch a movie instead. Also if you look at streaming compared to cable TV it's a LOT more practical. We recently switched providers and cut most of the extra services, but before that the bill for cable alone was around 90$ or more per month. And when you do watch TV there's never anything to watch! At least with streaming you have total control over what content you can watch and when, even if it is a couple months behind what's current on TV.

Now this is the second or third time they've raised prices on services in the 2 or so years I've had Netflix. Dapper Lycanthrope (PennyArcade reference, win!) pointed out the last hike was only a couple months ago, so I really don't feel Netflix has earned the right to raise prices. I can understand raising prices to keep up with costs and inflation but this is a bit much and it does come off to me as greedy. I've cut it back down to 1 Blu-Ray a month but will probably take it down to just streaming, which is unfortunate because my dad will probably end up spending more buying Blu-rays than the extra cost, but that's its own tangent.

I really like Netflix streaming but I there are a few things wrong with it. The mailed DVDs have a 1 month delay from release, and most streaming has an even longer delay. If they really are trying to push people to stream only they should put new content available for streaming faster. Another thing that irks me is all the anime is dubbed, and I can't stand dubbed anime. Nothing wrong if you like dubbed anime, again another tangent, I just prefer subs. I think if they updated their technology they could make audio and subtitle options available, which would also satisfy the needs of the hearing impaired, again mentioned above. The other thing is video quality, not so much for me but for people like my dad, it can only get up to 720p while most is only in SD, so it won't saite his HD fix, but in terms of bandwidth making all videos 1080p would choke bandwidth tremendously, so this is just a technology block.

In the end I definitely plan to keep streaming, I think it's a great value even with the current problems. I don't see mailed DVDs going away entirely because there are people that demand Blu-rays for whatever their personal reasons (my dad has bad eyes so the higher definiton helps him see the picture clearer) and it's still cheaper than dropping 15-30$ a pop to watch a movie. I think overall they'll lose more business from the people that only rented 1 or 2 DVDs dropping that portion of service than they'll make in higher fees. Plus with services like Redbox that get the DVDs about the same time and only cost 1$ a night available the DVD service just won't be worth the higher costs, more money for Redbox though.

First I have to say..

Oh Commodore... Ding... ding... ~waggles eyebrows~

Far too awsome for words. On the Netflix subject, Up here in Canada we have a similar service called Zip.ca which just did the mail dvd thing, no streaming. My roommate subscribes to it, and I've been able to put on a few requests as well.

Netflix is available in Canada, but we never subscribed to it because we have Zip. However I am tempted to get Netflix for the streaming. The delievered DVD's are nice, especially if you have a very busy life and can't always watch what you get right away. The downside is, if you have a big request list, you can't always be sure what you're going to get from them next.

As some others have mentioned there is also the Issue of bandwidth. Now our provider gives us X ammount per month and after that charges up to an extra $50 depending on your uses in excess of X. Now our usage already has us at that extra $50 cap month to month anyways, so the added bandwidth of Netflix really wouldn't change anything for us.  But not all plans from all providers and all people are like that. 

Personally when I want to sitdown and watch something I want to be able to fill the mood I'm in, and not feel like I should watch something simply because it's what showed up in the mail. So I'd say go for the streaming. If you occasionally host things like bad movie heckle fest nights or the like then yeah maybe the delivery would be worth it. but unless you're doing it more often than once a month, odds are you'd be better off just renting said titles vs the added 7/month.

My cable company offers unlimited bandwidth. Well, I'm sure there is some way up there limit on it, but nothing that anyone could potentially reach even under even less than ideal circumstances.

What annoys me about my cable company, however, is that I only get about 50 stations (though I have DVR). I want to upgrade my package to get Teen Nick so I can watch The 90s are All That, but they won't bump me up to the next level of programming unless I open a home phone line. Which is not going to happen. I can waste my money in other ways, thank you very much.

Off on a bit of a tangent here, we just switched to AT&T's U-verse and I LOVE IT. For about the same, if not less than what we were paying the local cable company for about 50-60 channels (none of them HD), we now have around 200 channels and quite a few HDs with DVR abilities (which our previous service didn't include) 720P is the normal for the regular stations and that shows up just fine for the most part - I can tell the difference since I have seen true HD 1080 and higher, but  I'm not that much of a technophile

Ummm Back on target the issues of bandwidth do also come into play. Funny thing though, my computer and internet provider love streaming off Crunchyroll, while my friend's supposedly superior Cable service is choppy with the same site. This does mean that on a rainy day your netflix might not like you... then again, if your power goes out, just pull up a handheld.  *goes off and plays DS*

I'm gonna hold my account bofre my next billing date and wait a while to see what happens. I use both a lot and It sucks that they did this. It sucks that I don't have a job so it's hard enough already to pay the $10 already. Unless my sister wants to pay half of it (she uses the streaming CONSTANTLY) then I have no choice but to axe it for now.

