"Oh yeah, I pay extra money so I can watch TV like poor people."

Netflix had the league rated a 4.8 for me and it didn't disappoint. If you liked the first season Hulu is streaming season 2 (in addition to 1).

I watch 95% HD. There's not much anymore that isn't. When I turn the T.V. on, the first thing I do is flip through the HD guide. 95% of the time I find something I will watch.

I keep waiting for Netlix to get it at some point. I can't bring myself to pay for Netflix and Hulu both.

If you like Paul Scheer and Jason Manzoukas from the League, their Podcast "How Did this Get Made" is hilarious. They brutally riff on awful movies.

Hulu has it free, watching online, you just have to watch an ad or two every commercial break. Also for those that really like it Amazon has both seasons (HD and SD) on sale for downloading (Amazon.com: The League [HD]: Season 2, Episode 1 "Vegas Draft [HD]": Amazon Instant Video)

Any wrestling fans, especially on the heels of his death, might be interested in the Randy Savage history that is new today.

WWE Macho Madness: The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection

The 9 Most Devastatingly Sad Documentaries of All Time | Pajiba: Reviews, News, Quotes & Cultural Commentary

Some previous mentions:

#4 Restrepo
#1 Dear Zachary

#2 Senna is out now.

Dear Zachary made me feel like shit for a couple weeks. It's a good documentary, but I don't think I'd have watched it if I knew how it turned out.

I definitely would have watched it again, almost for that reason. It's shit like that that makes me feel human.

Nine Feel-Good Documentaries to Lift Your Spirits after the Devastating Dear Zachary | Pajiba: Reviews, News, Quotes & Cultural Commentary

And the counter list of feel good documentaries. I really need to see Being Elmo at some point.

Young at Heart is a great documentary.

Finally got the balls up to watch Dear Zachary myself.. In a word, it was incredible. Despite the roller coaster of emotion it takes you on, I think ultimately it is uplifting for the way it was done, why it was done, and who it was done for. In the end, I was reminded that even through the most tragic and helpless moments of life, theres always a reason to keep living. Very happy to see that the Bagby family found theirs.

I've been watching Mad Men and am now in the middle of season 3. I think I've decided that I don't like the show. Every (main to some-what main) character on that show is a bad person, and I want bad things to happen to them. I think that's the only reason I'm still watching, but that's starting to fade pretty quickly.

I don't understand why people like that show. Every single character is a horrible person. The setting/costumes/etc. are obviously great but the rest of the show sucks.

Wow. I don't think I find any of the regulars to be horrible people, or even necessarily bad people. Flawed people that do bad things, sure. Well maybe Betty at her worst is a bad person, just because she enjoys hurting Don for revenge, but other than that... And as far as good people, Peggy, Sal, Harry, and maybe even Cooper (among others) I would consider as "good" characters, in that I can't remember any of them doing blatantly"bad" things.

The Expendables
Big Trouble in Little China :D :D :D

Has anyone felt like the Instant selections have been getting worse? I know they added some CBS stuff and Mad Men, but movie wise, I can't find much I'm interested in seeing.

Wife and I have been watching every episode of The Office via live stream on Netflix. We have seen some of them already, so we just skip ahead but it has been great because as busy as we are, we don't watch a whole lot of tv anymore. I love live streaming, and if I want to rent a movie I just go to Redbox.

My Instant queue hovers around 90 so I have little worry for running out.

Watched Iron Monkey and Twilight Samurai. Iron Monkey was mindless fun. Twilight Samurai was a solid "simple man" type of story.

Yeah, pickings are pretty slim. I am a child of the 60's though so being able to watch old Hawaii 5-0 and Mission Impossible episodes is worth $8 to me. Add in Cheers, Wings, etc and right now I'm ok with the service.

If price goes up, without much improved content, or selection gets worse (say Starz play disappears or my old tv shows) and I'll have no problem canceling the service.

I've mentioned before that I dont really watch many current movies on Netflix. 90+% of the time I am watching a documentary. Before netflix I was never really into doc's, but I have noticed that there are more and more documentaries that I have been wanting to watch that isn't available there. I do not know if that is:

1.) Netflix losing movies.

or

2.) My taste and interests are expanding and it's just impossible for them to have everything.

Cold Weather is worth a watch.. Just make sure you give it time to get moving.

