Engadget: "Netflix shipping HD titles cross-country to clear backlog?" - Blu-ray Forum

ranma · 01-23-2008, 03:45 AM

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/21...clear-backlog/

I received similar emails too, regarding ship blu-ray titles cross country.

u_nick · 01-23-2008, 03:50 AM

Honestly, I get these all the time Standard DVD included. A lot of them have been anime. So I think its just stuff they have low stock numbers of. I think the HD media is obviously taking off, and they just have to pull from all their resources to get them to people these days.

ESUNintel · 01-23-2008, 03:53 AM

That's weird. They likely don't have enough, that's why I prefer Blockbuster.

ranma · 01-23-2008, 03:54 AM

netflix's excuse is studios don't want to rent market impact movie purchase market, so they refrains the supplies to netflix.

JasonS · 01-23-2008, 04:18 AM

I think Netflix is absolutely pathetic for HDM no matter where it comes from. Since I signed up last month I've only received 1 "new" release on Blu-ray, the rest have been catalog titles and half of those have even shipped from the across the country taking as long as 5 days to get to me! I'm cancelling that worthless service this week.

gr3y · 01-23-2008, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonS

I think Netflix is absolutely pathetic for HDM no matter where it comes from. Since I signed up last month I've only received 1 "new" release on Blu-ray, the rest have been catalog titles and half of those have even shipped from the across the country taking as long as 5 days to get to me! I'm canceling that worthless service this week.

I'm with you on that one.
in the last week i only received one blu-ray... and the new releases on Tuesdays go immediately to "long wait" or "very long wait". unacceptable

elwaylite · 01-23-2008, 02:13 PM

Ive relegated Netflix to 2 at a time(for movies I don't want to own at all) and am just going to buy the rest off Ebay. Just got Sunshine and Superbad shipped for $40

greekjgg · 01-23-2008, 02:15 PM

Beating a dead horse... bringing up/asking something that has been discussed a thousand times before

KretzJ · 01-23-2008, 02:15 PM

I have been renting 4 Blu-Ray movies at a time from NetFlix for over a year now... I live in PHoenix, which does have a distribution center of some sort... and I have only received two notices saying something had to ship from another location. Even then I got those discs on-time. I've never had a delay from NetFlix and I am Blu-Ray exclusive... I never rent SD's from them.

I'm not sure why some folks have such an issue with NetFlix but I, as just one customer, can say they have never screwed me as a Blu-Ray customer.

-John K.

york weir · 01-23-2008, 02:29 PM

I've had nothing but great service out of Netflix and HDM. I got The Simpsons on Blu-ray three days after it was released and never had to wait on any other catalog or newly released movie. Perhaps I am lucky with my locale to a larger distribution center but I doubt it.

wem003 · 01-23-2008, 02:33 PM

We never have issues with Netflix. Sometimes a new release might be on a wait - but with the plan we are on - 1 at a time, unlimited per month - we just move something up in the queue. Never had to wait more than a week for something.

I guess we just don't care if we see something on release day, or wait a week since we get them at a slower pace anyway.

Our DC is is Raleigh, so they can turn around a movie for us in 2 days. I drop it in the mail today, and will have the new one by Friday.

elwaylite · 01-23-2008, 02:42 PM

Its a matter of how long you've been a user and how many movies you watch per week.

They are regularly skipping 3-5 BD's and sending me DVDs. I'm a heavy watcher and have been a member for awhile. If I were to cancel for a month(done it before) and resign up, Id get all the BD's I wanted for a good while.

I'm done playing this game with them.

Chocolatejas · 01-23-2008, 02:46 PM

I got The Game Plan and have been a member for 4 years. This was after I returned Dragon Wars. There is a distribution 30 miles from me and the next is about 50.

NutsAboutPS3 · 01-23-2008, 02:50 PM

Interesting about the distribution centres - we don't have that problem in the UK, being smaller, everything comes from one place. I seem to do pretty well with lovefilm, they're sending Superbad to me today, only a couple of days after it was released here.

