Comments on: UPDATE: DVD-by-Mail Users Stuck in the Past

By: Documentaries: It’s Either a Crisis or a Boom. BlogNosh 05/07/08 (Flix99.com)

Documentaries: It’s Either a Crisis or a Boom. BlogNosh 05/07/08 (Flix99.com) — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:15 +0000

[...] and 2006, unaware that movies like Juno and No Country for Old Men are out on DVD,” posits Chris Albrecht at NewTeeVee. “How else to explain the dearth of anything remotely resembling a “new release” in their [...]

By: Matt_

Matt_ — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:05:31 +0000

Netflix is also skewed by the rent ,rip return crowd who are building thier DVD libraries every time they recive a DVD in the Mail.

By: David

David — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:12:17 +0000

I can only speak for myself, but I’d be much more likely to netflix a pre-2007 DVD because pre-2007 DVDs far outnumber 2007+ DVDs. I’ll get around to watching 2007 movies when I catch up with 2006. ;)

By: LaSean Smith

LaSean Smith — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:01:29 +0000

Even if this was “Top 10 Weekly” vs. “Top 100 All-Time” some folks may just have a lot of movies in their queue and not using the ‘Move To Top’ button. There’s over 300 titles in my queue.

By: dusty

dusty — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:28:46 +0000

I think this is their Top 100 of all-time. The Hollywood Reporter runs Netflix’s Top 10 weekly rentals every week. I think No Country was #1 last week and Michael Clayton, etc. were also on there.

By: chadhartigan

chadhartigan — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:21:29 +0000

Of course the lists of the top 100 rented movies are of all time and of course it will be filled with titles out for four years instead of three weeks. If you actually think more people are renting Crash this week on Netflix than any other movie, I’ve got some oceanfront property in Kansas I’d like to sell you.

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:31:53 +0000

Hey Austinandrew,

I contacted Netflix earlier this week to find out how its Top 100 worked, but didn't hear back from them.

By: austinandrew

austinandrew — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:18:58 +0000

Isn’t Netflix list calibrated over a long period of time? So it would make sense that recently released movies don’t show up.

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:14:30 +0000

Hey Stuart,

I agree. I use Netflix mostly to catch up on TV series that I may have missed (my "X-Files" marathon darn near killed me).

It was more just an observation.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:41:13 +0000

Actually, I use my monthly Blockbuster-by-post DVD rental service to watch a lot of "oldies". The great depth of these online DVD companies allow you to add all the movies you've missed - as well as the new releases. Much more flexible than your local rental store.

For example, this is packed with entire Anime series, Boxsets of TV series, documentaries, and more. You have full control of where you rank these in your rental list.

I'd be more surprised (and a little sad) if members of these amazing dvd sites only slavishly added the latest releases each month.