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Post by brp on Apr 19, 2023 11:32:16 GMT -5
I didn't know that they still did this. I would have thought with streaming, this would have ended a long time ago. It likely would have if they had the content streaming. Much was still disk-only.
Cheers.
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Post by cpnkirk on Apr 19, 2023 20:38:08 GMT -5
I was a charter member of Netflix long before anyone knew that streaming video was a possibility. Blockbuster had few, if any, DVDs available for rent at that time. Netflix started mailing the discs in a white cardboard sleeve, but eventually tried different containers, eventually settling on the red untearable paper envelopes that are familiar today. At the time, I thought that would never work. I figured the discs would get broken. Little did I know!
We left discs behind years ago, and no longer own any way to play a CD or DVD. I am sometimes frustrated by not being able to stream movies that I want without basically buying the movie, however.
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Post by captjacksfamily on Apr 20, 2023 4:40:06 GMT -5
We did Netflix as an option to Blockbuster back in the day but as of yesterday with a new car purchase we have zero disk readers. We stream and are an Apple house ( TV control, PCs, phones, pads and home kit for home automation control. I love the how Apple TV will keep track of new unwatched episodes of series that we are watching, the only issue is that the competitors don't play nice with each other Disney and Netflix won't show up in the Apple TV app.
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Post by lovindisney on Apr 20, 2023 8:25:31 GMT -5
Ditto. When I heard the news I was like...they have disks?
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Post by johnb on Apr 20, 2023 9:06:03 GMT -5
I do remember the anticipation and excitement of getting those red envelopes in the mail. Between Netflix and two local movie rental stores that had great independent/foreign/off the beaten path films, we watched a ton of movies before the kids took over the TV.
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