Miles Comer: Netflix.com Review
Product: Netflix.com
Rating: Great!
Details: Go to Netflix.com and choose from a wide variety of titles: Western to Sci-Fi, Children to Mature, Drama to Comedy, TV shows to Classics, etc to so on. After you've built up a list (I always keep mine at around 25), just wait and the movies will come to your door in an envelope inside an envelope. Tear open the outer envelope, watch the movie, watch it again, watch the directors commentary, call up your friends and have them watch it with you, then put it back into the envelope and drop it in the mailbox. As soon as they get it back they will send you another one. Can't wait that long? You can sign up to have 8 DVDs sent out at the same time (my preference) for $40 a month. I started off as 3 out at a time for a few months, then went up to 8, for the rest of the year, all in all, I viewed 150 movies at the cost of about $3.00 per movie. And I NEVER drove to the video store.
Pro: Ever wanted to watch "Run, Lola, Run" or another weird foreign film but
think that the lady working the counter at your local video store will give you
a weird look and then people will stare at you? Well fear no more. Now you
can check out the all the strange videos you want, with no embarrassing looks
from mothers who clutch their children close when you walk by. FREEDOM!
I personally chose quite a few Japanese Animation films just because I've always
wondered what that was all about. And hey if you live in a small town with
no movie theater and no video store, this would be your only way to get hit
movies and classics, and all delivered to your mailbox.
Have you finished watching the first and second season of "The Sopranos" and
your friend wants to watch it? Just give him the DVD with the envelope and
have him drop it in his mailbox when he's done.
Con: You think waiting in line to see a movie is bad? Try waiting 4-5
days for the movie to get to your door.
After 150+ movies I now only want to see a certain few that apparently everyone
else wants to see too. So with 20 movies on "Short Wait" "Long Wait" or
"Very Long Wait" I took my membership down to only 2 out at a time and I'm
just waiting for them to become available.