Netflix

shipping fixed...?

2008-08-15T21:56:27Z

Netflix says they fixed their technical glitch and should ship movies today (Friday).

Anyone else notice anything missing from the top of their queues?

It could be that the movies Netflix will ship today have been removed from the top of the queue and are actually in the DVDs at Home section, but we can't see it, it just says We expect to ship your next....

I hope that's the case, because I don't remember what was at the top of my queue . Some others said the same thing over at the Netflix blog. Maybe it's just series titles that are messed up?

Do many of you hang out over at the Netflix blog and community forums?

netflix @ 2008-08-14T02:55:00

2008-08-14T07:58:15Z

Is the Netflix server/computers having problems besides shipping?. I can't rate movies and the suggested movies on the home page are mostly one's I've seen.

-Travis J

Is it just me?

2008-08-14T01:41:56Z

I've been majorly throttled this week, then I just looked at my queue and saw this message at the top:

IMPORTANT: Your DVD shipments might be delayed...

We're sorry to report that we've been experiencing issues with our shipping system, so some of you are not receiving DVDs in a timely manner and some of you have not received emails letting you know we got a DVD back from you.

We apologize and we'll be automatically issuing credits to all of you whose shipments have been delayed. Our goal is to ship DVDs as soon as possible and to provide a personalized email update to you if your DVD shipment was delayed.

We're sorry for any inconvenience we've caused you and thank you for your patience.

The Netflix Team

Anyone else seeing this? Could it just be a local thing?

We shipped it emails...

2008-08-12T22:20:32Z

I received two movies today, but never got the "We shipped your movie you'll get it on Tuesday" emails. Netflix.com listed that I would get them today. I just didn't get the emails.

Anyone else have this problem?

-Travis J.

instant watching... how I love thee..

2008-07-25T15:10:22Z

Anybody seen any good instant watching movies lately? My friends and boyfriend are out of town this weekend... so I'll just be cozying down in my apartment with movies.

Here are some I've seen in the last few months that I enjoyed:

The Air I Breathe
Heroes
The Orphanage
Forgiving Dr. Mengele

Epic News

2008-07-03T11:39:18Z

Paths of Glory is now available on Instant Viewing.

Your welcome in advance.

Instant Viewer and WMP

2008-07-02T00:11:40Z

Has anyone made Instant Viewing work in Windows Media Player 10?

Profiles feature NOT going away

2008-06-30T20:45:20Z

Profiles feature NOT going away. From the Netflix community blog.

I'm happy, but I mean, come on. This is ridiculous. Aren't you supposed to research the impact of such a decision before you just implement it?

TIP: Sending back DVDs.

2008-06-26T07:38:16Z

If you haven't already figured it out, Netflix lets you stuff as many DVDs as will fit into a single envelope. I've found that you can safely send back at least 4 DVDs in one envelope. This will save time in packaging DVDs. I used to do one DVD per envelope.

Netflix petition

2008-06-20T06:05:47Z

Not that online petitions actually result in change, what the heck...

I came across a link to the Netflix petition on conspiratorsb's recent post. (Which I found in the links to the Netflix blog regarding the profile feature going away. Netflix removing the profiles feature does seem like something the past LJ management would have done, doesn't it? Ha ha. The petition has over 1,200 "signatures" so far. The Netflix blog is clocking in at nearly 600 (mostly negative) comments right now.

I wouldn't mind if the petition and comments influence Netflix to change its mind. The Profiles feature allows my household to maintain separate selections of discs for each individual to watch with their own rankings and personalized recommendations. There's no need to share a login and juggle (or fight over) who gets the next disc. If the Profiles feature really has to go away, the least Netflix could do is provide a simple migration tool to automate moving the sub-account queues (and rankings!) to a new subscription. I'm sure that would still leave some people disappointed, but I'll bet it would quiet the angry hornets nest reaction they're getting right now.

No more profiles?!?!?!

2008-06-19T01:02:26Z

Your Account

Queue

Help


	Important News Regarding Netflix Profiles

	Dear yDNA, We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008. Each additional Profile Queue will be unavailable after September 1, 2008. Before then, we recommend you consolidate any of your Profile Queues to your main account Queue or print them out. While it may be disappointing to see Profiles go away, this change will help us continue to improve the Netflix website for all our customers. If you have any questions, please go to http://www.netflix.com/Help?p_faqid=3962 or call us anytime at 1 (888) 638-3549. We apologize for any inconvenience. - The Netflix Team

Does this beat all or what? They're improving service by taking this away! The profiles was the best feature for sharing the subscription in my house. It worked just great.

