WOW! I am purple and was about to subscribe to Netflix just becouse of the fact that they offerred both formats. That makes my desision to pull the trigger a little harder. I wonder how many will drop Netflix now? Although I am sure they have already done there numbers and figured it to be marginal.
I wonder why they could not make a business plan for both formats work out?
This is definitly another huge blow for HD DVD. Although when Blockbuster went format exclusinve I dont think it made a huge impact (at the time).
I moved to them when I bought my cheap HD-DVD player back in Nov. Simply because I thought Blockbuster online (which I had then) didn't stock HD-DVDs. Turns out they do, but it's harder to find them on the site. And B-buster didn't stock them in stores, which was the main reason I had them over Netflix to begin w/. Now, with this move, as soon as I do buy a Blu-Ray player, it's back to B-buster for me, simply because I can return movies to the local store, and take one home w/ me. The Netflix "instant watch" thing is extremely underwhelming at the moment, and not worth it for me.
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HiFiFreak @ Feb 11th 2008 9:16AM
WOW!
I am purple and was about to subscribe to Netflix just becouse of the fact that they offerred both formats. That makes my desision to pull the trigger a little harder.
I wonder how many will drop Netflix now? Although I am sure they have already done there numbers and figured it to be marginal.
I wonder why they could not make a business plan for both formats work out?
This is definitly another huge blow for HD DVD. Although when Blockbuster went format exclusinve I dont think it made a huge impact (at the time).
Que sera, sera
HD Tom @ Feb 11th 2008 10:12AM
I moved to them when I bought my cheap HD-DVD player back in Nov. Simply because I thought Blockbuster online (which I had then) didn't stock HD-DVDs. Turns out they do, but it's harder to find them on the site. And B-buster didn't stock them in stores, which was the main reason I had them over Netflix to begin w/. Now, with this move, as soon as I do buy a Blu-Ray player, it's back to B-buster for me, simply because I can return movies to the local store, and take one home w/ me. The Netflix "instant watch" thing is extremely underwhelming at the moment, and not worth it for me.