Monday, September 19, 2011

Netflix to split DVD and streaming services

The days of streaming movies and TV shows until your DVDs arrived are over for most of us.
Netflix to split DVD and streaming services

In the age of dinosaurs it was fun getting these DVDs in the mail and an awesome bonus to be able to stream a video over y our computer every now and then, but things evolved and the roles were reversed. Streaming was nearly the single most awesome thing in the world and getting a DVD every couple of days was just this neat little "thanks for watching our stuff" letter packaged in a red envelope.


Now, in what's been one crappy decision after another Netflix splits into two companies; one for streaming and one for the DVD rentals. Two bills, two websites, two companies. Of course the Qwikster company(DVD in the envelopes) will start offering video games to try to justify the price, and Netflix(streaming) say they are going to "substantially" increase their streaming library I'm still not sold. Every time I think of what's going on here I hear the intro song to Married with children in my head over and over.

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