Monday, April 26, 2010
Returning to Netflix
With the recent closure of two local video stores, I've had to reconsider going back to Netflix. Thankfully, a trip to a video store I was going past on my way to do my chores this morning has convinced me to sign up again. Blockbuster is now charging $5 per video. It's not as if it is convenient either. The store I used to go to was a fifteen minute walk away. The video store I went to today is a 20 minute drive away. So, yeah, I'm going back to Netflix. I'm already feeling better about the move than I did when I signed up for the free trial awhile back because you can now watch movies on your Mac (this wasn't possible before). I'll still be sort of annoyed by the wait for things to arrive through the mail but I'll be happy not to be driving so far out of my way and not to be paying such an outrageous price. On a side note, I rented Descent 2, which I'm hopeful will be good, Avatar, and some Uma Thurman movie with this guy. Ah, Denny Duquette, how we miss you. But please don't come back as a ghost on Grey's because that was just plain stupid.
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You should try Red Box. It's like Netflix for black and brown people.
I didn't realize Red Box was for black and brown people! We got fed up with mail-order movies and tired of the prices of rental store movies and have actually had good luck with Red Box. Not great for the TV shows though.
I think Red Box has an iPhone/iPad app that allows you to reserve a movie to have it waiting at the Red Box you're going to - or something like that. I've never used Red Box, but my friend does and she loves it.
You can also just go online and reserve a movie, or search all the boxes near your house for the flick you're looking for. Geez, I sound like my life revolves around Red Box.
We also got fed up by Blockbuster's $5 for old movies. Too rich for our blood, especially since we never typically finish watching movies. Or they're Dora videos. We now download them on our Tivo. It's $2-4 and you can watch it as much as you want in a 24 hour period. 'Cause if we don't finish it in one day, we never will.
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