Netflix?

[MTK]

Anybody use one of these online DVD rental services?

Just wondering who's got the best service. Doesn't Blockbuster have an online service now?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Yup, I use it and they come quick, watch them (or "archive them") and send them back the next day.

[Redskins8588]

I was a customer of both at one time. Here is my review.

Netflix - Once you join up they are awsome as far as getting movies in a timely fashion, but after about 2 months there movies are super slow in the mail. For example I could get a movie on Monday send it back to them tuesday and have another movie by friday, Awsome!! Then after like 2 months. If I received a movie on monday and sent it back on tuesday, I would not get my next movie until like the following thursday. So it went from getting my movie in approx 3 days went to getting my movie in approx. 9 days. I have mention that my closest netflix distribution center was in Pittsburgh which is approx. 3hrs away. Even still I couldnt understand why all of a sudden they started to take longer and longer in the mail. So I quit.

Blockbuster - I liked blockbuster but left them because everyother movie either would not play or was severly damaged. They always sent out a replacement right away but it took evern longer then to get your movie because the DVD was crap. But if you have a blockbuster in your town then I would join that because you get free in-store movie rentals with your on-line subscription, which is cool. Also they will e-mail you cupons for in-store use also. Some cupons are like buy one previously viewed movie get one free, or for like $5.

In conclusion, I would go with blockbuster if I had one closer than an hour drive away...

[jamf]

I've also used both.
I agree with what 8588 says.
Netflix "throttles" high volume users.
Blockbuster has gotten better with the disc quality.

Netflix has better selection and larger quantity instock.

also consider GreenCine | main member - Video-On-Demand, Buy and Rent DVDs
If you like hard to find movies( foreign, artsy, or just stupid movies in general).

If I had to go back, I would choose blockbuster because they give you free instore rentals every month.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

I use Netflix and love the selection and speed that my dvds get delivered. I recieve and watch generally around 20 dvds or so a month so I get my moneys worth out of it. I mainly it use it for new releases, anime, tv boxsets, and hard to find dvds and Netflix has a huge selection for all of those. the only negative I've had thus far is a couple times I've had them skip anywhere between 50 to 100 dvds in my que and send me a dvd that's in the middle of the set and I've only had one dvd not work thus far, knock on wood.

[itvnetop]

Netflix is the shizz... they've got a much larger selection than Blockbuster (BB has some kind of ethics clause... if there is a non-rated version of a Rated R movie, Netflix will probably have it). I had to complain to Netflix b/c of their throttling practices several times and when you do it enough, they straighten you out.

But there's no such thing as "unlimited rentals" in any of the delivery systems- they do have some kind of secret limit they give per month, depending on which plan you have.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by jamf

Netflix "throttles" high volume users.

They have admitted this. They put the brakes on when you reach certain levels of usage. Buch of crap if you ask me.

[BrudLee]

I used Blockbuster for a while, and loved it because the coupons almost offset the monthly fee. In the end, I wasn't using it enough (or was receiving bad discs) and quit.

[BDBohnzie]

I currently have Netflix, and it's great. The area distribution center is a stone's throw from my house, so I send one in on Monday and have a new one on Wednesday. I have 2 at a time "unlimited", and it's been great. I don't use it as often as I'd like, but I have yet to have any kind of problems with it.

[NAVYSKINSFAN]

Does anyone recommend a company for renting Xbox games through the mail?

[BDBohnzie]

this is what I've heard is the best
Video Game Rentals: Rent or Buy PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, DS, Wii, GBA Games

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

this is what I've heard is the best
Video Game Rentals: Rent or Buy PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, DS, Wii, GBA Games

becareful with gamefly cuz over about a 2 month span I had either 4 or 5 games never show up and their response time to missing games or returned games was really slow. I normally was able to rent about 5 games a month while I was paying for the 3 rentals at a time plan for around $32 so I canceled my membership because I just wasn't getting enough games to warrant the costs.