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The longest I've ever kept a disc was about a month for Disc One of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Season 2. There are 13 episodes per double-sided disc, and I just OD'd after a while! Fortunately they've added it to streaming now, so I can come back to it in smaller doses.
Commented Jun 5, 2010 on The Cost of Keeping Netflix Movies Too Long at Hacking NetFlix
The Cost of Keeping Netflix Movies Too Long
The Over Caffeinated Dad on Seattle Pi points out the hidden cost of keeping Netflix DVDs for weeks or months: And then one day it arrives in your mailbox and, naturally, you don't feel like watching it tonight, tomorrow, or the next day, so you stick it on top of your DVD player, where it sits...
On a personal level, I'd miss Saturday mail deliveries terribly. It's the one day of the week when I'm actually home and waiting expectantly to hear the mailman's footsteps on my porch. (I'm a writer, so I'm always waiting/hoping for good news to arrive in the mail.)
On the Netflix front, I won't miss it horribly, but I will say that I spent a lot more time obsessing over my Netflix shipments when they didn't run on Saturdays. Now that they do, it seems like it doesn't matter so much when I send something back. But if Saturday deliveries go away again, I predict a lot more finger-counting and calendar watching in my future!
Commented Mar 10, 2010 on Would You Miss Saturday Mail Delivery? at Hacking NetFlix
Would You Miss Saturday Mail Delivery?
Netflix only started Saturday shipping in early 2009, but now the USPS wants to eliminate the Saturday mail delivery. I"ve been a Netflix subscriber since 2002, and while I've enjoyed Saturday processing, I wouldn't miss it as much because of Netflix streaming. Jay from Geek With a Laptop wonder...
16 out of 356, or about 4%
Commented Feb 12, 2010 on What Percentage of Your Queue is "Waiting?" at Hacking NetFlix
What Percentage of Your Queue is "Waiting?"
Bill writes, "Can you explain to me why for the first time in the 7 years or so I have been subscribing to Netflix I cannot get any of the movies near the top of my list? I have 9 movies in Wait status – has Netflix just reached a subscriber capacity that they cannot service? About to pull the pl...
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