Anyone used one of the other sites? How are they?
I have been browsing at www.numberslate.com and www.greencine.com. They appear to have many DVD’s that Netflix doesn’t: for instance anime and classic Brit movies. But I am not sure how reliable they are.
This thread on DVD talk discusses some of these services. Check out especially the long post about a third of the way down which compares the different sites.
I was going to ask the same question.
anyone?anyone?buller?
WalMart has entered this biz, as have (to a much lesser degree) Blockbuster and BestBuy (with the two latter, it’s more of a Beta testing phase). Porn is also entering the market, both gay and straight .
Back at the beginning of the year I decided to sign up for one of these services, choosing between Netflix and Numberslate. The costs were about the same, but Numberslate showed a considerably wider selection, and I found a number of films that I wanted on Numberslate that did not show up on Netflix.
So I signed up with Numberslate, chose about 30 films, and sat back to enjoy DVD goodness. The films rolled in, but the films I received were always from the middle of the list. Well, OK, thats fine.
Then, after I had seen 15 or so films, they slowed down. A lot. If I added a film to the bottom of the list, I might get it quickly, but all the films that I REALLY wanted were at the top of the list and not shipping. At some point, I had 25 films in the list, and no films out, for over a week. They could not ship me anything.
So I canceled Numberslate and joined Netflix. There are some films I would like to see that are not in the Netflix list; on the other hand, they have always shipped the next day, and sent either the first or the second film on my list, and virtually every film on my list is listed as “Availability Now.” I got a note from them a while ago saying that “Fargo” was no longer available, so it would be moved from my rental list to my “When Available” list.
So: I suspect that Numberslate lists a LOT more films than they actually have. MAYBE they have one or two copies of those films, and can’t satisfy all their customers, but I doubt it–I did complain, and they gave me a free week, but if they had had the films they could have sent me one.
For what its worth.
– Reno Nevada.
What is the general satisfaction level with Netflix?