Last time I subscribed to cable TV service, the bill for basic service and cable internet was nearly $100 per month. Even with the short-term bundle pricing, all the taxes and fees the cable companies tack on make it an expensive service. I decided it’s not worth it. I don’t subscribe to cable TV. But what are my alternatives?
Apple just announced the addition of movie rentals to iTunes for $3.99 a day. I don’t know why anyone would pay that. With a Netflix subscription at just $8.99 a month, you get physical DVDs in the mail, plus unlimited movie streaming on your PC. There are over 6,000 movies available to stream so far, far more than iTunes has available to rent, and you can watch them whenever and as many times as you’d like.
Especially with the major networks starting to cancel prime time TV series due to the writer’s strike, dropping a huge bill in favor of streaming video makes a lot more sense to me. I watched a movie between classes on my laptop today, streamed in very high quality from Netflix, and have a new DVD coming tomorrow. Not a bad deal.
Brendon Kozlowski
January 18th, 2008
I’ve just recently done the same. I initially went for their “special rate” plan that started at $4.99 with 2 movies a month and 1 streaming a month (which I think was upgraded to 5 hours instead). My queue simply became too large to limit myself by that, so I figure the equivalent of a 10-piece Chicken McNugget Meal from McDonald’s per month would be a good investment.
I never subscribed to cable TV though, I’m too easily hooked on it and it wastes my time.
Got a Netflix friend code?
I wouldn’t mind seeing what you’re watching/renting. Especially you’re Anime choices and ratings.
Dan
January 18th, 2008
I think this is what you want…
http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P6cMGPLPZNHdAcHrOhHN
Brendon Kozlowski
January 22nd, 2008
That would be it! I didn’t think you’d want to post it publically.