Update: as of right now, you can still create new profiles and there's no mention of the impending doom. There also doesn't seem to be any mention of letting people split off a profile and make it into a standalone account with its own subscription. I know that, in the past, Netflix has explicitly stated that this is not possible.

short fitness recs?

2008-06-14T08:49:02Z

Anyone who has rented a lot of fitness DVDs from Netflix, can you recommend a title offering short (@20 minutes), full low impact aerobic workouts, not yoga, not pilates, not balls and bands, just old fashioned aerobics and floorwork?

I want 20 Minute Workout back (remember that show!)

As many fitness DVDs that they carry, I can't seem to find any that have everything I need. Most of the ones I've rented are aerobics only.

What's going on with shipping?

2008-06-03T19:47:36Z

They really seem slower than usual. I reported a movie lost on Friday morning. The replacement for that is finally shipping out today. Friday to Tuesday before something is sent out seems unusually slow to me. No, I'm not getting the same movie again. Just getting the next in my list. The last movie was lost on the return trip to Netflix.

Then they received 2 movies from me today but nothing is shipping out today. Replacements for those say they're shipping tomorrow. Of course on Friday they said a replacement would ship for the lost one...Then on Monday it said it would ship...Now finally today it says one is shipping so I have my fingers crossed.

Instant Viewing

2008-05-02T23:47:47Z

I noticed today that there's a new section on your queue for Instant Viewing.

When I click it, I see some titles have a date in the Availability column. "Until May 15 2008" for 3 or 4 films.

I've never used the Instant Viewing feature, and I think I have unlimited viewing if I ever do use it. So what's that date for?

Does that mean that on May 15, those 3 titles will no longer be available for IV, or won't be available from Netflix at all?

instant watch movie recommendation

2008-04-09T00:57:22Z

if you're a woman interested in having a child some day, you should watch The Business of Being Born. Very interesting! I learned so much I didn't know!

Netflix + Macs

2008-02-27T18:50:04Z

Anyone else love how in the new Netflix commercial, the dude at the podium is using a Macbook to browse Netflix, but yet you can't even stream anything with Mac's software? GRRRRRR. :(

sweet!

2008-02-19T17:23:02Z

This American Life Season 1 is available for instant watching on netflix!

Ira Glass's National Public Radio show makes the transition to television with its focus intact (and netting three Emmy nods in the process), telling uniquely American tales through anecdotes and personal reflections. Glass, director Christopher Wilcha and the rest of the crew spent six months on the road compiling these stories, which take viewers from Iowa's pig farms (where the "perfect" swine is being bred) to a Chicago hot dog stand.

also posted to wbez_thislife

No more HD DVD

2008-02-12T12:04:02Z

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm unhappy about netflix's announcement to stop carrying HD DVDs altogether.
Does anyone know if Blockbuster's carrys HD DVDs still?

netflix @ 2008-02-12T02:07:00

2008-02-12T10:10:10Z

My boyfriend and I recently signed up for Netflix and are looking for friends to get movie ideas from.

http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P9MyYqqkEd8JfWOsO9GR

Add us! =D

instant watch pruning?

2008-02-08T00:53:27Z

I was so happily slogging through Jeramiah season II, and suddenly it's "not available" for instant watch.

How could it be there and then suddenly not? Is there some cycle they use to kick things out for something new?

netflix @ 2008-01-30T14:45:00

2008-01-30T20:05:58Z

Hey all! I am addicted to Netflix Instant Watching and was just wondering if anyone has found some hidden gems in the pile. I'm a horror/scifi/BBC/blaxploitation girl myself and have found some surprisingly good (and bad) low budget movies and some old favorites.

Recent finds:
Satan's Little Helper
Our Mutual Friend (I could watch this everyday)
Montana
A Boy & His Dog
Orphans of The Storm (captivating silent film)

That's just a few of many. Can't wait to hear what else is out there!

