Got agree with this one … at one point we had 4 people were sharing our Netflix queue … and that was pretty much a disaster … I submitted a suggestion a couple times to create sub-queues to Netflix but nada happened.</p>
<p>I have to say I’m a new fan of Netflix. Never did the DVD’s by mail but what a luxury when I’m parked waiting for our daughter’s dance classes…watch a flick…makes the hours pass by quickly…</p>
<p>I’m able to watch new Dr. Who episodes “On Demand” a couple of days after it airs on BBC, which is not on our cable package. It shows up regular in a couple of days, and HD a week later.</p>
<p>I watch Castle on Hulu. But I think it’s just a matter of time before we end up getting charged for everything new there too.</p>
<p>Mathmom, we are able to watch all seasons of Dr. Who except the current one on Netflix streaming… gotta wait until the end of the season to see the current ones, but that is also true for DVDs. The only thing we can’t get streaming are the end of season bonus discs with all the “Dr. Who Confidentials” about making the series, so have to order that on DVD. (Can you tell we are Dr. Who addicts at our house? Ds are very sad that I can’t find Tardis pajamas for them for Xmas this year…).</p>
<p>I wasnt up in arms enough to cancel my service until now. I only keep the mail service for the rare occasion I want to watch a specific movie, and lord knows it wont be available for streaming. I was willing to pay the increased price but having to maintain two separate queues and deal with two separate entities for that is beyond cumbersome, and I’m not willing to pay for the streaming just to BS around with it like I do because their offerings are so scanty. Bye bye, netflix.</p>
<p>This Netflix thing is so very annoying. I can’t believe I didn’t just cancel before they billed me for this upcoming month for both the DVD (blu ray no less!) and streaming.
So now I’m paying $19 something for both instead of $12 something. Terrible.</p>
<p>Now, DH and I are spending lots of time ‘discussing’ what to do…I say just cancel both.
DH is more addicted to video content in all forms and says what’s the big deal,…$20 month? Yeah, maybe if it wasn’t just $12 one month previously! </p>
<p>OK maybe I’ll cancel the DVDs…DH says so why did we just buy the blu ray player???
OK maybe I’ll cancel the streaming…Oh, both DS and I like to catch the old TV shows.
So, I guess I AM agreeing to pay $20 per month due to infighting and inaction on our part.</p>
<p>Upsetting to me that Netflix ‘got’ us…I soooo wanted to have a backbone on this.</p>
<p>plan on stopping the DVD (their plan worked)- I very carefully separate the list if on streaming or DVD- not going to deal with 2 accounts. anyone know the timetable for the start of the separate billing?</p>
<p>Bringing this to the top just to recommend that before you cancel Netflix, if you are doing that, follow Consolation’s and Emaheevul’s upthread advice and get North and South. Be sure to watch on a fireproof screen, for that final scene, lest the hotness make your computer burst into flame.</p>
<p>If you’ve got streaming, you can watch the last part more than once. Not that I myself would have watched it ten times in a week, oh no not at all. I’m just sayin’.</p>
<p>Big splash screen on Amazon touting what they have on streaming as part of their $79 prime deal. I’m surprised it took Amazon this long to start trying to lure over Netflix subscribers. “North and South”, btw, is available on Prime Streaming.</p>
<p>One thing that works in Netflix’s favor is that seemingly every new TV, Blu-Ray player and game console comes with built-in Netflix streaming capability. No other streaming service is as thoroughly integrated into the hardware side. Very, very clever of the Netflix folks.</p>
<p>Fang that was funny. Will be checking that out, via Netflix streaming. Am I the only one left ?
Discovered Doc Martin entire series, thanks to CCers suggestion, watched on Netflix.
My recent discovery is Drop Dead Diva ( which I thought was a model search show) and Netflix has previous three seasons available. Still happy Netflix steaming customer.</p>
<p>Netflix, which has dominated the movie-streaming industry for several years, is now facing some tough competition - especially since about 30 percent of its subscribers are expected to cancel post Qwikster announcement. Is the competition going to woo them?</p>
<p>The founder/CEO of Netflix was on, and the interviewer said something to the effect that “There are rumors you are doing this split because you are in talks to have the streaming business acquired by Google. Is there a deal with Google under discussion?” Answer: “We would be doing this split no matter what.” The interviewer pointed out that that wasn’t exactly a denial of a deal with Google, and the founder repeated his statement verbatim.</p>
<p>I think it’s completely credible to believe that a few months from now there is going to be a Netflix-brand streaming service through Google (or Amazon will brand its service that way), and what Netflix was a couple of years ago will be trudging along as Qwikster trying to make some money playing out the string of delivering plastic disks.</p>
<p>" According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Netflix, Google, and Amazon all declined to comment on the buyout rumors, although it was confirmed by the news website that both Google and Amazon made an offer for Netflix online streaming video rival Hulu at the beginning of September, perhaps giving an indication that both companies are interested in buying up a share of the online movie and television market. "</p>
<p>My guess is that some thing had done behind the scene already. No one in the right mind will split their business like that, anyone can see the negatives, so is Netflix. I think either the plastics or the streaming has already sold, thus the announcement on splitting the company. It won’t be suprised that the bussiness sell announcement follows in few weeks.</p>
<p>On Amazon web site home page, there is this little “letter” from the company.</p>
<p>M,m,m,m, seems like Amazon’s PR team is taping into the Netflix price increase debacle.
This is the first line of the letter, which introduces all the new Kindles and new browser.</p>
<p>**Dear Customers,</p>
<p>There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp. **</p>
<p>Netflix - can it get any worse. Just reading this thread is proof of their disconnect to customers.
Now they announce they moved too fast , and not dividing into two companies, keeping one site, one password, one account…what a mess</p>