> I've been a loyal Netflix customer for about two years now, but I
> decided to try Blockbuster's two week trial because it's $3 less per
> month.
>
> I have to say that Blockbuster SUCKS. I quickly realized the main
> reason why I love Netflix over the Goliath chain stores like
> Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Individual chain stores have limited
> floor space to store their DVD's, so they only buy movies that will
> appeal to the masses. They've been getting away with this for years, so
> now they own truckloads of mass-marketed Hollywood crap and hold a
> limited supply of documentaries and independent films.
>
> Netflix has never had to deal with limited floor space because all
> their customers rent from ONE virtual store with a large selection of
> movies. Blockbuster customers, on the other hand, rent from THOUSANDS
> of stores with a limited selection of movies.
>
> I guess Blockbuster never realized that one of the main reasons people
> rent online is because we can find quality movies that don't exist at
> corporate chain stores like Wal-Mart. If Blockbuster wants to compete,
> they should have every PBS documentary in existence. Instead, they
> launched an online rental service with the exact same strategy as their
> traditional stores. I'll gladly pay Netflix the extra $3 for the better
> selection. They forged an ingenious, new way of renting videos that
> Blockbuster can't even copy correctly.
>
>

> I've been a loyal Netflix customer for about two years now, but I
> decided to try Blockbuster's two week trial because it's $3 less per
> month.
>
> I have to say that Blockbuster SUCKS. I quickly realized the main
> reason why I love Netflix over the Goliath chain stores like
> Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Individual chain stores have limited
> floor space to store their DVD's, so they only buy movies that will
> appeal to the masses. They've been getting away with this for years, so
> now they own truckloads of mass-marketed Hollywood crap and hold a
> limited supply of documentaries and independent films.
>
> Netflix has never had to deal with limited floor space because all
> their customers rent from ONE virtual store with a large selection of
> movies. Blockbuster customers, on the other hand, rent from THOUSANDS
> of stores with a limited selection of movies.
>
> I guess Blockbuster never realized that one of the main reasons people
> rent online is because we can find quality movies that don't exist at
> corporate chain stores like Wal-Mart. If Blockbuster wants to compete,
> they should have every PBS documentary in existence. Instead, they
> launched an online rental service with the exact same strategy as their
> traditional stores. I'll gladly pay Netflix the extra $3 for the better
> selection. They forged an ingenious, new way of renting videos that
> Blockbuster can't even copy correctly.
>

> In article <1109295201.174034.299***@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, Boo
> <strum4l***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been a loyal Netflix customer for about two years now, but I
> > decided to try Blockbuster's two week trial because it's $3 less per
> > month.
> >
> > I have to say that Blockbuster SUCKS. I quickly realized the main
> > reason why I love Netflix over the Goliath chain stores like
> > Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Individual chain stores have limited
> > floor space to store their DVD's, so they only buy movies that will
> > appeal to the masses. They've been getting away with this for years, so
> > now they own truckloads of mass-marketed Hollywood crap and hold a
> > limited supply of documentaries and independent films.
> >
> > Netflix has never had to deal with limited floor space because all
> > their customers rent from ONE virtual store with a large selection of
> > movies. Blockbuster customers, on the other hand, rent from THOUSANDS
> > of stores with a limited selection of movies.
> >
> > I guess Blockbuster never realized that one of the main reasons people
> > rent online is because we can find quality movies that don't exist at
> > corporate chain stores like Wal-Mart. If Blockbuster wants to compete,
> > they should have every PBS documentary in existence. Instead, they
> > launched an online rental service with the exact same strategy as their
> > traditional stores. I'll gladly pay Netflix the extra $3 for the better
> > selection. They forged an ingenious, new way of renting videos that
> > Blockbuster can't even copy correctly.
> >
> Which makes it all the more annoying that Netflix is still missing a
> number of movies that are at my local Blockbusters. In a perfect world
> we could rent online for a reasonable per dvd price ($1.50-$2.00) and
> pick whichever service had the title we want. NO one rental place is
> going to have everything, given the number of releases, and I'd like to
> see specialty sites spring up.
>
>

> In article <240220052255308226%in***@localnet.com>, in***@localnet.com
> says...

