Sunday, October 3, 2010

Video Streaming Service

-Netflix, now in Canada

I just love going to the video store to buy used DVDs. I find old classics to add to my collection and it is eco friendly as well. Price wise, I find it more worthwhile to buy than to rent most of the time. One man's trash is another man's treasure, as some would say. And speaking of trash, I've been watching the entire season 1 of "Hoarders" thanks to Netflix.

Netflix, which I first used when I was living in the United States, is an online streaming video service, except that in the USA, you also get the option of getting DVDs mailed to your home. Anyhow, the service is very cheap, $7.99 a month for unlimited streaming. The only problem with that is that I have limited bandwidth, like most people here in Quebec. They also offer an awesome free month trial period, which I am enjoying right now.

The main con, in my opinion, is their poor selection. I remember Netflix in the States to be THE place to find anything and everything. Now, "unavailable", is what I get for 90 percent of things I really want to watch like "Hoarders Season 2", "South Park", "Dexter" or "Shawshank Redemption", just to name a few. I watched "The Machine Girl", a pretty fun Japanese movie. So finding 2 movies like that per month, would make it worth the price. Beside I'm sure Netflix is limited due to some distribution laws here in Canada.

In conclusion, I'm still on a the fence about if I will keep my subscription or not at the end of the free trial period. One thing for sure, I will still buy used DVDs for my collection until either Netflix offers a wider selection, or until the people from "Hoarders" come to my place to shoot one of their episodes because of my "collection".


Links: http://www.netflix.ca/

Rating: 3.0 out of 5

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