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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Fed up with Netflix? Consider these nine alternatives ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[How's it working?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I waited to comment because I had to see whether I was interested in paying more - I really liked the Netflix &quot;free&quot; streaming service, and I rented the max (3, I think) DVDs. The problem was that they often sat for a long time (sometimes weeks) before I actually watched them. I put my account on hold until I sort this out. I've been trying the Comcast streaming. I do not purchase the television service, but many of the programs are available via streaming because it's my ISP. I'm not crazy about the &quot;commercials,&quot; and the spotty number of segments (Whole seasons aren't offered), but it's &quot;good enough&quot; as an add-on to my internet service.  I decided to just by DVDs (television serials). I'll resell them when I'm finished. I already buy a few movies that I want to keep, and I'll resell movies, too - that I'm not interested in watching over and over. I still might subscribe to the Netflix streaming. There are dozens of documentary and indie movies that probably aren't available anywhere else. In the end, I just don't watch that much television, and I probably wasn't using the DVD rental optimally.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[WritingEducator]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:10:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good but not Great !]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Suggested Streaming services are good but not great as they do not have the wide variety as in Netflix. There are many illegal paid online TV channels/ or recorded TV shows websites out there..I understand why Netflix raised the price.. it is because they have a huge variety of content when compared to any competitor on the web world.  I do not understand why a company like Netflix or Hulu or any other is starting an online Live TV service... I do not mind paying $20/month for TV channels.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kalyan_revadi]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:23:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Netflix and red box]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Agreed. Keeing the Netflix streaming with the Wii, xbox and roku in use across the house.  If I need something now, red box has me covered.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[nrhudson@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:42:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[COLA  is better than my raises]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You have cost of living increases every year since 1975. (except 2009, 2010).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:44:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exactly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I totally agree.  I don't understand how they can increase their price when their selection of movies is so horrible.  I don't mind spending more money as long as I can get the movies that I want to see.  That's why I actually subscribe to NetFlix for streaming (mostly for my kids), and Blockbuster Online for DVD rentals.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[krystyne20]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:39:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Isn't $15.98 still cheaper than going to the theater?  No text.]]></title>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:11:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[UK Options]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What about options that exist in English speaking countries outside the US.  This site is read by IT pros (and others I presume) outside the US, how about articles like this being adjusted to be more appropriate for a global readership.  Ridiculous.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:38:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don't care]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Public library: free DVDs and, curiously, also free books. Earth: free sunsets and mojitos. A cancelled subscription will cover the rum.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[trapper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:54:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well its 8 dollars a month to stream]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That's way cheaper than a movie rental or 2, and you can watch as many movies and TV shows as you want.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:26:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not to mention...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not to mention the polluting footprint! Ugh.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[martian@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:24:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How about this idea?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Now that Netflix has eaten the lunches of both Hollywood Video and Blockbuster its time to focus on eating the subscribers lunch too!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jww99]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:26:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Netflix]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Their streaming selection was at best, weak. You didn't have the option to add from streaming to dvd. I have a Blockbuster account, I get a movie in the mail, watch it, take it to Blockbuster (which is on my way home from work), exchange it for an in store movie (free as part of the plan, and I can do it up to 99 times a month), watch the in store movie, drop it off and it automatically triggers my next in the mail dvd. If they don't change their plan, I'll stay with Blockbuster (I have an upsampling DVD Blu Ray player and the streaming crap never looked as good as the DVD..yes I have high speed broadband). Good Bye Netflix.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:11:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'd switch to 'streaming only' IF...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...Netflix let me watch on Linux.  That's all I use at home.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[adunstan@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:03:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blockbuster On-Demand Anyone?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why didn't Blockbuster's movies on demand make the list, its the obvious service alternative. Just curious.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TNT@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:55:20 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[$69 a month for cable or...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[$10 a month for Netflix??? guess what? i don't need the most recent series or movies. And I can watch two or three episodes of any one they have any time i want! Only HULU comes close to Netflix content for the price, and look at the costs of these&quot;alternatives&quot; I'll keep my Netflix thank you.....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[winddrift03]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:34:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I dropped NetFlix]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I completely dropped them.  If they would have had more streaming content, I'd have probably kept them, but they reduced the amount of streaming when they lost their contract with Sony.  I choose not to pay more for less service.I adhere to a personal budget.  Granted, I do allow for entertainment expenses, but this rise would have taken me over the budget, so I had to take a look and see if I would be willing to cut elsewhere.  I wasn't, so the other option was to budget more out of my savings.  It's not much, but I can keep letting all of these companies nickle and dime me to the point where I can't keep up with my bills, or I can stand my ground and stick to my allotted budget each month.  In this case, I've chosen to stick to my current budget.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[GSG]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:16:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The New Pricing is Not All That Bad.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've used NetFlix for about 4 years now. I've had the 4-Disk + Unlimited Streaming since they've offered it. The price increase of about $6/month at the beginning of the year was expected. It helped cover the additional costs. The additional increase of less than $2 just 9 months after the previous one kind of bothers me a little, but not so much considering the value I get out of it.I use the streaming for those programs where1 - I don't need subtitles or commentary.2 - When any additional material is uninteresting or non-existent or3 - Where the viewing quality of the program isn't all that important (rock concert vids, etc). I get the disks for bonus features, or where I want the video and audio quality at the best available. I also like the disks when there's a reason to step through a vid frame-by-frame. You cannot do that with streaming.The disk turnaround is not long. I drop it in the mail on Monday, they get it and ship out the next one on Tuesday, and I get it Wednesday.I do NOT work for NetFlix, I just really like the service. It works for me. YMMV.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:14:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's What NetFlix Has Been Doing!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure where you get your information. NetFlix currently provides plans for unlimited streaming only, DVD's only (1-4 at a time with no monthly limit), and combination of DVD (1-4 at a time with no monthly limit) AND unlimited streaming.The only limited plans are 1 DVD at a time with a 2 disc monthly limit and StarZ Play streaming only.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sperry532@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:58:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Plan to drop streaming]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I plan to drop at least the streaming portion.  Their selection is not that great and very dated.  As for the DVD...,  I am looking into other alternatives now.  It doesn't bother me to pick up a DVD on the way home from work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kizby]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:38:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Netflix problem - no subtitles on Netflix streaming movies]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A problem we've had with Netflix is that their streaming movies don't have Close Captioning, except foreign films.  Last year they said that their English ones would too, but that hasn't happened.  Since I'm hard-of-hearing I need the subtitles.  Many of their DVDs do have them.  I wonder how they justify such a large rate increase when they haven't done what they said they would before.  I haven't checked the alternative streaming sites listed in the article to see if they have Closed Captioning, but we'll think twice about renewing Netflix in September.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:23:58 -0700</pubDate>
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