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Posted by Haddatten Huttendrut on 12/05/06 02:22
In article <45743fea.168095359@news-server.houston.rr.com>,
spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob) wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:30:26 GMT, root <NoEMail@home.org> wrote:
>
> >Of course you have that option with Blockbuster, but then BB has no advantage
> >over Netflix.
>
> My experience has been that Netflix usually delivers your top requests
> whereas BB doesn't. I have had BB skip several top entries to send a
> request that is down in the queue.
>
> Plus that, BB does not have as large a selection as Netflix. For
> example, NF has had Battlestar Galactica Season 2.5 available for a
> while (released September 19, 2006 according to amazon.com) whereas BB
> doesn't even show it online - they only show Season 2.0 which has been
> out for ages.
>
>
> --
>
> "Yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain
> ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or
> alter the legislative, when they find the legislative act contrary to
> the trust reposed in them....And thus the community perpetually retains
> a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of
> any body, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish
> or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and
> properties of the subject."
> --John Locke
Netflix is dandy for most folks with reasonable viewing habits - amazing
selection and prompt service other than temporary bottlenecks for popular new
releases. The folks who complain the most seem to be those who want some
maximized ideal of throughput so that they can copy as many titles as possible
to build a library (they can't possibly watch that many flicks, if they have a
job and/or a life). They don't want to pay for more than the 3-out "unlimited"
plan, and look forward to the on-demand download model, but will be disappointed
when that has (as it must) an even more rigid "throttling" or pay-per-download
scheme.
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