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That's a 20-percent jump from this time last year, and, while much of that increase is thanks to the dedicated Roku Player, increasingly Netflix-ready video game consoles (most recently the Wii) have surely delivered a huge boost, too. The 20-percent jump is significant, but we don't think that number is finished growing. Neither does CEO Reed Hastings, who says he expects the company to "extend [its] operating momentum."
We think that's corporate-speak for: "get lots more people paying us money to download our stuff." [From: Yahoo! Finance, via: Business Insider]
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Subscribe to commentswebkittyJan 28th 2010 1:34PM
Also, a friend recently told me about Casttv. It is free and my experience with it has been good. I only wish I had been smart enough to come up with netflix.
bookwormJan 28th 2010 1:52PM
I wait to return mine till I'm running errands and can drop them in a mailbox. I worry if I put them out at my house for the mailman to pick up, someone will help themselves to the movies. I don't live in that great a neighborhood. This article is mean as some of these comments are. But how Americans seem to love to attack each other. I weigh 136 - fat? Why have Americans become so rude and judgemental, willing to label everyone and make us all one dimentional creatures instead of complex humans? I think because it makes it easier to dismiss everyone and their problems. The depersonalization of America. We're all just fat, lazy, crack addicts living on the dole, stealing from banks, living in houses to big for us, and should have known better than to take that mortgage out. Right?
JulieJan 28th 2010 8:56PM
I LOVE Netflix and wouldn't change for the world. I'm happy with DVD format, too, and have no desire to change to Blu-Ray. Heck, while you're at it, why pay money to have that, new formats, HD tv, HD tv service etc when DVD look jusssst fine? and money is incredibly tight? But that's just me - a lot of folks have one or more of this already.
But - in the main- for ME, I'm overly happy with Netflix because the DVDs have the subtitles (not the plug-in types "tv" does which alters the content a lot, plus, I can't access if I'm watching the DVD player anyway) and "extras". I'm not that into the extras but sometimes I do like the gag reels, and some deleted scenes are excellent (e.g. Gladiator, yes an older movie but I never forgot how fantastic those scenes were). I'm in bed a lot with a bad back and I get the mail every day ANYway so what's the big deal? I pop a movie in, watch it however I wish to watch it, mail it back, bada bing. Long Live Netflix!
gailFeb 1st 2010 3:56AM
I've watched a few things on Nexflix using the Instant option, but the fact is that the most popular stuff isn't available for Instant download. I also get DVDs delivered by mail but only one at a time, so sometimes I watch Instant movies while I'm waiting for the next DVD to arrive. However, most of the movies I watch instantly are independent or foreign movies, or movies that have been out for more than a decade.