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...VIDEO-CLUB KING NETFLIX | U.S.A...
...couldn’t bring myself to see any of this crap crop last summer—after wasting ten bucks on The Matrix Reloaded, I confined my summer movie-watching to what I could get from Netflix and the local library; I got up to speed on Cronenberg and Polanski and saw a bunch of other classics that I hadn’t caught yet. The only ticket I bought for the rest of the summer was to see 28 Days Later (which I enjoyed a lot—I’m a sucker for evocative apocalypse movies...
...five years since Netflix launched its pioneering Web-based DVD-by-mail service, thousands of us have discovered that renting movies doesn't have to mean exorbitant late fees. Netflix, which allows users to keep DVDs as long as they want and return them in prepaid mailers, has 742,000 members and has spawned a cadre of copycats, like NumberSlate, CafeDVD and GreenCine. Even Wal-Mart and Blockbuster (in-store) have warmed to monthly subscription models. Here's a primer on the major programs...
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Meanwhile, Netflix has a chance to patch holes in its service. Customers on the East Coast have to wait twice as long for their DVDs as those in the West, so Hastings plans to open enough distribution centers to have the whole country within a day's coverage. The recommendation service needs tweaking too: "I've rated 600 movies, and it's still telling me I would like to see Star Trek," says Kendra Jacobson, 31, of San Francisco. Still, she liked the service so much she turned her mom onto it--and both have stopped using Blockbuster...