I originally bought into the netflix hype and found it to be a great service with dvd delivery and streaming for only 8 bucks a month. Then they upped the price and I realized I never used the DVD service all that much so I canceled that and kept just the streaming. THEN I realized there was never anything on there I wanted to watch so I canceled the service all together.

Now I just stream, watch ondemand or redbox it.

_{Oh yeah...and BitTorrent}

I can't stand what they did to the character creation process in the red box. Gary Gygax must be rolling in his grave.


/What?

serial_crusher: Verizon's streaming service is only available to people who live outside of fios's coverage area. I don't know how big fios's coverage area is, but that's still really really stupid.

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The Bestest: serial_crusher: Verizon's streaming service is only available to people who live outside of fios's coverage area. I don't know how big fios's coverage area is, but that's still really really stupid.

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Verizon sold off some of their fios areas to Frontier (including me), so I get fios AND verizon streaming! woohoo!

Nightjars: The Bestest: serial_crusher: Verizon's streaming service is only available to people who live outside of fios's coverage area. I don't know how big fios's coverage area is, but that's still really really stupid.

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Verizon sold off some of their fios areas to Frontier (including me), so I get fios AND verizon streaming! woohoo!

Did they ever get their systems worked out? It switched in my area, and it was like pulling teeth just to pay my bill. When I moved to a new place, I ditched Frontier in favor of Comcast because the quality had slipped enough that it wasn't worth getting an ONT installed in my new place, especially since they seemed to have given up on adding new channels like BBCA HD.

I do wish Comcast would fix their channel line up. Their current layout is awful with HD channels mixed randomly in with SD channels. Other than that, they really don't suck.nearly as much as they did when I left them for FIOS.

Does this mean that Verizon might FINALLY let me remove the Blockbuster App from my phone without rooting?

Come on verizon start laying the damn fiber to my house geeze Louise already!!

I am waiting for some federal judge to break up these companies (T-Mobile, Verizon, Spring, Comcast, RCN) into service providers and content providers so that we can put a 20$ fiber into my house and buy the 10$ worth of data content that I want a month.

/Die HSN, DIE!

ThatGuyGreg: As someone that made a hell of a living building redboxen in high school, this headline confused the hell out of me.

oh snap!


/built a redbox in high school, Radio S//...I'm both overjoyed that long distance doesn't even matter anymore and enraged that I spent so much GOTTDAMN money I spent calling girls in NJ from NY...

Ponzholio: If the post office stops their next day mail service so it takes 5-days to get a movie from Netflix, I think Netflix's days will be numbered regardless.

PS3, Roku, Laptop... gosh I've got three different ways of getting netflix content and none of them involve the USPS.


/Reed Hastings may be a brash douchenozzle, but he's right about where things are heading.

Mad_Radhu: Did they ever get their systems worked out? It switched in my area, and it was like pulling teeth just to pay my bill. When I moved to a new place, I ditched Frontier in favor of Comcast because the quality had slipped enough that it wasn't worth getting an ONT installed in my new place, especially since they seemed to have given up on adding new channels like BBCA HD.

I have internet only, so I can't say anything about the TV service.. But, I have not had any billing issues. I'm paying $53/mo for 35/35 and can't complain one bit about the service.

I enjoyed Redbox... until I found few if any of the material in the damned things was worth watching.

The more I think about this, the more I see Verizon as making a hodge-podge of services intended to mimic Netflix. And badly at that.

But are they going to get more content streaming than Netflix for less money? Unlikely.
Is Redbox's selection and relative convenience (sorry, going to Wal-Mart or McDonald's doesn't quite do it for me) to get access to a shiatty selection? Hardly.

Honestly, I figure whoever can get their claws into Hulu and it's range of content will end up winning this fight.

Cinaed: Honestly, I figure whoever can get their claws into Hulu and it's range of content will end up winning this fight.

Yeah, because the one thing customers love to pay extra money for is lots and lots of ads.

madgonad: Yeah, because the one thing customers love to pay extra money for is lots and lots of ads.

Yeah, I can see why people would go for the 12-20 ads on cable television vs the 2-3 on Hulu.

Netflix and Hulu... fewer adds, on demand without need for a DVR, and 16 bucks vs 60.

CornDog in 2012: I originally bought into the netflix hype and found it to be a great service with dvd delivery and streaming for only 8 bucks a month. Then they upped the price and I realized I never used the DVD service all that much so I canceled that and kept just the streaming. THEN I realized there was never anything on there I wanted to watch so I canceled the service all together.

Now I just stream, watch ondemand or redbox it.

Oh yeah...and BitTorrent

......


Now that you mention it...

/has had Netflix On Hold for five months or so now.
//maybe it's time to quit

Netflix is the skidmark in your underwear....

Cinaed: I enjoyed Redbox... until I found few if any of the material in the damned things was worth watching.

The one at the store I work at usually has at least 1-2 discs of the old Super Mario Bros TV show. Worth dropping a buck to relive my a part of my childhood.

Cinaed: madgonad: Yeah, because the one thing customers love to pay extra money for is lots and lots of ads.

Yeah, I can see why people would go for the 12-20 ads on cable television vs the 2-3 on Hulu.

Netflix and Hulu... fewer adds, on demand without need for a DVR, and 16 bucks vs 60.

Isn't Hulu a joint venture by the networks? I don't see them spiking the cable companies by offering a legitimate alternative, as much as I wish they would.

TFA: The launch is planned for May 28th, TechCrunch said, and pricing is thought to be both monthly and credit-based. There will be several tiers of subscriptions available.

Ahh yes. I can't wait to purchase Redbox points cards in that totally farked up hot dog-hot dog bun packaging relationship where the two products never hit zero at the same time.