Bye Bye Netflix, Not Quite Yet
Written on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | Filed under: Movies
I miss the days actually excited to go to my mailbox and see the famous Netflix envelopes. I would already know what movie is arriving and that is the reason I chose Netflix over Blockbuster.
Unfortunately, these days, the movies arriving in the Netflix envelope is not exactly on my top ten list of movies. Movies in my top ten are usually new releases in Blu-ray format.
That’s why I pay that extra $1 or $2 to get Blu-ray. It is such disappointment now because either Netflix has a short supply of actual discs available to ship out or they are holding back on new releases.
My top 10 list (its more like top 20 movies) I would like to see that are new release and in Blu-ray have been sitting in my queue since last year with a “Long Wait” status. Even the “Short Wait” status movies are not arriving as quickly as before.
Decision to Downgrade
So I made the decision, to not cancel Netflix but to downgrade my account from the 3 disc to the most basic single disc with unlimited streaming for $9.99 a month.
The reason? I’m not getting the 3 movies I actually want and most of the time I am just streaming. Netflix has been so focused on changing its business platform from DVD/Blu-ray rental to streaming content.
It’s nice but content selection is still sparse. I do hope they will either provide better service for their disc service where the queue wait time is shorter or have a more complete selection of streaming movies and television shows.
At this point, I’m not quite ready to cancel Netflix but if once I’m done watching most shows or movies; there’s not point. Especially if some of the shows are available at Hulu, YouTube or network television sites.
Tags: netflix, queue wait time too long, selection sparse, slow service