KretzJ · 01-23-2008, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Its a matter of how long you've been a user and how many movies you watch per week.

They are regularly skipping 3-5 BD's and sending me DVDs. I'm a heavy watcher and have been a member for awhile. If I were to cancel for a month(done it before) and resign up, Id get all the BD's I wanted for a good while.

I'm done playing this game with them.

I've been a Netflix member since 2006 and when I say we get four movies at a time, we watch them all within 2 evenings and send them back. We turn 2 cycles every week... about 8 movies... the holidays were slower, etc. but we go through a LOT of them. I've never had a wait time for Blu-Ray discs, or SD-DVDs when we rented them.

I wonder how far your nearest distribution center is... you might be stuck between two facilities so you get some from both, etc. Here in PHX I put a Blu-Ray disc in my queue on Monday morning and it's in my mailbox Tuesday.

Sorry to hear you're having such bad luck but please keep in mind it's not everyone.

-John K.

greekjgg · 01-23-2008, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Its a matter of how long you've been a user and how many movies you watch per week.

They are regularly skipping 3-5 BD's and sending me DVDs. I'm a heavy watcher and have been a member for awhile. If I were to cancel for a month(done it before) and resign up, Id get all the BD's I wanted for a good while.

I'm done playing this game with them.

I just tried that a few weeks ago. When I signed up again, everything was a long wait. I was a serious que manipulator, I would put the new movies at thetop so they would ship on tuesday on their release day. I would watch all 3 and ship saturday so they would receive monday and put 3 new releases again at the top. This worked for awhile but slowly started to get longer waits.

They basically push the buffet abusers to the back of the line. The people that pay $15 and only eat one plate of food get the best selection, then whatever's left the abusers get.

elwaylite · 01-23-2008, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KretzJ

I've been a Netflix member since 2006 and when I say we get four movies at a time, we watch them all within 2 evenings and send them back. We turn 2 cycles every week... about 8 movies... the holidays were slower, etc. but we go through a LOT of them. I've never had a wait time for Blu-Ray discs, or SD-DVDs when we rented them.

I wonder how far your nearest distribution center is... you might be stuck between two facilities so you get some from both, etc. Here in PHX I put a Blu-Ray disc in my queue on Monday morning and it's in my mailbox Tuesday.

Sorry to hear you're having such bad luck but please keep in mind it's not everyone.

-John K.

Consider yourself lucky.

My dist center is 70 miles away.

My other issue is the recent email stating that Rendition was no longer available in BD due to lack of copies. Netflix has a place, but in my case its not for HD rentals.

Other issue is, I've really quit going to theaters and would like the new releases when they come out and that's hard to do on Netflix with even DVDs.

elwaylite · 01-23-2008, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greekjgg

I just tried that a few weeks ago. When I signed up again, everything was a long wait. I was a serious que manipulator, I would put the new movies at thetop so they would ship on tuesday on their release day. I would watch all 3 and ship saturday so they would receive monday and put 3 new releases again at the top. This worked for awhile but slowly started to get longer waits.

They basically push the buffet abusers to the back of the line. The people that pay $15 and only eat one plate of food get the best selection, then whatever's left the abusers get.

I think the majority share your opinion.

elwaylite · 01-23-2008, 03:27 PM

Here's another thing, why is RH3 still not on BD at Netflix?

phlydude · 01-23-2008, 03:29 PM

I've rec'd 1 disk from Netflix last year from one of their sites in Massachusetts (my home site is Easton, MD)
It was a little bit of a pain on the delay in getting it and sending it back (I didn't send it local, I sent it back to MA)
But it only happened once and it was for a movie that was in my queue for a while with "Very Long Wait" on it.
I was a couple months new to my account when it happened.

01-23-2008, 03:45 AM	#1
ranma Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray collection:321 Blu-ray reviews:3	Engadget: "Netflix shipping HD titles cross-country to clear backlog?" http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/21...clear-backlog/ I received similar emails too, regarding ship blu-ray titles cross country.

