This Netflix chart could be the future

By Mark Rollins - 06/04/2010 2:26:22 PM

What you see here is a slide from a corporate slideshow. As you can see, it shows that DVDs by mail will drop off after 2014, and completely diminished by 2030. Yes, it is a definite curve, and the question you got to be asking yourself is: "Could this be the future?" ...

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How To Get New Releases Out of Netflix

By Steve Anderson - 01/20/2010 2:52:22 AM

There are some of us out there who favor using Netflix to get the newest and latest DVDs rather than as a massive junkyard for getting all the great stuff we remember watching when we were kids.  I'm personally one of those users myself. But for those of you who want big and new and ...

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Perusing Netflix Queues Reveals Strange Results

By Steve Anderson - 01/11/2010 1:32:22 AM

Now here's a little something interesting--seems the folks out at the New York Times put together a few interactive maps of ten major cities, showing the most popular Netflix titles in each. You know how you can see the most popular movies in your zip code when you check out the main menu?  They basically took ...

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Netflix Outs Lesbian Mom–Gets Sued

By Steve Anderson - 12/21/2009 12:02:26 AM

Here's a surprise for all you Netflix users out there, and it's a downright scary one at that.  Believe me, I too, as a Netflix user, am vaguely unsettled by the implications of the following story. Apparently, when Netflix handed out its big million dollar prize to get its system of recommendations improved, it also handed ...

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Good News For Blockbuster AND Netflix

By Steve Anderson - 12/09/2009 2:17:38 AM

You might wonder what would be good news for two lifelong competitors like these two.  Well, as it turns out, they were both getting sued by the same outfit over a possible patent infringement. As we all--well, as anyone who uses Blockbuster Online and / or Netflix does--well know, they both notify you on the state ...

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