Netflix is also having an issue with the login screen right now. Some people, but not all, are having difficulty logging in. Far more than a simple "clear your cache" problem. It doesn't recognize login information.

I've been told by customer service that it's affecting like 18 percent of all Netflix users at the moment and should be resolved some amorphous "soon." No word on free services in return for loss of service.

I think jsc315 nailed it right on the head with this:

Netflix deal with Starz was a great deal and that for the most part kicked Instant Streaming off the ground for them. They got that deal super cheap and a tons of tittles. Now more companies want to play and Starz wants more money So Netflix needs to do this to be able to survive. Honestly this will probably be a good thing in the long run as they will more then likely have a much larger catalog online then DVD's in the near future.

I've heard a lot of people crying "monopoly!"  When I first heard of the hike, I admit I was pretty upset and thought the same thing too.  But then again, Netflix isn't fossil fuels or health care.  They're an inexpensive alternative to video entertainment that was wildly fueled by a recession.  And unlike other markets, they and their competitors know exactly that we're heading towards digital distribution...where there's a lower barrier of entry than any physical model.  Competition is going to be fiercely ramping up.  Imagine when times get better and we all have a little more money.  Who wouldn't be opposed to paying some other company (Let's say Amazon or Apple) a slightly higher rate of maybe $15/$20/$30 a month to be able to stream a fully stocked library and be left wanting nothing from disks?  These companies have strong branding and Apple in particular is ahead of the game with the ability to integrate with their device set.  Netflix is prepping for a battle.

Also liked what Yawaru said:

Now this is the second or third time they've raised prices on services in the 2 or so years I've had Netflix. Dapper Lycanthrope (PennyArcade reference, win!) pointed out the last hike was only a couple months ago, so I really don't feel Netflix has earned the right to raise prices.

Netflix has always remained pretty lean on their price changes, and fluctuated quite often as a result.  (Shoot, didn't they lower their prices a time or two?)  While some may welcome the minor increases as opposed to big hikes, there's still a psychological effect of "They keep screwing with us!"  A marketing manager's goal:  "Raise your rates accurately to sustain growth, and do it infrequently enough as to not annoy your customer base."  Perhaps now we won't see a price hike for another year or two, yes?  I sure hope so.  But if they do, someone else will probably swoop in quickly and eat their lunch, so I'm not worried.

So what did I decide to do?

I was all for streaming only (I'm pretty casual and enjoy the classics), but my wife wanted to watch some newer shows.  We're going to have both.  I'm looking forward to the day that all we have is streaming...and I'm very suspicious that Netflix will even be the company to deliver that.

Well I... wait- What? Hazzah, buh wah?

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Sonicrose said (#11):

*pauses... looks around* Hello everyone. *HUGS!* So.... 

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Did you just?

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YOU MOTHER ----ER! Did you just take *Hugs!*? Oh, wrong move! I had this whole thing planned! I was going to say "That intro made my boner kind of awkward because while I was waiting for the ad to finish I was looking at por... uhh I mean POR! The Portland General Electric Company! http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:POR Yeah, POR Gets me hard!" But you had to go and ruin it you ----ing, ugh! This isn't even worth it! I give up! ---- Sonicrose, ---- CoTGW, ----- Roo, ---- The Comodore, ---- The 'ding, ding', ---- IT ALL!!!

HAR DEE HAR HAR!!! Who believed that? I hope noone, atleast not the veterans. You guys know me better, not personally because "We arn't really socializing!" I don't care who uses *Hugs!*, it is a hug after all. I don't have the sole rights to it, even if I should. Feel free to spread the love! *HUGS!* That goes to everyone. Except Alec Braid of Midlothian, Virginia, graduated 8th grader of Tomahawk Creek Middle School, you will never get a hug.

