# Will Netflix ever put any kind of limit on it's Instant service?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-netflix-ever-put-any-kind-of-limit-on-its-instant-service/577118 "2011-04-04T04:42:14Z")\
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**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:** [April 6, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-netflix-ever-put-any-kind-of-limit-on-its-instant-service/577118/21 "2011-04-06T00:59:26Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> I read an article from December that was complaining that there are “only” 20,000 titles (up from 15,000 two years earlier, so he sees that as lackluster) for instant. What?? How do you magically access more 19,000 titles that don’t seem to appear on the wii or my online account? If the author meant that there are 20,000 titles available at all times, rather than a rotation of 20k that have ever at one point been offered, I’m doing something really wrong when I browse.

Right now there’s [12297](http://instantwatcher.com/titles/all) titles on Instant. (I wonder if the 20,000 comes from individual TV episodes) You’re not going to see every single title if you’re just browsing through. But you can find them through search and the different recommendations that pop up.

Also, just today there’s an article from the Netflix CEO talking about how they’re not planning on changing Instant from being unlimited:  
[http://consumerist.com/2011/04/netflix-ceo-pay-per-view-not-in-companys-future.html](http://consumerist.com/2011/04/netflix-ceo-pay-per-view-not-in-companys-future.html)

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-netflix-ever-put-any-kind-of-limit-on-its-instant-service/577118/22 "2011-04-06T22:37:34Z")

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> [@AlsoNamedBort](#):
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> Right now there’s [12297](http://instantwatcher.com/titles/all) titles on Instant. (I wonder if the 20,000 comes from individual TV episodes) You’re not going to see every single title if you’re just browsing through. But you can find them through search and the different recommendations that pop up.

This site is awesome, thank you! But not having thousands of the movies they carry come up on browsing? That’s really dumb considering how many people will be scared off from their “small selection” of movies when considering buying a membership.

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**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:** [April 6, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-netflix-ever-put-any-kind-of-limit-on-its-instant-service/577118/23 "2011-04-06T23:14:56Z")

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Actually, it looks like you can just browse through all the movies. I’ve never done so before because it seems like a really awkward way to do so. For example, here’s all the “Action and Adventure” movies:

> **[Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/browse)**
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> Watch Netflix movies & TV shows online or stream right to your smart TV, game console, PC, Mac, mobile, tablet and more.

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