Comments on: Amazon’s Potential Netflix Buyout: Pros and Cons

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:33:09 +0000

We stream and are saving money by not having to buy the DVD’s with Netflix. That said, we are on the end of our 2 week free period and are on the fence as to whether we’ll continue. Maybe try for one more month and see if the novelty wears off and we lapse back into network television shows. After all the May sweeps are looming and all the “good” shows are back for next few months anyway. FX has some great viewing on the “off season.”

In our area, Redbox has broken the Blockbuster choke hold on DVD rental closing one store already and questions abound about the remaining stronghold. Still, we like the streaming of Netflix and wish that more of the films recently released were available. That is likely the only reason we’ll leave them at this time/place.

Still too new to judge its overall value to us.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:52:54 +0000

We don’t stream and we don’t want to. We like the DVD’s. If the physical DVD’s are gone, we won’t stream, will dump Netflix and will just use RedBox.

By: andyg8180

andyg8180 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:14:04 +0000

I stream like theres no tomorrow… Theres so many TV shows on netflix that i decide cable is just not worth it… Also, a lot of shows are contracted to show the next day, like Leverage and Spartacuz etc etc… Plus when all the lost episodes showed up on netflix, it was like heaven…

In general, i love amazon, i love not paying taxes on my products… I love Netflix, and i love not paying for DVDs that will collect dust (like the 100 something i currently have). If you really think theres nothing on watch instant, check out instantwatcher.com or streamingsoon.com… They definitly do better jobs of sorting out the Watch Instant library…

By: Nicole Maki

Nicole Maki — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:01:51 +0000

We mostly watch streaming and the discs are secondary. It’s great for us as it provides a multitude of options and comes through our Tivo.

I liked Netflix for Blu-Ray, but they were so hard to get we gave up.

As for an Amazon/Netflix buyout… *shrug*

We shall see.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:06:19 +0000

I have streamed one video in the past 2-3 years of being with netflix. Most of the videos I want to see are not available for streaming. I also use Amazon for not only MOST of my Christmas shopping, but throughout the year as well. On some things they are cheaper, on others they are the same, but in either case I pay NO sales tax and usually get free shipping. If they were to buy netflix, that would certainly change (adding sales tax) as the article clearly explains. I would certainly reduce my spending at Amazon by quite a bit if not completely.
And… I would drop netflix in a heartbeat if they ever stopped mailing the disks and went to a streaming only service.

By: Yakura

Yakura — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:05:08 +0000

I left netflix 5 years ago…since I was not renting enough …I just signed up in Dec09 because of streaming and a new BluRay player .. i was addicted to Redbox ..but wanted Blu-Ray movies and my redbox location kiosk dont have them..

Streaming is a valueadd but not the main cashcow yet. Streaming can not match the visual/audio of BluRay nor are the movies available at the same time.

I see streaming taking away from cable/satellite viewership.

By: slidecage

slidecage — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:00:34 +0000

anyone remember time warner and the AOL deal.. AOL stock flying high till the merger and then AOL stock crashed. im thinking about stream movies BUT i would need to spend around 200 bucks to do it around..and with comcast given me free HBO and cinamax for as long as i want them I think i pass…

(i would have to buy a wireless router and a item that would allow me to stream netflix (ie blu ray player)

love to see netflix change their rates

18.00 a month like now with streaming or 12 without

By: Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:57:18 +0000

Bad idea.
Netflix would be better off buying Blockbuster on the cheap, dumping the retail business and working with the remaining assets.

By: Ann Daley

Ann Daley — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:17:47 +0000

I do not stream videos, and if Amazon bought Netflix and dropped the rental part of it, I’d drop the service.