all people are muscling in on NetFlix's territory. It's a huge market,
but BB and WM won't carry unrated or "adult" movies (that means NC-17/X
stuff, not necessarily just porn), and I'd guess their foreign/indy
selection will be slim.
- Jim
William H Bowen wrote:
>I love netflix. They have other options as well, less movies out = less
>money. details at their site. you can even opt for 5 or 6 discs at a
>time (helpful since we're currently embroiled in day 2 of 24)
>
>Also, consider this. We have it set up so that we share netflix with our
>neighbors; we made an agreement at the beginning that basically said,
>start filling the queue, don't change the order unless you ask first.
>then when the movies come, we share them out. $10 a month. less if we
>bring in our other neighbors (who are currently on a 6 month free
>trial). defintately worth the money.
>
>By comparison: Hollywood Video: ~$4 for five days, late fee is assessed
>at the same rate, so if you're late you might as well keep it for
>another five days...Games are different tho' ~$6 for for five days, but
>late fees are assessed daily so basically a buck a day for every day over.
>
>will
>
>Josh Remus wrote:
>
>
>
>>1. Movies cost more to rent here than $2 each. There are also
>>considerations of late fees to consider. Unless you're a slave to making
>>sure you get to the video store on-time each time.
>>2. Games are WAY more than $2 each to rent here. I think it's normally
>>$5.99 for 5 days, but still. Late fees still may apply.
>>
>>So based on #2, I'd have to play through 4 games a month to get my money's
>>worth. That's not so bad, and that's not even considering the late fees,
>>the trouble that may be entailed by going to the video store.
>>
>>I drop my netflix stuff in my mailbox on the way out the door to work. No
>>problem.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:05 PM
>> To: CF-Community
>> Subject: Re: NetFlix but for games
>>
>> For me, neither is worth the money, but the game one even less so.
>>And to
>> me, subscriptions fees are a form of voluntary slavery.
>>
>> It costs me $2/movie at the rental store. That means I need to rent a
>> minimum of 10 movies a month to just break even (provided I don't get
>> assessed late fees which I don't because I don't rent from Blockbuster.)
>> That's a minimum. So now because of a subscription fee, I have to
>>schedule
>> my evenings around optimizing my 10 movies a month minimum. Yeah, that
>> sounds cool. And I generally spend a bit more than 2 hours playing a
>>game,
>> so I have no idea how I would complete 10 games a month.
>>
>> And god forbid I get busy and don't feel like watching a movie or
>>playing
>>a
>> game. If a month goes by and I only feel like watching 1 movie, that
>>movie
>> has just cost me more than it would have cost me more than it would have
>> cost to go buy the damn thing and watch it whenever I feel like.
>>
>> Bah.
>>
>> I'm a scrooge with my money. I'm allergic to debt and despise
>>subscription
>> fees.
>>
>> -Kevin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Josh Remus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:37 AM
>> Subject: RE: NetFlix but for games
>>
>> > http://www.gamefly.com/
>> >
>> > I looked at this too, just can't decide yet if it's worth the
>>money like
>> > Netflix is.
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Dan Phillips (CFXHosting.com)
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:31 PM
>> > To: CF-Community
>> > Subject: NetFlix but for games
>> >
>> >
>> > I saw a commercial on TechTV the other night for a service like
>>NetFlix
>> > but they rent consoule games. Anyone heard of them? I can't remember
>>the
>> > name of the company.
>> >
>> > Dan Phillips
>> > www.CFXHosting.com
>> > 1-866-239-4678
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
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