# Do you know of lists of when Netflix will discontinue disks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064 "2016-06-22T17:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/1 "2016-06-22T17:38:45Z")
Monthly Slate, among others perhaps, publishes lists of steaming titles Netflix will discontinue soon. Do you know of lists of when Netflix will discontinue _disks_? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/2 "2016-06-22T17:43:21Z")
Do they discontinue disks? Movies fall off streaming because their license comes to an end. If they buy a DVD for mailing, it’ll stay until it falls apart. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/3 "2016-06-22T17:52:54Z")
Why in the world would they? Pay to get rid of an asset that would cost them nothing to keep? ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/4 "2016-06-22T18:25:18Z")
I’ve an old printout of disks I rented before 2006. An \*ad hoc \*check found at least 24 of them are no longer available, hence the question. So they have all been broken in the mail or some such. They do discontinue disks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/5 "2016-06-22T18:57:14Z")
As you suggested, though, it may be that the copies of a title Netflix had were destroyed or lost and some may not be replaceable. That’s different from an organized plan of getting rid of discs. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/6 "2016-06-22T19:42:14Z")
Ah, I see my error. I asked ‘Do you know of lists of _when Netflix will_ discontinue disks?’ What I was really thinking about was quite different. Do You know of any list of disks that _have been discontinued_. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/7 "2016-06-22T19:47:56Z")
I have some titles on my queue whose availability is unknown, and some where it is just very long wait. One of these is the TZ remake disk 1 - the rest are available, so I very much doubt that it got discontinued. And most are fairly obscure. So I suspect it is a problem of unavailability, not being discontinued. BTW, Netflix streaming experts - is there some secret place where good movies hide? I’ve seen the list of streaming movies, and it was no better than what I saw browsing through menus. It all seemed like very old good movies and 2nd and third sequels of once good movies. If I had to drop disks or streaming, I’d drop streaming in a second. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/8 "2016-06-22T20:29:18Z")
They definitely discontinue movies on Disk. There have been movies in my queue that got moved to the “Saved” queue because they are no longer available for rental. ETA: Their movie selection for streaming it not great. Very few current movies. That’s why I still keep the DVD plan. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/9 "2016-06-22T20:45:19Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I have some titles on my queue whose availability is unknown, and some where it is just very long wait. One of these is the TZ remake disk 1 - I’ve had that disc on my list forever, too. Someone, somewhere, lost it under the couch, most likely. It would be interesting to see which of us gets it first, if it shows up again. I really liked the first few episodes of the 1985 TZ in particular, but not enough to go out and buy the set. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/10 "2016-06-22T22:28:14Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > They definitely discontinue movies on Disk. There have been movies in my queue that got moved to the “Saved” queue because they are no longer available for rental. That’s not being discontinued. That’s the disk being no longer available because it was lost or damaged. Discontinued would be if someone at Netflix made a decision to remove a perfectly fine disk from circulation. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/11 "2016-06-22T22:46:26Z")
Remember that with a streaming service, the provider can only provide the movie as long as they have a contract with the rights owner. But if you own a DVD, you can rent it out without needing to secure permission. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/12 "2016-06-23T00:21:25Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > That’s not being discontinued. That’s the disk being no longer available because it was lost or damaged. > > Discontinued would be if someone at Netflix made a decision to remove a perfectly fine disk from circulation. I’m not sure how someone from the outside looking in would ever know the difference if a disk stopped being available. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/13 "2016-06-23T06:39:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Remember that with a streaming service, the provider can only provide the movie as long as they have a contract with the rights owner. But if you own a DVD, you can rent it out without needing to secure permission. Right. The Times Magazine last Sunday had a big article on Netflix, which talked about how content creators are getting more unwilling to make deals with them, and to do their own streaming. That is a big reason for them creating their own content. I know it is critically acclaimed, but none of it is very interesting to us. Given their crappy selection and that they just told us that they are raising their rates and that no one seems to have a better experience, it is goodbye to streaming for me. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/14 "2016-06-23T06:41:55Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I’m not sure how someone from the outside looking in would ever know the difference if a disk stopped being available. Yeah, but keeping disks available costs them almost nothing, so I couldn’t imagine why they’d remove them. Not replacing lost or damaged ones is something else. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/15 "2016-06-23T10:01:26Z")
I’m starting to get annoyed with them for not releasing Daredevil on dvd. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/16 "2016-06-23T12:22:17Z")
Netflix doesn’t seem to care about its DVD-by-mail customers anymore, even though we used to be the main focus of the company. (And despite the fact that it’s still profitable so that it subsidizes the money-losing streaming business.) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-lists-of-when-netflix-will-discontinue-disks/758064/17 "2016-06-23T13:43:28Z")
Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Disc. Whew. Got that out of my system. As to discs, Netflix stops sending out a given item on disc when it no longer has good discs available. There is no way to predict ahead of time when the last disc of something is going to get lost, scratched or perhaps on the “never going to be returned” list.