The documentary Forks Over Knives is apparently out and available to stream. Pretty powerful stuff if you're in tune at all with contemporary research on nutrition and health.

Finally got around to watching it. It's about what I thought it was. I think Sly was a weak link which took away from it since he was the focal point of it. The storyline with the woman was underdeveloped. It was just, "we must save her."

13 Assassins.

Should have been named 13 Samurai instead. It's a remake of a 1963 film by the same name. Standard tale of a bunch of fighter types going out doing the good deal similar to Seven Samurai. It's rather violent. The big battle scene had to have run 30-45 minutes. I had to hit up wikipedia for one minor plot point that gets explained better there. It seems kind of thrown in though. There are subtitles. Still, it was rather good.

I see Roxanne is available as well. I think it gets lost in my list of great romantic comedies, so I wanted to watch it again and was just waiting for it to pop back up in my Instant queue.

Aaand it looks like Starz is out. Most of their stuff was filler, but the scary aspect of this from Netflix' point of view is that the Disney stuff was probably leaving anyway, and Starz was apparently still pushing for Netflix to raise prices on consumers again.

The big issue is that the more content Netflix gathers, the better an alternative to cable the service becomes. At the same time, the money Netflix was offering was only a third of what Starz gets through traditional cable operators. So Starz (and any other network with a library) sees huge revenue shortfalls if a Netflix subscription is good enough to cause someone to cancel cable. The interesting thing is that they were apparently pushing Netflix to raise prices immediately to bring them closer in line with cable subscription rates.

I thought it was pretty certain that in a couple of years Netflix was going to have to climb to $30-$40 per month just to afford all the content they wanted to make the streaming service attractive as a primary option. If any other content holder adopts this approach (and most all of the content holders these days also have a broadcast interest), Netflix moght see themselves put in the position of having to raise their prices just to make the deals, even if they can absorb the cost otherwise.

I put my money where my mouth was and pulled the plug on Netflix a couple of weeks ago.

It's going to be interesting to see what this all looks like 5 years from now.

If prices get up into the $30-$40 range, then the selection certainly would have to be dramatically better than what it is now. I've already cut to just streaming at the $8/month range. At that price, I'm fine with it being empty space filler for when there are not new shows to watch.

But at $30-$40, it would have to be a cable replacement for me. It's a LONG way off from that now.

You don't watch movies like The Expendables for the plot. Or character development. Or dialog. I thought it was pretty good for what it was.

When they start hitting $20+/month, I cut that cord as well. Spend the money on Blu-Rays and buying the occasional critical show from Amazon.

I understand that Starz may not have been a good deal for them and that the selection wasn't great. But they're really getting to a point where there is just not much at all worth streaming. I burned through a few TV shows they have and some old movies I never got around to seeing. But the selection is mainly independent stuff and cable TV shows.

I know they want to push people toward the streaming plans, but the selection will be pretty horrible without snatching up a big deal in the near future.

I think Amazon/Apple/Zune becomes a thorn in their side at some point if prices increase.

The Mad Men rights purchase seems like a bad move in retrospect. Netflix isn't necessarily about one show or movie, it's about having a huge selection to choose from. I think that $100 million would have been better off spent bringing in a large library from a studio.

Funny enough, Mad Men is the show I'm working through on their right now ;).

Watched Forks over Knives. Pretty interesting show. Im considering changing my diet habits. I eat a lot of meat and processed foods right now. I have Type one diabetes and am tired a lot. Im wondering if a change in this direction would help. Also, Im wondering how easy of a lifestyle transition it would be. I think I am going to go to a bookstore today and look into purchasing a book on this and see if I can do it.

Which is why I said it was about what I though it was. 13 Assassins had a bunch of violence once it got going and it was simply a far better film outside of the one random plot point.

Sorry guys, Forks over Knives is riddled with bullshit psuedo-science. It makes rather bold assumptions on a particular study that had many other variables in play. If you take from it "I should eat more veggies" then that's good. If you take from it "I must become a Vegan to live long", then that's not good.

But Bill Clinton did it. The Vegan thing that is.

This is true. I dont think I will become a vegan, but I do need to limit the processed food. I am firm believer that processed food is an issue. Especially with kids. That, central air and video games, IMO, are the main culprits of obesity is our youth today.
Plus, I have a freezer full of dead cow that we bought last spring. Love me a good steak on the grill.

