Netflix or Blockbuster online?

[h0mi]

Both for now. Blockbuster does in store returns which is useful to get more recent rentals (my queue is >200 titles right now). Netflix offers that streaming service which I haven't used yet (for more than 1 minite) and cant wait for it to come to the xbox 360.

[Trekker4Life]

With my nearest Blockbuster over 10 miles away, and $4.00 per gallon gas prices... Netflix is a no-brainer.

[ack_bak]

With my nearest Blockbuster over 10 miles away, and $4.00 per gallon gas prices... Netflix is a no-brainer.

You do know that Blockbuster offers the same online renting ability and will ship to your mailbox as well, right? If Netflix raises their BD rental prices and Blockbuster does not, you can get almost the same service from Blockbuster. Most likely cheaper.

[DaveS1138]

You do know that Blockbuster offers the same online renting ability and will ship to your mailbox as well, right? If Netflix raises their BD rental prices and Blockbuster does not, you can get almost the same service from Blockbuster. Most likely cheaper.

My local Blockbuster has a fairly poor selection of Blu-rays but if Netflix do change their pricing and Blockbuster dont I would probably switch just on principle. I tried the Netflix streaming service once and was utterly unimpressed so loosing that is no big deal.

[Cochise]

With my nearest Blockbuster over 10 miles away, and $4.00 per gallon gas prices... Netflix is a no-brainer.

I've been getting 3 discs / week from Blockbuster and I haven't been in a BB store in the current millennium.

I had Netflix for almost 2 years and I found that the longer you were a subscriber the worse the service got. If you returned discs too quickly they would throttle you back with the returned discs taking 3-4 days to show up in my Q, even though it's one day turnaround to Tucson. Then they tried the trick of saying my "selection" (a title way down in my Q with newer releases at the top always being "very long wait") was not available from my local distribution center and when send me the disc from across the country from Georgia, upstate New York, etc. - same postage cost, but 4-5 day transit time (like there's no Netfix centers next door in California?) And I rarely could get a new release within a month or more after release.

When they kicked that was the last straw for me and I switched to BB Online. Ironically, I rarely rented - I tended to buy the titles I wanted on HD DVD and primarily rent , it just pissed me off and was the final straw. I've been much happier with Blockbuster.

[Centauri]

What's cool is that BB still has .

[Liqwid]

Blockbuster Online rocks.

[MrAngles]

As far as being reliant on the internet goes I suppose it's worth considering that gobal financial systems would take a devistating (almost unrecoverable) hit at this point should the internet collapse.... I suppose if the internet is viewed as being viable to handle nearly all major money transactions in the world then maybe it's reliable enough for online (heck downloaded ) movie rentals.

I sure hope so, can you imagine going back purely to phone/fax/wire-transfer/mail communication? I would lose my mind at this point.

[MrAngles]

What's cool is that BB still has .

I thought Netflix does too.

[robertrobert5]

I dumped Netflix after they dumped HDDVD , they can go f themselves.
Will never use them again

[Htown-D]

How about a 3rd option for neither? I don't rent HD movies. If it's a movie I like, I just buy it.

[RockyTop1]

I used to be with Netflix a few years ago, but switched to Blockbuster when they started the in store exchange program. I have two blockbusters within 2 miles of my house, one that I pass every day on my way home from work, so it's a no brainer for me. And their blu-ray section is constantly growing, which is great for me and saves me some money as well. Also, the local distribution center is in Louisville, KY, so if I get an email that a movie has been sent out on Monday, I have it by Tuesday. Can't beat that.

[SRW1000]

How about a 3rd option for neither? I don't rent HD movies. If it's a movie I like, I just buy it.

How do you know if you'll like it? Or do you only buy movies you've seen in the theater?

[nyc20012001]

I like Blockbuster Online. I have the four rental plan for $24.99, and after I'm done with the movies from online, I go and trade those movies in at the store. I get eight for the price of four because after they receive the movies at the warehouse, they send more out even if I don't return the movies I got from the store. I also get two free game rentals a month, and on top of that, I here Netflix is upping there prices on their hi-def stuff. No brainer for me Blockbuster Online is the best.

[kreeper_6]

BLOCKBUSTER

With in store exchanges and no BLU premium fees, you'd be a fool to stick with netflix. Need that Blur-ray of "300" that's been in your queue for weeks? forget the "Very Long Wait" and pick it up in store. What about that new release you forgot to queue up pre-release? Pick it up in store instead of waiting weeks! This goes for DVD & Bluray...