Posted by Derek Janssen on 08/26/05 23:00

elrous0@pop.uky.edu wrote:

>>- With more processing centers, more supply-availability for movies (I
>>haven't seen a "Very Long Wait", let alone a "Short Wait", in months,

(Keep in mind, my queue's up to 200+ by now, so, considering the laws of
probability...)

>>unless it's some new disk that takes them a couple days to get a copy)
>
> And this includes new stuff too? So, if I go there right now, sign up,
> and rent brand new movies like:
>
> Million Dollar Baby
> Constantine
> Dead Like Me Season 2
>
> I can expect to have them shipped out within 2 days? Can anyone else back this up?

Well, let's see--
<plays with MacOSX "Netflix Freak" application>

"Now", "Now", and single-disks only, all "Now".
(But you'll have to rent the Bonus Disks separately.)

> Because when I left them, getting new
> releases (i.e. movies and TV shows released within the past two weeks)
> out of Netflix was like pulling teeth.

(...Gee, must've been "teething pains".)

> They even had their pages geared
> towards stearing you away from new releases (their "New Releases"
> section was comprised exclusively of DVD's that had actually been out
> for several weeks or even months).

(<checks New Release page>
So, how long have "Ring Two" and "Alexander: Director's Cut" been out?)

>>- Oh, yeah, and they finally settled on a permanent idea for how to
>>secure the envelopes...None of that "foam insert" nonsense anymore.
>
> I never had much problem at with their packaging. In fact, the
> packaging they first had was better than some of the packaging they
> adopted later. When I first signed up in 1998, they shipped in a
> cardstock-like pouch (sometimes even putting them in cardboard
> mailers). Later, they went to a flimsier paper and those would get torn
> sometimes.

Nowdays, they just use a paper envelope, "short-sheeted" so that the
disk has nowhere to move. Throws off the weight balance, but at least
no darn cardboard this time.

>>>But as far as I know, they are still a subscription based service and
>>>still operate basically the same way they did then (from what I've
>>>heard here, anyway).
>>
>>(...Welllll, now you know MORE, then, don't you?) :-p
>
> Aren't they still a subscription based service that still operates
> basically the same as they used to (aside from more distribution
> centers, supposedly more new releases, etc.)?

....Yep, and you're still living in 1999. :)

Derek Janssen (such a wonderful new world, now...Flying cars, with
available DVD's in them!)
djanss@charter.net

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