Anyway, it is currently 12:09, so I should be sleeping but I stayed up to finish reading this- and get in some, ahem, Portland Electricity time, if you know what I mean. Well maybe not that last part, but can I please get on topic? I do not use Netflix myself, although I do know many people that do, and I often watch Netflix at a friends house. He uses a Blu-Ray player (Even though also he has a PS3, he has so much money he gets away with being a little foolish at times) He sometimes streams right to the player, but he does get DVDs. With how well he is in life he will pay and extra $5 and not even notice, so I doubt he'll even care. Besides he wouldn't be able to decide. I would personally go for stream just because when I feel like doing something, like watching a movie I might not feel like that in a few days when the DVD arrives. Although I don't reall watch much TV, I do watch some shows on youtube and stuff, but most of my entertainment that isn't video games is mostly web series. I do understand the movie expirience other users are posting about and I agree, but for me whenever I go to my friends house (Which is a lot, he dosen't live far, he is my moms boyfriend, and he is kind of needy and lonely >_>) he normally puts on a movie, weather we want to watch it or not. Although going to a movie theater for a movie we're really looking forward to (Most recently Pirates 4) that is the movie expirience, but I don't care too much for that. To me it is about the movie! And well giant soft pretzels but all of the theaters near by have stopped selling soft pretzels, god damnit! I was okay when they server it cut up in little bits for the kids, but then not serving it all together! It's like they want me to sneak food in! Erm anyway, once again this is not my kind of topic but if I had a say I'd go with downloadable.

But for you, I think it comes down to what you want more, watching a movie itself whenever you feel like it, or making a moment out of it for when your disc finnally arrives. Personally I would just use youtube or hulu, but I do understand why people enjoy netflix. This choice really comes down to you, if you decide it just based on what we vote on the most, you might be disapointed. If you do I would like updates for how you think your choice has gotten. So now, I am off. Like a sleepy hero, a hero who dosen't save lives, but saves Netflix subscriptions.... and off goes NINTO!!! *Ninto uses flash bomb! Noone can see anything! Ninto hides under a box until everyone leaves to exit! It dosen't work! Someone is about to sit on the box... no! The person who crushed Ninto was......

 Well, I've finally mustered up the energy to create an account. And Commodore: I love these videos, they're fantastic! Please keep these going! 

 As for what I think about Netflix, (I haven't signed up with NetFlix but I've thought about it), I would personally go with streaming, although getting DVDs is a good choice too.

 I'd take streaming for a few reasons. First, it's cheaper, so it's a little easier on my wallet. Now, I'm also an environmentally-concious person. So streaming, I would assume, is better for the environment than having a DVD shipped to you, right? Well, I live on an island on the east coast of Canada and we don't have a Netflix center or store or whatever nearby. That would mean that the DVDs would have to at least cross water or air to get here, I would assume. Just think of the carbon miles it's making just to get to my home...  And the third reason I'd take stremaing is for it's convienence. Sure, the streaming might konk out due to your internet dying but that rarely happens to me anyways. Plus, it's digital so it's not taking up space on your bookshelf AND you don't have to send a DVD back to Netflix either. If you do have to send a DVD back, that's even more carbon miles. And let's not forget that discs can easily become damaged.

 The nice thing about DVDs? It doesn't konk out due to your internet dying.

Holy crap, it feels like forever since I've posted a comment for the weekly wringer, but thats what i get for pinballing around New England for a few weeks. Anyway, I'm back at School in Denver with stable internet so here I am.

As for my decision with Netflix, I'm going to switch to streaming only for a few reasons.

1) I am a college student with a limited budget living off campus, so funds aren't booming.

2) I'm moving to a single apartment on the 1st so certain expenses so said funds are going to shrivel bit,

3) The streaming service keeps growing and I don't end up watching the DVDs I get a lot.

I don't have cable, and Netflix is my only TV-ish service so I had to sit and think a bit on this one, but Almost all of the things I like to watch are part of the streaming service. (including a WIDE selection of anime and cult classics such as one of my all time favs, Twin Peaks.) actually a few times what has happened was I was getting ready to buy an anime show or something, and then it pops up on Netflix out of the blue. convienient.

The DVDs I do tend to want to watch that they don't have I usually end up buying used somewhere, either because I could watch 'em a million times or their weird and obscure and theres a wait list on Netflix anyway, (the 1981 anime classic Urusei Yatsura anyone?)

Anyway, to make my jetlagged ramble short, I'd go streaming only, It's library is constantly growing, and you get access to more faster.