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rorqualmaru
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Ever in search of myself because I tend to get lost...
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I'm so tired of the constant whining from an a very vocal and obnoxious minority among the ranks of Netflix subscribers. I've always thought that Netflix is good value for the money and even with the recent price increases this still holds true.
Netflix Cancels Qwikster DVD Spin-off & Keeps DVDs with Netflix
Netflix has listened to customers and has decided to cancel the Qwikster DVD spin-off. “Consumers value the simplicity Netflix has always offered and we respect that,” said Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings. “There is a difference between moving quickly -- which Netflix has done very we...
BP might come across as a bit acerbic but honestly how many times must someone check into the comments here and see yet another reader complaining about "new releases" or "HD streaming" rather than calling Netflix and really getting their opinions heard.
Netflix New Releases for January 4th, 2010
Click here for the full list of new releases this week. Interesting titles include Inception, Dinner for Schmucks, Case 39, Howl, A Dog Year, Ticking Clock, and The Ricky Gervais Show: Season 1. Netflix has just added hundreds of new streaming titles including Shutter Island, The IT Crowd: Serie...
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What are the top three rental services you mentioned?
Netflix Slowing or Stopping Blu-Ray Disc Purchasing?
Several readers have written in to complain about the lack of Blu-ray versions of popular releases, including Dollhouse: Season 2, The Office: Season 6, Seven Samurai, It's a Wonderful Life, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 2. Netflix charges an extra monthly fee for Blu-ray ($4 extra on th...
This brings tears of joy to my eyes. BB really went out of their way to earn my ire back when I was a customer.
Blockbuster files for Bankruptcy
As expected, Bloomberg reports that Blockbuster filed for Bankruptcy protection this morning. Blockbuster Inc., the world’s biggest movie-rental company, filed for bankruptcy after failing to adapt its storefront model to online technology pioneered by rivals such as Netflix Inc. The company li...
The only part of the community features I will miss are the lists. It was a great alternative way of viewing the catalog.
A poster several pages back questioned why there's such a hostile response to the "2%ers" on this site and Ning. T
he answer is that the hostility was earned. Right after the initial announcement a small and vocal group of subscribers unloaded the most bilious amount of hyperbole on the Netflix blog, here at HackingNetflix and on the Netflix Ning forums. To add injury to insult, they started a campaign to pollute the movie pages on Netflix with fake reviews further alienating and annoying even those of the "98%ers" who were initially sympathetic.
I was one member who initially had some small amount of sympathy for those who cared deeply about the community features. That goodwill was burnt out of my system within a few hours of the announcement on the Netflix blog.
@Clark B: On the topic of Profiles your ignorance is showing. Stop digging while you can still see a glimmer of sunlight overhead. I still have multiple profiles from back when I used them to maximize the use of my queue and as of a minute ago it's still possible to create a new profile.
Netflix Shuts Down Friends Features, As Promised
Netflix has finally turned off the community features: The reason for turning off the community features, as explained on the Netflix blog in March: Friends is a feature on the Netflix Web site that’s been used by less than two percent of all subscribers since we added the feature in 2004. ...
Two queues never bothered me. I'd rather have the 500 item limit removed. I've been hitting the queue limit since the 2nd day I joined back in 2000.
Does Netflix Really Need Two Queues?
Buzzkill Phil wonders why Netflix has two queues: "It's been a couple years now, and I still can't figure out the point of the Instant Queue. My Queue is a running list of every movie or TV show i have any interest in seeing (hence I'm always hovering around the 500-DVD limit). If I'm interest...
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Aug 29, 2010
Not even close to enough.
@Tomguy: Close your /b tag
Does Netflix Give Enough Warning When Streaming Titles Expire?
Phil writes, "Have you noticed the fact that they give very, very little notice about titles that are being removed from streaming? I'm guessing it is likely Starz calling the shots here, but I've noticed I never get more than a week's notice when something is going to be pulled. That is very f...
Getting extremely tired of flagging these none-reviews. Leave Netflix already and stop cluttering up the review pages with your nonsense.
Unhappy Netflix Customers using Netflix Movie Reviews to Protest Friends Feature Removal
Update: The Friends feature is still on the Netflix website (the link is at the bottom of the page), but the protest is about Netflix removing the Friends feature from the movie detail page. Some of the top movie reviewers on Netflix are protesting the removal of the Friends feature from the movi...
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