Format War - Petition

2008-01-24T19:17:07Z

Save HD-DVD! (Warner Brothers, The Consumer Has Not "Clearly" Chosen Blu-Ray)

To: Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures
Dear High Def movie fans, I'm starting this petition in order to support HD-DVD and hopefully save it, and to show Warner Brothers that the consumer has not "clearly" chosen Blu-Ray. Warner Brothers switched to Blu-Ray exclusive claiming that its the best thing for the consumer, but how about all the consumers that bought HD-DVD movies and hardware for the holidays, or all the loyal HD-DVD fans like myself that own Warner HD-DVDs? Warner just screwed them all.

HD-DVD is more alive than ever, with cheaper hardware prices, and better technological capabilities, both of which are better for the consumer. I guess Warner feel higher prices and less features are better. The only thing Blu-Ray has going for it is 20GB of extra storage space, and a big name like Sony backing it up. HD-DVD on the other hand has PIP, web-enabled features, in movie menus, and much more. And if extra space is needed, use another disc, big deal.

So please, sign this petition, and lets get as many votes as we can so we can hopefully change Warner's mind to return to being format neutral, or go HD-DVD exclusive. This would also show the remaining HD-DVD exclusive studios, Universal & Paramount, that HD-DVD still has supporters, thus they shouldn't switch to Blu-Ray. We have a chance to save a superior format from collapsing under the weight of the greedy Sony corporation and its inferior Blu-Ray format, let's do it!

originally found on consumerist.com

netflix @ 2008-01-15T13:57:00

2008-01-15T20:10:00Z

Hey guys! I'm not a Netflix user (yet), but I'm very interested and have a few questions.

I'm a poor college student, but I love movies and theater, so I'm always getting a friend to drive me all around town looking for DVD's and resorting to buying rare movies online just to be able to see them at all. I've wanted Netflix for ages, but I don't think I can afford to pay for it myself on a regular basis and my parents and roomates don't watch movies enough to be interested in sharing the costs with me.

Anyway! My question is: How easy is it to cancel your account and sign back up? If I knew I wouldn't get screwed over in the process, I would sign up for maybe one or two months at a time when I could afford it, then cancel, then sign up again when I could afford it, etc. Will that piss them off or something? Haha. Do any of you guys do that or have you? Do you sign up for a certain amount of time or just sign up until you want to stop it?

Thanks, everyone. :]

netflix @ 2008-01-05T15:40:00

2008-01-05T20:41:32Z

You know the extra queue you can set up for a family member? How can I get rid of that and have it with just the one main queue for the account? I set up an extra queue to put all of my tv shows on so that I would get 2 movies and then 1 tv show disc at all times...but I don't love how the extra queue thing is set up and how you have to log out and log back in to switch from accounts...so I'd rather just go back to the one queue but I can't figure out how to delete that queue!

edit: I got it so that extra queue doesn't get any movies and they're all going to my regular queue...but that extra queue is still there...is there a way to delete it completely?

the "New Releases" debacle

2008-01-03T13:47:40Z

The suits at Netflix decided that the number 1 user problem is having to wait for new releases, and their solution was to remove the Releasing This Week page!

You've seen the mess they've got up there instead - it only shows four titles at a time, you have to click to see the next four titles, click again to see the next four, click again...., and some of the titles are months and months old! The intent (according to their official blog) is to show only titles that are in stock at the warehouse in order to reduce customer disappointment at having to wait for a title.

To people like me this is a disaster. When I log in I go straight to the New Releases section and look at Releasing This Week and also at New On DVD (which lists everything! tv episodes, really old movies finally making it to DVD, and various weird items. I love it.) I get to review scores of new titles in three or four minutes and quickly add the ones that interest me to my queue. Most of them will go at the bottom - every few visits I'll see one I want to move up top. And maybe I'll have to wait to get it if I move it to the top. It happens. I'll live. But they've killed the lists. Stupid gits.

Things to do:

Read all about it at the official Netflix blog: http://blog.netflix.com/ . Over 900 comments so far on the two relevant entries.

Leave a comment of your own: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2765056849626104020&postID=8984271440415010310&pli=1 (use the drop-down box in the comments sign-in and you can use your livejournal login to post!)

Sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/netflix/petition.html Over 1000 signatures so far. (Michael, the Netflix employee who manages the blog, states that Netflix brass are watching the petition.)

Super double-secret backdoor link to the old New Releases pages (but Releasing This Week looks much thinner than normal): http://www.netflix.com/AllNewReleases?lnkctr=NavAllNewReleases

Consider whether one of Netflix' competitors can better serve your needs. http://www.greencine.com/main or https://www.blockbuster.com/signup/s/plan .

*daha*