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I have been using Bbonline $3.99 plan for about 4 months after using them and netflix back and forth for a about 2 years. maybe longer. At one point, I even had the 7 at a time Netflix. And another I had the 3 at a time from each.
In the early part of the decade, I would buy only. Then with netflix I began to only rent. Then I got back into the buying phase when I went with HD DVD and then Bluray. Now I do a mix of them both.
I generally buy my TV Shows on disk as you can spend almost as much renting them 1 buy one.
Ones that I know I will definitely keep like TDK, I just buy on BD (or HD DVd if it is still available)
Ones that I am unsure of, I rent first. and then buy.
It gets hard trying to keep this organized. I recently switched back to netlfix, but created a new account (for the free promo).
After going through all 39 pages, I added some movies that I had never heard of or forgot had come out. Some that I always meant to watch but never got around to it.
Anyone else do this type of thing, or am I the only one without a life?
In the end, I went back to netflix because my own personal habits predispose me to watching online content as well.... and I have an HTPC which helps. The netflix just isn't anywhere near the quality of HDM on my 94" screen so there are some that I purposely do not watch there. And as much as they claim they have 10,000 movies online, I feel like I have cable back 8 years ago. 100+ channels and nothing good on. sigh.
I decide using three sources
In the early part of the decade, I would buy only. Then with netflix I began to only rent. Then I got back into the buying phase when I went with HD DVD and then Bluray. Now I do a mix of them both.
I generally buy my TV Shows on disk as you can spend almost as much renting them 1 buy one.
Ones that I know I will definitely keep like TDK, I just buy on BD (or HD DVd if it is still available)
Ones that I am unsure of, I rent first. and then buy.
It gets hard trying to keep this organized. I recently switched back to netlfix, but created a new account (for the free promo).
- Last night I went through every single BD they had, looked at the reviews and some trailers, and put together a list of BDs that I definitely want to rent. I used a combination of ebert and user reviews and my own judgement.
- The ones that I had seen but wanted to own, I put on my amazon saved list.
- As I rent this new list, I will add the ones that I want own to the amazon list and keep an eye out for says when they come up.
- I figure from here on out, I will keep an eye on blu-raystats.com to add the new release to each list depending where they would fall.
After going through all 39 pages, I added some movies that I had never heard of or forgot had come out. Some that I always meant to watch but never got around to it.
Anyone else do this type of thing, or am I the only one without a life?

In the end, I went back to netflix because my own personal habits predispose me to watching online content as well.... and I have an HTPC which helps. The netflix just isn't anywhere near the quality of HDM on my 94" screen so there are some that I purposely do not watch there. And as much as they claim they have 10,000 movies online, I feel like I have cable back 8 years ago. 100+ channels and nothing good on. sigh.
I decide using three sources
- Ebert Reviews. Anything 4 star or higher is an almost definite watch for me.
- User Reviews. Problem is trying to finding reviews that say more than "it was the best film ever". Sometimes, the negative reviews are more helpful
- Trailers.