Bottom Of The Barrel

Is Netflix worth it?

We have had our Netflix subscription for about 8 months now and I was curious if we were getting our money's worth. Over the past 8 months we have viewed 36 DVD's for an average of 4.5 per month [a few months we watched 6 while the early fall - right as school started - we only watched 3 per month] with our 1 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $9.99 plan [taxes not included]. The range so far has been $3.33 [for 3 movies] to $1.66 [for 6 movies].

The other 3 options we have for renting movies is the local Blockbuster, Comcast On-Demand and the new Red Box kiosk found in our local Stop and Shop. Here is the breakdown:

• Blockbuster: $3.75 / Other side of town / Good selection - if they are in
• On-Demand: $3.99 / ON DEMAND / Great selection
• Red Box: $1.00 / Almost on the way home / Limited selection [only what's in the machine]

Based on the above "other options", it looks like 3 movies per month from Netflix is a break even with the other two full service movie choices [Red Box is quite limited but if you ever get the chance to see inside the kiosk, take a look - it's pretty cool] and when we get more than that [not sure we'll ever be able to see 7 movies in a single month] we are ahead of the game.

Labels: Movies

posted by TheWino @ 10:51 AM