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01-23-2008, 03:50 AM	#2
u_nick Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CT, US Trading Score:27	Honestly, I get these all the time Standard DVD included. A lot of them have been anime. So I think its just stuff they have low stock numbers of. I think the HD media is obviously taking off, and they just have to pull from all their resources to get them to people these days.

01-23-2008, 03:53 AM	#3
ESUNintel Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Colorado	That's weird. They likely don't have enough, that's why I prefer Blockbuster.

01-23-2008, 03:54 AM	#4
ranma Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray collection:321 Blu-ray reviews:3	netflix's excuse is studios don't want to rent market impact movie purchase market, so they refrains the supplies to netflix.

01-23-2008, 04:18 AM	#5
JasonS Special Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:107 Trading Score:76	I think Netflix is absolutely pathetic for HDM no matter where it comes from. Since I signed up last month I've only received 1 "new" release on Blu-ray, the rest have been catalog titles and half of those have even shipped from the across the country taking as long as 5 days to get to me! I'm cancelling that worthless service this week.

01-23-2008, 02:13 PM	#7
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Ive relegated Netflix to 2 at a time(for movies I don't want to own at all) and am just going to buy the rest off Ebay. Just got Sunshine and Superbad shipped for $40

01-23-2008, 02:15 PM	#8
greekjgg Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Trading Score:1

01-23-2008, 02:15 PM	#9
KretzJ Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Phoenix, Arizona USA Blu-ray collection:1	I have been renting 4 Blu-Ray movies at a time from NetFlix for over a year now... I live in PHoenix, which does have a distribution center of some sort... and I have only received two notices saying something had to ship from another location. Even then I got those discs on-time. I've never had a delay from NetFlix and I am Blu-Ray exclusive... I never rent SD's from them. I'm not sure why some folks have such an issue with NetFlix but I, as just one customer, can say they have never screwed me as a Blu-Ray customer. -John K.

01-23-2008, 02:29 PM	#10
york weir Special Member Member since:Nov 2007	I've had nothing but great service out of Netflix and HDM. I got The Simpsons on Blu-ray three days after it was released and never had to wait on any other catalog or newly released movie. Perhaps I am lucky with my locale to a larger distribution center but I doubt it.

01-23-2008, 02:33 PM	#11
wem003 Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Apex, NC Blu-ray collection:29 Blu-ray reviews:1	We never have issues with Netflix. Sometimes a new release might be on a wait - but with the plan we are on - 1 at a time, unlimited per month - we just move something up in the queue. Never had to wait more than a week for something. I guess we just don't care if we see something on release day, or wait a week since we get them at a slower pace anyway. Our DC is is Raleigh, so they can turn around a movie for us in 2 days. I drop it in the mail today, and will have the new one by Friday.

01-23-2008, 02:42 PM	#12
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Its a matter of how long you've been a user and how many movies you watch per week. They are regularly skipping 3-5 BD's and sending me DVDs. I'm a heavy watcher and have been a member for awhile. If I were to cancel for a month(done it before) and resign up, Id get all the BD's I wanted for a good while. I'm done playing this game with them.

01-23-2008, 02:46 PM	#13
Chocolatejas Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NH Blu-ray collection:118 Trading Score:15	I got The Game Plan and have been a member for 4 years. This was after I returned Dragon Wars. There is a distribution 30 miles from me and the next is about 50.

01-23-2008, 02:50 PM	#14
NutsAboutPS3 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray reviews:1	Interesting about the distribution centres - we don't have that problem in the UK, being smaller, everything comes from one place. I seem to do pretty well with lovefilm, they're sending Superbad to me today, only a couple of days after it was released here.

01-23-2008, 03:27 PM	#19
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Here's another thing, why is RH3 still not on BD at Netflix?

01-23-2008, 03:29 PM	#20
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	I've rec'd 1 disk from Netflix last year from one of their sites in Massachusetts (my home site is Easton, MD) It was a little bit of a pain on the delay in getting it and sending it back (I didn't send it local, I sent it back to MA) But it only happened once and it was for a movie that was in my queue for a while with "Very Long Wait" on it. I was a couple months new to my account when it happened.

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