Netflix

Last night I dropped HBO and signed up for Netflix instead. I had switched to HBO from the Blockbuster all-you-can-eat deal about a month ago.

The Blockbuster deal allowed you to check out an unlimited amount of movies a month, two at a time, for a flat fee of $20. While the Blockbuster deal was nice, it was also kind of a pain to have to go to the store all the time. I decided to give HBO a try for a while, since it was only $12 per month. HBO got old pretty quick though, so I was looking for something else.

Netflix is a deal where you pay $17.99 a month and get unlimited movie rentals, much like the Blockbuster deal. The difference is that Netflix just mails the movies to your home. When you're done you pop the movie into the supplied return envelope and mail it back. You get three movies out at a time and the next movie gets sent out as soon as they receive one back.

The neat thing is that you just order everything on the internet. I have a list of movies that are in my queue, ready to get mailed out. I rate the movies I've seen, tell Netflix what genres I like, and they make recommendations about what movies I might want to see. I get new releases as well as the classics. It's pretty fun and definitely convenient.

So we'll be looking forward to our first mailing pretty soon. I need a constant supply of movies to feed my new TV. More on that to come...