They're also a good bit of what makes life seem at least tolerable for both them & their parents, all three represent significant upgrades over what generations past had. If that means a few extra inches of denim in the jeans, seems like a fair enough trade to me.

I might be going disc-only with Netflix soon, and use Amazon and Hulu for streaming...

/tk

But what about the billions of dollars in health care costs? Is that tolerable?
Diabetes 2 is becoming an epidemic. Habits are formed in your youth. If you grew up sitting on the couch eating doritos and drinking mt. dew, you are more likely to do that when you are an adult.

If I'm not paying for it ...


Gosh, good thing I prefer Diet Dew.

Look, my kid eats more broccoli in a month than chocolate. By his choice mind you. (Doritos, that's a different matter). But if enjoying X,Y, and/or Z is something that makes life more enjoyable, well, ain't none of us getting out alive anyway. I'd rather live to 55 & enjoy some of the little pleasures than to 85 worrying about every moment of enjoyment. And I've yet to find a single damned thing "healthy" that's remotely enjoyable. A life without (looks back at your quote) central air, video games and processed food? You can have your life without that stuff, but if you take mine away just be kind enough to shoot me now and please don't forget that anything worth shooting once is worth shooting twice. Wounding me instead of killing me would be unjustifiably cruel.

But you are paying for the billions of dollars, unless you dont carry insurance or are lucky enough to be wealthy and pay for everything in cash. Thats the issue. We do pay for it.
And i get the enjoy life thing. But is life that much more enjoyable when you cant get off the couch and move around easily? When it hurts your knees to walk or you have to take medication everyday of your life or your insurance rates increase every year to cover the costs of a disease that is very preventable, thats not real enjoyable. But Im just one person. And I might be way off base.
But you are right, it is every mans choice. I just hate paying for other peoples choices through my increased insurance rates.

That was more of a subtle shot at the need to wean the gov't out of the health care business ... too subtle apparently, probably too abrupt a subject change (but that's where I was heading). Secondarily, it was a also about the need to get insurance back to what it was intended to be in the first place (hint: it shouldn't be for every sniffle)


If I never left this f'n room again - assuming the AC, the 360, and the 'net connection all worked, I could probably deal. I could count the number of places I go that are more enjoyable to me than this bat cave & have plenty of fingers left over. And over 95% of my job is done from the same space to boot.


Hey, feel free to apply that to me just as much. I'm just throwing my own perspective into the pile.

Honestly, though, if you don't think that Amazon/Hulu eventually run into the same issue, you're probably fooling yourself. Netflix is leading the curve because it's had the most growth in the space up to this point. If that growth transitions to another medium, the problems that caused that transition in the first place don't just go away. They re-manifest.

The thing that's tempting to me about Amazon is that prime is useful. I already split a prime account with my brother. But since he's the primary on it he gets the streaming. So for a relatively modest fee I get the prime service I already use plus the streaming. But the fact that Amazon has bundled these two things I think actually only reinforces the idea that it's not a long term solution. But for the short term I think I might be just fine with it.

Well, to be frank, I haven't cut the cord nor do I intend do until something comes along that works. Truthfully, I use Netflix streaming to watch junk to fall asleep to. I don't watch much TV in general, and what they have streaming that I actually want to watch is minimal. What I really want to watch is stuff like Freaks and Geeks which can only be done via disc. So I'm not really thinking of cancelling Netflix streaming explicitly because of the Starz thing. It just barely meets my watching interests as-is.

Edit to add: I'm probably Netflix's ideal customer. I can't use Redbox for things I want to watch, so I'm probably going to keep both streaming and disc in the "short" term. And I'm kind of lazy, so I may never get around to cancelling. :D

I will say, though, I've had a LOT more issues lately streaming Netflix, and it's irritating me. Considering I mostly stream at 2 in the morning when I can't fall asleep or while waiting for drugs to kick in...

/tk

But processed foods and meat aren't really causing that. Eating too many calories is.

I somewhat agree with what Jon says. I mean I'm not going to put myself in a position where I die at 45. But I'm not giving up pizza during football games on Sunday.

I didn't see this movie. But my wife is a registered dietician and she's studied this stuff, the real science of it, and while I don't know what this movie is citing to, but it's pretty inrefuteable that a more plant-based diet is better for your health-wise than a more heavily meat-based diet and that processed foods can be quite harmful to you for various reasons. There's nothing "psuedo" about that.

