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I came, I watched, I conquered. I have had a Netflix subscription for forty months. A three at a time no limit subscription no less. In that time I have watched over 1000 DVDs through the service. That would be an average of six DVDs per week. I got them I watched them they were out in the mail the next day. Sadly today I finally conceded the point that I had actually seen everything I wanted to see, and I wasn't going to get any more out of the service.Today I finally cancelled my subscription.

I subscribed to the service initially to satiate no to drown myself in Anime, and after picking that corpse clean of all that I could consume. I then went on to television series, and even throwbacks to movies I just felt a mild nostalgia for. Now I am actually more then full. In fact it no longer can even interest me. I used to wait on the movies. Lately I could hardly summon the will to get them to the mailbox before the postman came.

I do not hate the service mind you. I think it is a fantastic service. I really got more for my dollar that any other subscription service I have used in my life. In fact this is probably the longest subscription I have ever had to anything. I just never thought I could actually exhaust something utterly. To actually get every last ounce of enjoyment out of something.

Anyway it raises a interesting question for the 360 communitythat uses Netflix. My taste was vast, and yet it finally succumbed. I mean I mined a genre to death. How fare other subscribers. Where are you gauging your use of the service. How far along do you think you are. Do you see yourself exhausting the service for your needs, or are you more lets call it casual. Are there others who have already exhausted their use of the service.

 

 



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Actually, I was thinking something similar the other day, not that I'm anywhere near your situation atm, but how long it would take me to get there. You go through movies and TV shows faster than I do. Right now, I'm in the middle of Battlestar Galactica Season 1 and have 50 films/TV shows lined up behind it in my queue. I've also got 3 other TV shows in my instant cue over on my 360, which is great since it's the summer, and it gives me a chance to catch up on what I missed before the fall season starts. Glad to hear you enjoyed it though, it is a great service.



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Damn, that is a lot of watching. I am surprised you didn't turn into a zombie.



you should have just gone down to the $8.99 one DVD at a time service and that way you would still have access to the netflix downloads on the xbox and still use your one at a time to get the newer releases as they come out.



JaggedSac said:
Damn, that is a lot of watching. I am surprised you didn't turn into a zombie.

lol@this



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i wish i had that much time
i love movies but im too busy



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i don't have netflix but my next door neighboor has netflix/360 and he came to the same conclusion. to that he also added that he is somewhat upset that he watched so many movies because by consuming so much quantity he can't even summarize the plot of most of the movies he watched. basically, he watched a lot but didn't take the time to enjoy any of them.

it's all about pacing yourself...



There are always new movies coming out.



I have netflix and I love it, but I'll probably never exhaust everything I want to watch. We average 3-4 DVD/Blu-Ray discs per week and I have the 2 at a time unlimited plan for ~$16. To top that off, I actually use the streaming service to because I have my PC hooked up to my TV (with a set of 100ft cables).

I used to not have cable (apartment complex forced us to get it) so netflix was my replacement since it is a lot cheaper and has most the content I want to watch.




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sguy78 said:
There are always new movies coming out.

24 new movies a month?  while 24 new movies a month is probably actually true how many of them are worth seeing?