Word: netflixing
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...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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...demographic that rents the most movies--18- to 35-year-olds with children, like Daly--is also the one most likely to look for them on the Internet. There are about 20 online DVD-rental services, but what makes Netflix by far the most popular is its recommendation system. Rate each movie you rent, and Netflix will match you up with movies you're likely to enjoy that you might never have heard of. This is a boon for independent movies like Nice Guys Sleep Alone--which couldn't get distribution but did get picked up by hbo after...
...company thinks most consumers don't plan their rentals in advance--they do it on impulse, the same way they buy Milk Duds at the register. But that doesn't mean they'll always think that way. "If we can figure out a way to make money doing what Netflix does, we'll do it," says Blockbuster vice president Ed Stead...
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...