It's one thing to acknowledge this, like Jon, me and many others I would suspect, and choose to continue to eat what they want for whatever reason, but it's quite another to claim it's not true.

Also, I don't see why deciding to be a vegan for health reasons (or whatever other reasons) is "not good"?

I checked out Hulu plus' list of videos, and maybe it's the way you have to look through them, but it seems like they don't have anywhere near the selection of streaming that netflix does. Anybody have someplace I can see a side by side?

I got a free 6 months of Hulu Plus recently for activating my TiVo. Probably going to drop the streaming part of my Netflix if it is any good.

I just watched Winter Bone. Very good movie.
The scary part about it is that I live in Missouri and I swear I saw my wifes step family. Specifically, my wifes step-sisters husbands family. No kidding.

'Enter the Void'

A very very uniquely directed film. Definitely not for everyone, but if you are interested in viewing an innovative film regarding a cutting edge subject check it out. Read the Netflix comments section to discover what the film is really about. IMDB description is misleading at best.

Again as mentioned not for everyone.. i repeat not for everyone :lol:

"Moon". 2009 Sci-Fi thriller starring Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey as GERTY the robot. Pretty cool flick, really enjoyed it.

Sorry... DVD only. Anyway, if you get dvds , watch this.

Probably worthy of its own thread, but the takeaway I have from "Forks Over Knives" (and a pretty fair exposure to the several principals behind this way of thinking) is basically along these lines:

-There is very strong evidence that a diet heavy in meat and dairy creates a much stronger opportunity for heart disease in its many forms, at least many types of cancer, and a number of other diseases. There is a great deal more to the "plant based, whole foods" dietary approach than just losing weight.

-The strongest evidence, it seems to me, is that casein (a protein found in dairy products) in particular is a pretty serious hazard. I happen to agree that there's some degree of unwarranted interpolation from casein to other animal-based proteins or diets. But I also dissent from any judgment that this possibly premature set of conclusions are inherently wrong because of the zeal some people obviously have behind them.

-The data set from the so-called "China Study" (a long term study of health and nutrition conducted across China starting in the 1970s) leads in a number of sometimes conflicting directions, and this is not a shock, but there are a pretty substantial number of very, very strong correlations that point in the same direction -- the availability and consumption of animal products in the diet is a strong indicator of the prevalence of a wide variety of serious long term diseases. There truly are case after case of afflictions that are widespread in more affluent areas and are virtually absent in poorer areas (whose citizens eat far fewer animal products, but are genetically inseparable from the others).

-Beyond the highest profile studies and the cross-national scatterplots, there are really scary tidibits that point very directly to us (the public) really not getting it right on this sort of thing. For most of my life, I've been under the impression that the heart disease in my family is just a tough hand I've been dealt, and that I am likely on a progression toward real problems there (understanding that my lifestyle choices play some role, but figuring a life with heavy medication is in my present and future no matter what). Then you learn that autopsies in youngish Americans who die of unrelated causes already show early signs of heart disease... while autopsies of people from non-animal-eating cultures show essentially *none* of these signs at any age. Great pithy statement for the debate: if you're a cardiologist and you move out into rural china where nobody eats much meat, milk, or butter... you're basically going to have to sell pencils for a living, you're not going to have anything to do.

-Probably the single most consolidated fact that is deeply hard to dispute is this one: nutritionally speaking, there's basically nothing you get from eating animal products that isn't better for you coming from plants. Yes, a completely plant-based diet may require some vitamin B12 or other modest supplements, but all in all, there's really no contest at all, and virtually everyone acknowledges this.

-Amidst all this, I think the healthful effects of a much-reduced consumption of animal proteins, especially dairy, is very strongly supported. What I don't see enough clear evidence for is the health-driven necessity of going to absolute zero. The most powerful changes seem to take place when going from "high animal" to "low animal" content in the diet. This isn't as thrilling to the animal rights side of the debate, who really really want to have strong science behind their pre-existing viewpoint... but thus far there doesn't seem to be a powerful case (to me) that an absolute vegan diet is separable from one where, say, 5% of your calories come from animal proteins (still far lower than our standard diet here, of course).

