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PaddyDugan
01/29/09

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Am I the only one who thinks using the P.O to deliver digital content is totally archaic? And once I start watching all my movies in "Watch Instantly" I will never have to open my mail again. The rest is junk. Now if one of you genuises can only figure out a way to have my gadgets delivered digitally..."Amazon, beam me a Roku!"
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Monty
01/29/09

@PaddyDugan: It is archaic, but unfortunately that pipe we call the internet is not really built to handle true HD quality streaming yet. They need most of their customer base to have a significant internet pipe into their homes (non-burst 10+ megs) for streaming to take significant numbers away from disc mailings.
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weatherman
01/29/09

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I'm happy to see the service upgraded, but it seems that this is being understood as "Saturday delivery" which is not quite right; Netflix was always available for Saturday deliver because anything that was delivered on a Saturday was shipped from Netflix days before - probably on Thursday or Friday. So basically if you sent a movie back on a Tuesday, worst case you'd get a replacement disc by Saturday. In most cases (like mine) if I shipped something back on Thursday I might have a replacement disc on Saturday.

What Netflix is doing is starting to ship on Saturday, which is going to have a little effect, but not too much. For instance when returning a disc on a Thursday or Friday before this, they might receive it on a Saturday and not ship something out until Monday (arriving by Tuesday). In the new mode, they'd ship it out on Saturday and it would almost surely arrive by Monday.
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Monty
01/29/09

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Okay, clearly I am not as observant as I thought because I have been using them for years and never noticed that they do not send out shipments on Saturday. I guess they could keep on ignoring Saturday delivery for me, then.
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pdditty
01/29/09

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Netflix needs to totally upgrade the streaming side of things...more selection and better quality.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/29/09

@pdditty: Try upgrading your router. Just got a Linksys router than runs two wireless networks at the same time. It has a b/g/n network and also an a/g network. I use the a network for streaming media to the XBox because it's got a decent throughput and no walls to block the signal (the signal only has to go 20 feet).
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Rabid Penguin
01/29/09

@pdditty: Of course getting a nice router won't fix their selection...
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catfewd
01/29/09

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With the post office skeazing out this doesn't really matter, does it?
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Geisrud
01/29/09

@catfewd: I was just gonna say that - with the USPS considering a 5 day delivery service, they should maybe wait and see how that pans out.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/29/09

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Thanks for the reminder, Mark. I still have to return Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. It's been on my coffee table for two weeks now.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/29/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Funny enough, that's actually next in my queue after THX 1138, which would be in my mailbox soon!
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Rabid Penguin
01/29/09

@Kaiser 'Majeed' Machead: I watched THX 1138 the other day. I was curious. That had to have been one of the worst movies I've ever seen... soooo boring.

We take our pills.

We don't take our pills.

We're in a white room for 40 minutes eating crackers.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/29/09

@Rabid Penguin: Dang that's disappointing. I'll be sure to use the fast-forward button a lot.
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Rabid Penguin
01/29/09

@Kaiser 'Majeed' Machead: Everyone has a different taste in movies, so you may enjoy it. But fast-forward did make it more enjoyable ;c)
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