Netflix: Did David Beat Goliath Or Is It Something Else?

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Netflix: Did David Beat Goliath Or Is It Something Else?

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[ ICE - Improving Customer Experience] Netflix has a lot of things going for it, not the least of which is the size of its DVD library which eclipses that of most physical video stores. If I were Netflix, I'd save all those DVD cases (which aren't shipped with the rentals) and go into selling used DVD's online. Blockbuster has devoted a lot of store space to this concept and it makes sense when you consider rental patterns for movies. Demand is greatest when a movie is first released for rental.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[ultramookie] Battlestar Galactica: that they release season one on DVD a little before season two starts. If the producers can do that, I can watch all of the first season as a rental from Netflix prior to the start of the second season. I am very... and took so long to catch it on DVD ”” it was released December 28, 2004 (according to Amazon), just

[Wider Angle] Peerflix: The idea is simple: You sign up at the website, list the DVDs you own and DVDs you want. When another Peerflix member requests your movie, an automated e-mail alerts you and you send the person the film through the mail. Likewise, when you request a movie, another member is alerted, and you should have it in your hands days later.

[Weblog | Smiley Cat Web Design] Blockbuster Online Review: When you view a particular film, they use a widget to present information about "If you like", "Customer reviews", and "More information" in the same space. So, if you want to click from one to the other you have to wait for the page to load each time - and it's not the fastest site in the world.

[Netflixfan.blogspot.com] Netflix Fan: This is a fan site for entertainment purposes only. Netflix (r) is a registered trademark. No infringement intended. I have never accepted money or in kind payments from any person or commercial entity in return for writing positive things about them at Netflix Fan, or in return for writing negative things about any other person or commercial entity.

[Netflixfan.blogspot.com] Netflix Fan: Get your Netflix Rental Statistics from tallrock.net: What I mean when I say "I don't believe in throttling" is that I don't believe Netflix deliberately delays shipping me a disc if I'm a high-volume user if they have a disc available. I think it's just a matter of priorities. I do not believe that allocation of scarce resources according to who has or hasn't had their fair share is the same thing as deliberately adding an extra day to shipping times.

[Engadget.com] Netflix takes over Wal-Mart DVD rental business - Engadget - www ...: Well, it looks like Wal-Mart’s master plan to bankrupt Netflix didn’t quite turn out — the world’s largest retailer is now essentially surrenduring to the much smaller internet startup and turning over their DVD rental business. The agreement specifies that Wal-Mart will offer its existing online rental customers the chance to continue their subscriptions under Netflix at their current price for the next year, and begin promoting the Netflix service in its website. In turn, Netflix will remind its customers that they can purchase DVDs from Walmart.com — awww, isn’t that nice? Of course, Netflix still has Blockbuster to contend with, but it’s a major victory to have at least knocked Wal-Mart out of the running.

[Engadget.com] Blockbuster getting out of the online DVD rental game? - Engadget ...: Is Blockbuster getting ready to ditch out of the online DVD rental business? Hard as it is to imagine them simply abdicating the market to Netflix and Wal-Mart (and whoever else might be jumping in soon), there actually has been some talk about this lately, most of it inspired by the news that Blockbuster shareholder/Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn has been riding CEO John Antico for spending too much time and money on online DVD rentals at the expense of the chain’s regular rental business (Icahn actually attempted to oust Antico during a shareholder meeting on Wednesday). Too bad they should be focusing their energies on the real online movie rental business, i.e. selling digital downloads and video-on-demand.

[Blog.fastcompany.com] Fast Company Now: Fast Company weblog. ... This morning, Wal-Mart announced it would shutter its online DVD rental business and direct customers to Netflix. ...