-There's a quandary in the medical and scientific and regulatory communities over what to do about this. Do you advise people that they should make seemingly radical changes to diet and lifestyle? Or do you try to get them to make less drastic changes that are admittedly more likely to take root? (This takes the shape of a doctor-patient conversation, all the way up to the development of the national "food pyramid" guidelines) I think I depart from many of the true believers on these matters in acknowledging this is a legitimately tough call in many ways.

-Politics of health care subsidies set aside for the moment, it's an almost scary notion that there might well be a fairly simple, readily/universally available, and practically dirt-cheap means to very nearly wipe out heart disease, and to at least substantially (if not massively) deplete the prevalence of many cancers and long-term diseases like diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and the like. Not a way to do it in Sweden or in rural China in the 70s, but right here and right now.

I think it's a very intriguing area of exploration right now. And all told, I think there's a significant chance that what our society saw with smoking over the last 30-40 years could happen next to animal consumption, at least in part.

Really enjoyed 'The Grand'. It's a mocumentary along the lines of 'Best in Show' or 'Waiting for Guffman'. Big name cast that did a really nice job.

Got an e-mail from netflix that said Breaking Bad is now available instantly. I am already 3 epiosodes into season 1 on a rewatch. If you have never seen this show you really should try it out. I bet you get hooked by the third epiosode.

Been waiting for this.

Excellent...

Awesome news, thanks. This might mark a great direction for the streaming service -- if they try to become the vehicle of choice for the cognoscenti, so to speak. Don't necessarily worry too much about getting the rights to broadcast Two and a Half Men, but instead go for the lesser pubbed, critically acclaimed shows that not everyone got in on from the beginning. If you become the place where I can get out and see shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and over time more like them, you've probably got in me a customer for life. Next up, Justified (though I'm already a ground-floor guy there).

I put my netflix on hold about a month ago- but this alone could be enough to get me back- is it all of the seasons? (We just started watching the series, and are a couple episodes into season 2)

+1000000

I've gotten on a "no new shows" on first run rule the last few years.

1. I watch too much TV in the fall/winter as it is, trying to cut back.
2. Too many shows I really liked get cancelled.

This allows me to use my spring/summer to watch shows that I didn't get on, were very good, and get some length to them.

It is the first 3 seasons. (Obviously not the current one)

I watched Justified for a few epiosdes (love Seth Bullock from Deadwood and Shane from the Shield) but couldn't get into it. It was entertaining but it kind of seemed like a procedural that always tied up lose ends every show. I've heard it really steps up in season 2. Did you enjoy it from the beginning or experience the same thing?

It took about half way through season 1 before they got the show. Season 2 they got it the whole way and was just lights out fantastic. But Season 1 really does pick-up about half way through.

I think you're on to something here. It doesn't seem "fun", but it does seem sensible to cut way back on the calories from meat and dairy.

I ate a meat lover's pizza last night. It was fantastic.

Pretty much agreed, though I liked the characters fairly early on.

After the stock analysts ripped 'em a new one a few days ago, looks like they're starting to get the message ... or maybe not. "Qwikster"? WTF?

http://blog.netflix.com/

I'm sorry, this is one of the most retarded moves I've seen in a long time.

The Twitterverse doesn't seem to love it. I don't think it's a big deal in the grand scheme of things. I mean, if it doesn't work..they can't fold it back in. But I guess we'll see. Seems that the CEO understands how his business works internally and surely must know something that we don't.

I must say I am shocked and disappointed. I was a very early adopter of Netflix signing up when the site launched. I have been loyal and have never left. I have been and advocate of the company for years, always recommending it. I shrugged at the price increase of a few weeks ago - I believe the service is an absolute bargain even at the increased price. I have been completely impressed with the Netflix corporate culture and think the strategy of putting Netflix on almost any device has been brilliant.

However this move, makes absolutely no sense to me and I hope is not the day Netflix died. One of the real joys of Netflix was seeing the "play" button in your queue for a movie that was previously DVD only. From a consumer standpoint they made everything harder. From a business standpoint Netflix the brand has taken a massive hit and Quickster the brand doesn’t even exist. The only real add I see is a duplication of what I already get from gamefly, years too late to make a difference.

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Would it be that hard to call the different divisions Netflix Streaming and Netflix by Mail or something similar and keep a hold of a brand name that's become ubiquitous? Everybody knows Netflix. Nobody's ever heard of Quickster.

And what are they going to do when the Postal Service cuts back on services?

