tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post3486696373424851846..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Off Script: House of Wax (1953)SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-17123949259406356262014-11-12T20:07:38.362-06:002014-11-12T20:07:38.362-06:00Exactly. I'd be completely fine with an all-st...Exactly. I'd be completely fine with an all-streaming service if they rotated movies on a set schedule. It all feels so arbitrary as to what comes and what goes. Some movies are available streaming for a month, and others I've had in my queue for more than two years. <br /><br />I've gotten the "extra disc" a couple of times, and I admit that it's nice. But if more and more movies vanish and never show up in any other format...Well, there's always Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-12275413295868749922014-11-12T12:55:53.421-06:002014-11-12T12:55:53.421-06:00I haven't seen this movie, but I'm respond...I haven't seen this movie, but I'm responding on your Netflix comments.<br /><br />When I first joined them years ago all they had were DVDs. I used to turn them around as fast as possible to get the most for my money. I noticed that once in a while a movie would be shipped from a different distribution center, but didn't think much of it. Then all of a sudden one month instead of getting DVDs from Portland, Maine - which has a one day turnaround for me - I got one from Worcester, Mass. Then the next one after that came from Philadelphia. Then the next one came from St. Louis. Then the next one came from San Francisco, believe it or not. I was half wondering if the next one was going to come from Hawaii. (It didn't.) The result, of course, if that I couldn't watch as many DVDs that month because of the extra time shipping them back and forth between the more distant warehouses.<br /><br />Along about this time a suit went public where Netflix was sued for deliberately limiting the number of DVDs people could get in a month by being slower about shipping them. I think it was referred to as "throttling". When I read people's descriptions it was exactly what was happening to me.<br /><br />I believe Netflix settled the suit and it hasn't happened since. In fact, sometimes they will ship me an extra one just to build up some good will.<br /><br />All of this is a prelude to saying that I would not be surprised if you are right. The more people they can shift to streaming, the more profitable for them. The thing that makes me hesitate to fully agree is if the DVDs that become unavailable do not all show up on Streaming. I'm assuming they didn't otherwise you wouldn't have had to record this off TV.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com