What's going on at NetFlix?

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We have been with NetFlix almost since the first day. Over the years we have noticed some changes, some good and some not so good.

It seems like it was about 2 years before we ever saw "SHORT WAIT", "LONG WAIT", or "VERY LONG WAIT" out to the side of any of the selections in our queue in bold red letters. And even when we did start seeing it it was only very rarely.

All of a sudden they are popping up every day. Right now we have 34 movies in our queue and 8 of them are tagged with VERY LONG WAIT. :confused: You can look at your queue one day and look at any of the movies and then look at it again the next day and it has been flagged for a very long wait. :rolleyes:

I can only think of 2 reasons why this might be happening.
. The company is in financial trouble and trying to slide by with fewer copies of each movie on hand.

OR

. They are growing so fast that they are just having trouble keeping up with the demand and the problem will be solved when they can get caught up.

Anyone else having this experience?
 
I have Netflix but don't subscribe to the mail vid rental.

Don't know what the specific issue is, but I doubt it's any significant financial issue since NFLX is near a 52wk high.

Other than a RedBox kiosk, there is no place to rent a movie around here. There used to be three Blockbusters, a Hollywood Video and a couple independents within a few miles of where I live. They have all shut down. I would guess that Netfix is getting more demand as the brick and mortar large inventory rental business is near defunct.
 
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We have the subscription for online viewing rather than DVDs, and its has been experiencing numerous connection glitches as of late. Last evening was particularly frustrating, but when the Netflix doesn't work it's a sign from above to read a good book instead.
 
I've noticed the same thing. I think they want to push everyone to streaming and eventually ditch the DVD by mail biz.
 
Streaming Dr. House.....

Every few minutes the picture goes blank for a while and you see the red bar trying to reload. Sucks. One that bothers me is the one that says that too many devices are using the web, when that is the only thing that's turned on.

About long waits. When I got mailed DVDS about 10% of the ones I picked were 'very long wait'. I had this service for years and had a dozen of those in the queue when I cancelled. It bugged me that the 'long waiters' were stuff I wanted to see.:mad:
 
ChattanoogaPhil said:
I have Netflix but don't subscribe to the mail vid rental.

Don't know what the specific issue is, but I doubt it's any significant financial issue since NFLX is near a 52wk high.

Other than a RedBox kiosk, there is no place to rent a movie around here. There used to be three Blockbusters, a Hollywood Video and a couple independents within a few miles of where I live. They have all shut down. I would guess that Netfix is getting more demand as the brick and mortar large inventory rental business is near defunct.
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Heh heh, just pay the return postage, and ill send you all you want to watch--for free. :D It'll halp a bit to put more money into getting another gun for your collection. :D
 
Gave up on Netflix three years ago.

These days we get a Redbox, see a film at the movies (rarely) or (most evenings) use Amazon Prime.

My biggest gripe on Netflix streaming is the search engine. It sucks. i could never search and find a movie it seemed.

Amazon Prime has good stuff, one time annual fee and done. We just finished "Justified", the FX series. It was excellent. We're now watching the HBO series "Deadwood". It, and free digital over the air 1080i local stations are all we use these days.

Even with a low end cable-internet only 10 Mbps package, we get solid streaming and stutter free video.

I've even used our reflashed wireless router as a bridge to our main Cisco router to watch Amazon Prime on the iPad, and it is still clear as a bell.
 
Jack, this offer is good for you and Sip too. Only--most of my stuff is either War or Western related. :D
 
Google "Net Neutrality sunset" and "Netflix and Comcast agreement."

It also doesn't help that the FCC is currently headed by a shill for the big telecoms...
 
And, the streaming selection is no where near as good as even a year ago. They've dropped most of the really good BBC series as well.
 
I used to use my Sony bluray player to access Netflix. Sony has has their own network which acts like a proxy when you use Netflix streaming. I believe there's at least one other name brand player that does the same. So in my case I was dealing with two entities to deliver my streaming movies. Last winter during peak watching hours, say after 7pm my Netflix streaming was dropping out and reloading all the time. In the previous years I've had the service I've never had the problem. I bought a Netgear NEO for $30 at Walmart and that cured the streaming issue. All the DVD's in my Q worth seeing are tagged with long wait. Something is rotten at Netfix:mad:
 
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My guess is it's the continual growing pains. Their servers are continually needing to grow and I'm sure the disk collection for the libraries does as well.
 
Like my $182/mo "brighthouse" with nothing to watch, Netflix is yet another channel of nothing to watch (since we've seen all 26 episodes of House of Cards, should be required watching for every American). Hollywood churns out 10 movies a week but you can watch "Aliens" any time of day or night, or nothing. Joe
 
Llando88 said:
Gave up on Netflix three years ago.

These days we get a Redbox, see a film at the movies (rarely) or (most evenings) use Amazon Prime.

My biggest gripe on Netflix streaming is the search engine. It sucks. i could never search and find a movie it seemed.

Amazon Prime has good stuff, one time annual fee and done. We just finished "Justified", the FX series. It was excellent. We're now watching the HBO series "Deadwood". It, and free digital over the air 1080i local stations are all we use these days.

Even with a low end cable-internet only 10 Mbps package, we get solid streaming and stutter free video.

I've even used our reflashed wireless router as a bridge to our main Cisco router to watch Amazon Prime on the iPad, and it is still clear as a bell.
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Same here. I got tired of Netflix for various reasons so I switched to Amazon. Couldn't be happier. Watch it on my computer ( I have two monitors) and on TV.
 
FIA44 said:
Are they going to quit making 8 track tapes too????
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When Netflix updates their online catalog to include more movies from the 80's and older, I'll ditch the DVD service. Add in all the quality series from HBO, Showtime, etc... that will never be streamed (those channels now have their own streaming services available only if you subscribe to their channels through your cable provider) and I'll be sticking with the DVD service.
 
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