I figure they can let Quickster die if mail dies with it and carry on. Anyway, they are getting hammered on the blog post. Reed, the author, posts in reply to some of it, but the barbarians are at the gate.

{scratches head & ponders} Could this be the precursor to selling off the DVD unit at some point?

I shrugged off the the price increase as well. But the loss of one stop convenience likely means I'm going to re-evaluate my subscriptions.

:+1:

Well, this makes me not regret ditching mail with the recent price increases.

Outside of what Jon said (selling off the DVD unit), I'm baffled.

This.

+1

Indeed. It makes no sense. Unless they are selling off the DVD service (in which case, having it seemless integrate with streaming wouldn't be an option any more).

Quickster is just a dumb name though.

I just perpetually sign up for blockbuster free trials. I'm on my like 6th free trial in a row. Just slightly change the address and e-mail. 3 my mail with free instore exchange (store is 5 minutes from my house.

Also, the blockbuster kiosk in my publix always has free codes, so I don't really have a need for netflix.

Reminds me, I need to put the cancel in my calendar for next week.

Incredibly, the email starts off with an apology about the way they handled the price increase (splitting services), then takes a huge dump on the costumers by announcing they are splitting the web site. As someone else mentioned, I think this is the day Netflix dies.

I was just looking through their list of mostly b movies wondering if it was really worth it anymore, especially if they are losing the Starz content in January.

yes I also found that extremely bizarre. The post started with "my bad we get it, we are sorry" and went on to "but that was nothing, wait till you get a load of this crap"

one of the most disappointing things about this for me is at least in my mind Netflix was a top notch company until I read this. I had a friend who had interviewed there and he shared with me this excellent power point deck they had but together that outlined a very forward and employee favorable place to work.

will be very interesting to see what happens next.

It's pretty clear that they don't want the DVD service anymore. This is just the first step: basically take their name off it completely.

What? It makes great sense.

Allows both sides of the business (which are distinctly different) to focus on what they do / their particular challenges.

Sets up Netflix to potentially acquire Hulu and become dominant in that space without having to worry about the overhead of the Quickster side of the business (although WTF...that is a horrid name).

Great move.

Plus I do see the wisdom, need, vision, everything in Netflix being a streaming only company. At this point with technology there is no reason technically why every show ever made shouldn't be available on every device at any time. (and pretty much is if you are willing to go the pirate route)

We do NEED that as consumers. The problem is we are nowhere near that point because we need to figure out how to adequately compensate the content creators, so they continue to have incentive to create the content.

Netflix as perfectly positioned to be this company - But this last month knocks them back and opens the door for Apple, Google, or someone else to step into this valuable space.

which would be fine if their streaming division was more robust and growing - not small and getting smaller (the starz issue.) Less than 30% of my personal que is available on streaming and I far prefer streaming to DVD as pretty much anyone with a decent broadband would.

They have to get out of the DVD business, but it makes far more sense to do so when their streaming is more robust. On streaming alone they currently are not far and away superior to other competitors. I see apple or Google throwing considerable resources behind this and taking over the market.

Who offers more at a lower flat rate?

I didn't mind the price increases, but if I have to go to a different site and maintain a seperate queue I'm open to other streaming options.

The fact that you are for this, makes me feel comfortable in my opinion that this is a horrible move. :D

Quickster makes me think of Friendster. Uh oh.

LOL - to be fair I'm for this from a business-perspective.

I've never used Netflix (am I what...one of 5 people in America who can say that?) so I have no thoughts on it from a user-perspective.

I just wonder if they even tested this name. Quickster sounds like the name of some 80s hair metal band that JIMGA and Ksyrup love.

I made the break from the DVD segment official for me a few minutes ago. Hardly ever used it anyway. As someone mentioned, I think the disconnect could push me to the Blockbuster option as we still do have a store here in town. Could use streaming while being able to pick up some of the more recent options. I'm guessing it will be cheaper too.

I don't really see a problem with what they are doing, although I will admit it could have been handled better. Splitting off the DVD aspect of things makes sense from a business perspective, as they are clearly looking to sell it off or move away from it at some point. The price increase doesn't bother me at all, I already planned on dumping the DVD service because of Redbox and such, we just don't have the need to order movies every month through the mail, and we utilize the streaming services fairly often.

I tend to agree with DT, and I wonder if people sometimes just like to complain about something.

I would say that, or eventually bankrupt and liquidate without hurting the streaming business.