Netflix Not Stocking Enough Blu-ray Discs?
We've been aching to say something about this apparent Netflix Blu-Ray shortage for a while, but before we went off on some wild accusatory tangent, we decided to wait for a couple weeks to see if the death of HD-DVD would get Netflix to stock more Blu-Ray discs. You know, to be fair to Netflix. It seems the problem hasn't let up, however.
The above picture is what our queue has looked like for the past couple weeks. See all those "Short Wait, Long Wait, and "Very Long Wait" messages? Those mean those discs are not in stock at Netflix, they're not sure when they will be, and we'll just have to wait for other customers to return their discs. And in the afterglow of the Academy Awards, we're not confident the problem will let up any time soon.
Isn't it time for Netflix to stock more Blu-Ray discs? With the rising popularity of the format, the end of HD-DVD as we know it, and the oncoming rise in Blu-Ray releases (just take a look at the Blu-Ray association's web site that lists upcoming releases), we think it's time for Netflix to stop treating Blu-Ray like a niche product and let us have the HD goodness we're (apparently) waiting for.
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MG @ Feb 25th 2008 4:41PM
I have the Blockbuster service and they are every bit as bad if NOT worse. I have 24 movies all in Blu Ray in my Q, and of those 24, only 2 are available now??? Most are LONG WAIT. Very frustrating. I was thinking of going back to Netflix but after reading this I guess I'll stick with BB just for the fact that I can exchange at the store...they both need to get on board a LOT more with blu-ray is all I can say. I can't bring myself to watch anything in DVD ever again personally...yuck!