Thinking of getting Netflix on Xbox and ending my account with Blockbuster.

Hey guys, I've had Blockbuster Online for like three years. However it's prices have gone up and I hate the limited trade-ins. How do you like Netflix on your 360? Is it superior to Blockbuster online? If so, how is it superior? Have you had any issues like lag or anything, or the dl taking a long time?

Just need some actual customer feedback instead of looking at sugar coated advertisements. Thanks

well ive kept my account. the main reason is because i can hold 3 movies at a time, and i can return them to a blockbuster and get 3 movies at the store and have the 3 movies in my queue making me have 6 movies at once. netflix is cool and all, but it doesnt have all the movies i like online, so i see no point to it really. Also you cant program your xbox to just turn off , so it sucks if you were trying to watch something to go to bed. thats my take on it, with blockbuster you can hold more movies at once, and with netflix you can watch it on your xbox(that you cant put a sleep timer on).

it depends on a few things...

I don't watch movies that often so I'm happy with Netflix's $8.99 plan (1 movie at a time + unlimited streaming movies).

I usually just use Netflix to have a movie playing in the background while I work on my computer. Their download choices are very small and not very good, but it has a few good shows like Lost, Heroes, MythBusters, History channel stuff. So I'm fine with that.

You like to have tons of movies, just use both Netflix and Blockbuster.

The good thing about Netflix is you can typically get whatever you want. The downside is that you have wait for the mail to arrive then mail it back.

The good thing about BlockBuster is that you can go to the store and get a video all in the same day. No waiting for mail. The problem is that you have physically go to the actual store and they may not have what you want.

Hey guys, I've had Blockbuster Online for like three years. However it's prices have gone up and I hate the limited trade-ins. How do you like Netflix on your 360? Is it superior to Blockbuster online? If so, how is it superior? Have you had any issues like lag or anything, or the dl taking a long time?

Just need some actual customer feedback instead of looking at sugar coated advertisements. Thanks

theycallmeRP

I have Blockbuster and Netflix. Blockbuster is much better at getting discs to me, and have a larger inventroy, Netflix's only perk is the ability to stream random old movies/TV shows on my 360/PS3/Netflix box. Sometimes what is available is good, othertimes not. They do rotate and remove stuff off of Netflix, so what you see this month, may be gone next month, there is never a sense of permanent streaming movies/TV shows that you can always watch. What's available via streaming is changed and random, but rest assured, it's old stuff (with the ocasional exception of some new TV deal/relatively new movies...but again, if you have HDTV, you are much better off catching Heroes LIVE on TV, or getting it on Blu).

One thing is for sure, the quality isn't that great (DVD is actually better, upscaled DVD way way better, and you knokw how Blu looks ;)), but for old shows from the 70's/80's the quality isn't a major issue. However, for actual great movies like Matrix or Fight Club, I would much rather get the Blu-Ray from Blockbuster or Netflix.

Blockbuster lets me get 3 Blu-Rays/DVD's in the mail every week, and then when I finish, I can get new movies from any local Blockbuster in the area (I have over 10 locations available to me, big city ;) ) while I wait for the next stuff to ship.

That being said, I buy A LOT of movies too. I hope this help you and your Netflix question.

If I had limited money, and I was to get rid of my Netflix or Blockbuster, Netflix would go first. If I was younger, I might like it more since I probably wouldn't have an HDTV, I probably would like the old movies I've seen before, etc. My problem is I've seen a LOT of movies, A lot of TV, so I end up watching a lot of reruns on Netflix....in low streaming quality. To each their own though.

My question is, if you are trying to watch NEWER Movies, why would you want crappy low resolution streaming? It's a nice service, but I'm not going to watch great movies on my multiple HDTV's in the house through the streaming. Not for me. YOu also lose better sound, subtitles, extra features, deleted scenes, etc.

Sometimes they put newer movies and TV shows, but, again, you are better off getting the Bluray or at least the DVD. I don't get the popularity of low quality movies, but my much younger kid brother does like the service more that I do (He lives with in his own apartment). He likes Netflix because those old school movies I've seen? They are new to my younger brother so he gets more use out of the streaming...and he doesn't care about HDTV's, or missing sound/features. So, hopefully that helps a bit.

Don't forget, Netflix streaming on 360 REQUIRES a Gold Membership as well. Scratch everything I said above if you aren't gold, or are planning on moving to Silver.

well ive kept my account. the main reason is because i can hold 3 movies at a time, and i can return them to a blockbuster and get 3 movies at the store and have the 3 movies in my queue making me have 6 movies at once. netflix is cool and all, but it doesnt have all the movies i like online, so i see no point to it really. Also you cant program your xbox to just turn off , so it sucks if you were trying to watch something to go to bed. thats my take on it, with blockbuster you can hold more movies at once, and with netflix you can watch it on your xbox(that you cant put a sleep timer on).

dkidfrmdbx

Couldnt you just use the parental settings and have the xbox turn of at 3am? or any other time, I remember a friend talking about doing that

Netlfix is great $8.99 for one disc at a time and free streaming. Where I live if I get the movie in the mail before 5pm Netflix has it back by the next day and have sent out the next disc that same day. It's basically one day turn around time for the movies that you can't stream.

The ones you can stream are available on a lot of the systems out there. It looks great on the 360 and quite a few movies stream in HD. Of course on the 360 you have to be a Gold level, but on the other systems it is free.

Can't say how it stacks up against Blockbuster now a days as I haven't used them in years.

Question:

If i use the cheapest Netflix plan, one dvd a month, can i check one dvd by mail and still stream as many movies as i want to my xbox?