We have had a Netflix account for several years, and generally like it a lot. <\/p>\n
I quit Blockbuster because I got so frustrated with late fees — I would be charged a whole new rental period for being one day late on a return. With Netflix, you can keep a movie as long as you like and never get charged a late fee. Their selection is very large, and we usually get movies the day after they are sent.<\/p>\n
The main drawback is lack of spontaneity. It’s Friday night, friends or family are over, and you want to watch a movie. But none of the ones you have on hand is appropriate for the audience. So you either end up going to Blockbuster anyway, or playing a game instead of watching a movie (which is probably a better alternative, but that’s a topic for another blog).<\/p>\n
Now with Netflix streaming movies, we can choose something to watch on the spur of the moment, for no extra cost. If you have a Netflix account, you can instantly stream a movie or TV show directly to your computer, or with the right connections, to your TV.<\/p>\n
Gisele, Derek and I are two-thirds of the way through the first season of “24”, which none of us had ever seen before. We have been watching 2-3 episodes a night for the past week. I was out of the country when Ken Burn’s “The Civil War” was shown, but now I’m watching that too. <\/p>\n
Not everything is available. Recently released movies in particular are absent, and even the old ones are somewhat limited. But there are so many movies and TV shows that are available that I always can find something interesting to watch.<\/p>\n
You can watch them on your computer if you want, but if you have a Wii, or Playstation 3 or several DVD players, you can stream them directly to your TV. We use our Wii, and the picture quality is very similar to DVD. It required a DVD to activate, but Netflix sent it for free.<\/p>\n
I think this is the future of home movie watching, though I’m afraid that the movie studios will feel they aren’t being compensated well enough. We’ll have to see how it shakes out. For now, we can couch-potato as much as we want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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