Netflix wants to mail you it's old DVDs

Cool. Physical copies are king, since digital stuff isn't guaranteed to be yours forever (unless you pirate). The only thing you'd really have to look out for is if they're scuffed or region-locked.

It looks like it's currently only available to those who already have a plan or want to enroll in a plan ($10 or more/month) for the month before it shuts down, since you'd have to log in to redeem the offer.
 
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Remember when Netflix was mail order rental service? They used to mail you DVD's, and then you mail them back when you're finished? There was a company that did this for games as well. IIRC it was called GameFly. You'd pay like $10 monthly membership and you can get 2 disc/carts at time and keep them as long as you need to finish.
 
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Lord Xenu said:
Remember when Netflix was mail order rental service? They used to mail you DVD's, and then you mail them back when you're finished? There was a company that did this for games as well. IIRC it was called GameFly. You'd pay like $10 monthly membership and you can get 2 disc/carts at time and keep them as long as you need to finish.
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True Chads, remember Redbox
 
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Saddam Hussain Obama said:
i know nigga but he did not mention it
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I dont live in the city anymore, so I havent seen a redbox in a long time. I actually forgot about them until you mentioned it. My assumption is that the DVD's theyre giving away must be DVD's from that era, or before. Unless Netflix has some other DVD dealings I am unaware of. IIRC they still sent DVD's out after they became a streaming service, for people with slow internet. But I dont remember the last time they had that option on the site.
 
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I dont live in the city anymore, so I havent seen a redbox in a long time. I actually forgot about them until you mentioned it. My assumption is that the DVD's theyre giving away must be DVD's from that era, or before. Unless Netflix has some other DVD dealings I am unaware of. IIRC they still sent DVD's out after they became a streaming service, for people with slow internet. But I dont remember the last time they had that option on the site.
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Redbox is great because not only did the last time I went to one they had new movies, but you can also return them to any Redbox, so if your a trucker or some kind of mobile job, you can rent a Redbox by McDonalds in one city and return it in the next. I have also heard that physical media has lower latency and no lag, so that's an advantage too. I think Redbox also does one of those free TV things now too.
 
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Saddam Hussain Obama said:
Redbox is great because not only did the last time I went to one they had new movies, but you can also return them to any Redbox, so if your a trucker or some kind of mobile job, you can rent a Redbox by McDonalds in one city and return it in the next. I have also heard that physical media has lower latency and no lag, so that's an advantage too. I think Redbox also does one of those free TV things now too.
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That's just a fact bro, do u not own a DVD or blu ray player? Streaming is garbage in comparison. ALL streaming.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
Truer Chad's remember Family Video rental stores- still kicking baby! Because wifi in Illinois is shit, and I can't get a pizza while picking up a DVD at the same place
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You do know COVID killed off Family Video right?

In the future kids are going to wonder why there is an illuminated Obelisk in front of so many Dollar Generals.
That has been the only thing I have seen move in to the empty Family Videos.

I never signed up for Netflix because I was worried about what happened when the post office lost or damaged the DVD you sent back.
I assume you got billed for it.
 
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Epic Fail Man said:
Never understood the nostalgia for them. Always hated when my PS1 and PS2 discs got scratched or had fingerprints on them.
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Reminds me of my sisters who would lose the cases for dvds and keep them in a messy pile then act surprised when they get all scratched. Generally if you just *try* to do basic care like only touching the edges of the disk and immediately putting it away in cases, they last a very long time.
 
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I'd say I'd consider going for it but I usually just buy DVDs from the thrift store these days anyway, which has the added benefit of being able to check the condition of the disk before I buy it (and also only buying disks I want).

If Netflix sent me 10 random DVDs, the chances I'd get anything I'm interested in that I don't already have either on DVD or Blu-Ray is minimal.

Betonhaus said:
Generally if you just *try* to do basic care like only touching the edges of the disk and immediately putting it away in cases, they last a very long time.
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Yeah, I've had a few DVDs that succumbed to disk rot but it's only maybe 1% of my collection.
 
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blubberlubber said:
are you one of them queers?
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No.
Epic Fail Man said:
Never understood the nostalgia for them. Always hated when my PS1 and PS2 discs got scratched or had fingerprints on them.
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I also don't understand the nostalgia for a highly corruptible form of physical media that has a max resolution of 720x480. If you want physical media, just download pirated media to an external drive.
 
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