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Originally Posted by BStecke
I'm pretty much right on the edge of canceling my Netflix subscription. Their Blu-ray support pretty much sucks . . . I tried the Blockbuster online deal and that was worse. I have a Blockbuster right down the street from me, but I hate going there because it's always busy and the staff is slow as hell.
I always gather as much information as possible before making a blind buy and only have one movie that I've been pretty disappointed in. If it wasn't worth the purchase, most Blu-ray's can be sold for enough that it basically costs you a rental fee.
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And here I'm loving netflix - got a 2 disc subscription for a year for christmas. I've been watching 2-3 disks a week since the begining of the year - 80-90% of those as Blu-ray.
Now granted, I have almost 100 disks in my queue at the moment and it includes a ton of stuff that isn't new release, but since I haven't been "OMG I have to have it now" with a lot of stuff its worked well for me.
For purchasing I do occasionally blind buy, but I'm fairly discerning. For example, I didn't get to see national treasure 2 or enchanted in the theaters but wanted too and heard they were very good, so those will probably be blind buys.
For me I mainly decide what I want as a buy by whether I'm going to watch it multiple times or if it's just that spectacular that I want to have it in my collection just in case. The Rock was less that $15 and I absolutely love the movie so it was a buy. I know I'll pop it in again sometime this year. RE3 - glad it was a rent - will probably never watch it again unless it's on tv and I'm being lazy. Lost S3 is a little different since it was a great buy, demo quality material, and I love the show - may not rewatch it a ton, but glad I have it.
The toddler affects things a little for me too, as kids films like Disney and Pixar have a high rewatch value.