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Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/05/06 19:53
Citizen Bob wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:22:34 -0800, Haddatten Huttendrut
> <none@nothing.net> wrote:
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>>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.
>
>
> Netflix is capable of feeding you all the DVDs you need if you use
> your mailbox to return them. You can get three DVDs twice per week if
> Netflix cooperates, which is most of the time.
>
> Here's a typical schedule:
>
> Receive 3 on Monday, send them back in your mailbox on Tuesday, they
> receive them on Wednesday and ship for Thursday delivery, which you
> return Friday and they ship on Friday for Monday delivery - and the
> cycle repeats.
>
> That's 6 DVDs per week, assuming an ideal schedule on the part of
> Netflix and the USPS.
Now here's the tricky part: *WATCHING* THE DAMN THINGS!!!
(Great googly, I didn't even *have* cable TV for the first six months
this year and I couldn't do three movies in one night! 0_0 )
....Which brings us back to the earlier point:
Uh, you are actually watching them, aren't you? As opposed to doing
something else federally illegal with them overnight and then sending
them back?
> It is possible to watch 3 DVDs in the 24 hours between arrival and
> return, so you do not have to copy them.
Oh, what a relief!...I don't have to copy them!
What burden off my shoulders! Oh, happy, happy day! :-D
Derek Janssen (<dances in streets>)
ejanss@cocmast.net
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