> > Which makes it all the more annoying that Netflix is still missing a
> > number of movies that are at my local Blockbusters. In a perfect world
> > we could rent online for a reasonable per dvd price ($1.50-$2.00) and
> > pick whichever service had the title we want. NO one rental place is
> > going to have everything, given the number of releases, and I'd like to
> > see specialty sites spring up.
> >
> >
>
>
> www.greencine.com
>
> It's all specialty.
>

> In article <MPG.1c893e501226ef47989***@news.easynews.com>, theyak
> <y**@dev.null> wrote:
>
> > In article <240220052255308226%in***@localnet.com>, in***@localnet.com
> > says...
>
> > > Which makes it all the more annoying that Netflix is still missing a
> > > number of movies that are at my local Blockbusters. In a perfect world
> > > we could rent online for a reasonable per dvd price ($1.50-$2.00) and
> > > pick whichever service had the title we want. NO one rental place is
> > > going to have everything, given the number of releases, and I'd like to
> > > see specialty sites spring up.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > www.greencine.com
> >
> > It's all specialty.
> >
> Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
> justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
> thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
> rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
> the movies I rent.
>
>

> In article <260220051333476534%in***@localnet.com>, in***@localnet.com
> says...

> > Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
> > justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
> > thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
> > rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
> > the movies I rent.
> >
> >
>
>
> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that I
> know of.

"Invid Fan" <in***@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:260220051643068036%invid@localnet.com...
> In article <MPG.1c8a8d54d2dc173c989***@news.easynews.com>, theyak
> <y**@dev.null> wrote:
>
>> In article <260220051333476534%in***@localnet.com>, in***@localnet.com
>> says...
>
>> > Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
>> > justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
>> > thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
>> > rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
>> > the movies I rent.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that I
>> know of.
>
> Sounds like an opening for new companies, instead of going against
> Netflix head to head...

> In article <regdwight-4AA013.08304825022***@news.verizon.net>,
> regdwi***@verizon.net says...
> > In article <t8-dnWTDj9PyQIPfRVn***@comcast.com>,
> >  "HellRazor" <nottel***@no.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Blockbuster is probably ok if your tastes lean more toward the mass
> > > market,
> > > but I'm with the original poster; Netflix has the better selection of
> > > films.
> >
> > Are you sure about that? A few people posted a while back that they
> > joined and this wasn't quite as accurate as it used to be. I plugged in
> > a number of not-so-common titles a while ago and I recall that they all
> > came up at BB's site.
> >
>
>
> see?

> I've been a loyal Netflix customer for about two years now, but I
> decided to try Blockbuster's two week trial because it's $3 less per
> month.
>
> I have to say that Blockbuster SUCKS. I quickly realized the main
> reason why I love Netflix over the Goliath chain stores like
> Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Individual chain stores have limited
> floor space to store their DVD's, so they only buy movies that will
> appeal to the masses. They've been getting away with this for years, so
> now they own truckloads of mass-marketed Hollywood crap and hold a
> limited supply of documentaries and independent films.
>
> Netflix has never had to deal with limited floor space because all
> their customers rent from ONE virtual store with a large selection of
> movies. Blockbuster customers, on the other hand, rent from THOUSANDS
> of stores with a limited selection of movies.
>
> I guess Blockbuster never realized that one of the main reasons people
> rent online is because we can find quality movies that don't exist at
> corporate chain stores like Wal-Mart. If Blockbuster wants to compete,
> they should have every PBS documentary in existence. Instead, they
> launched an online rental service with the exact same strategy as their
> traditional stores. I'll gladly pay Netflix the extra $3 for the better
> selection. They forged an ingenious, new way of renting videos that
> Blockbuster can't even copy correctly.