Comments on: Blockbuster vs. Netflix – Best Service for Movies

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:17:18 +0000

I have used both. Netflix for about 6 years. Had trouble with the mail, I suspect they were being intercepted somewhere, didn’t happen with Blockbuster though.
I turned to Blockbuster about 2 years ago, in the last 2 months there seem to be a shortage of movies. Very long wait, short wait, etc. I have a 3 out plan but have been getting 2 lately. Tried emailing my complaints but I get the same letter back stating that I should ensure that I have 10 available movies in my queue. I have over 20 movies in my queue how the heck am I supposed to know when they’re available? I don’t think they’re keeping up with the demand and yet I’m still paying for 3 at time.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:23:36 +0000

I haven’t had netflix in a few years, but what I remember is that there was a really great selection of LGBT, Indie, and TV titles. I have recently been using the in-store only BB deal, but there is NO selection and I have run out of things to rent. I’m trying to decide if I should go for NF or BB and the only thing that is keeping me from going with BB is that I do not know about their selection. Does anyone know if they have the same titles? I am especially interested in the LGBT selection which BB does not have in-store. They don’t even carry The L Word. I do not like popular movies, but prefer indie and foreign and I tend to rent a lot of tv shows because I do not subscribe to cable. The one reason I am more heavily considering BB is because my son will want to rent video games.

By: Bo

Bo — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:35:23 +0000

I’ve kept Netflix because the customer service is excellent.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:58:25 +0000

I’ve had Netflix for a little over 10 years now, around when they first came out. The price that it is now with streaming and movies out is what I was originally paying for 3 dvds out at a time. Then along came blu rays and with it streaming options, but it wasn’t unlimited. Instead it was based on how much you paid and since I paid about $25 I was able to watch 25 hours of streaming each month. Then it was unlimited and I dropped down to 1 out at a time plus streaming. Then I heard that it was splitting so I went with all streaming and I picked up Blockbuster for movies. Now I’m back up to $20 with dvds and movies but now I get new releases plus all the streaming goodness that Netflix has to offer. I have no plans to cancel it seeing as in order for them to have more content available for streaming they need to have the revenue to do so.

By: Kammie

Kammie — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:40:05 +0000

My husband is a Blockbuster fan because of the blu-ray, but I prefer to order on-demand movies (we have Comcast). I read somewhere that Blockbuster was a dying company because of the ability to order movies directly from their cable provider. What do you think? Is Blockbuster (and Netflix) savvy enough to keep up with the changing technology or is it truly a dying business?

By: Trev

Trev — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:09:09 +0000

great article. why don’t you have a date published on it? I absolutely hate when people quote old facts for current situations. No wonder people get confused on the internet…they don’t know when to realize this is old news or new news. Please Please put dates on your articles! I wish it was a mandatory thing on all websites…

By: Ally Kirbs

Ally Kirbs — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:44:23 +0000

Yeah I’d have to go with netflix par for par overall their methodology was built from the ground up unlike blockbluster which always had this traditional approach and didn’t really appeal after we hite the “digital” period. I think netflix’s better deals reflects its entire support structure which it’s had from the beginning so it’s hard for me to imagine that blockbuster or others could catch up so quickly. I’ve seen a gemini c group rep on this an dit was kind of supportive so I guess we”ll see. All overall I’m with nflix on this one. Good post

By: David

David — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:55:43 +0000

I just signed up to Blockbuster to compare it to Netflix/Qwickster. Here’s where Blockbuster fails to impress. I signed up for the 3 DVDs at a time plan, added seasons 3, 4, and 5 of Dexter to my queue. Rather than send the first 3 DVDs of season 3 to me, they sent the first disc of each season to me. Utterly worthless. There seems to be no way to arrange the queue such that you get TV shows in order.