Feel Like Staying on the Couch?
Wall Street Journal on the DVDs by mail trend that's catching everyone's attention (including Blockbuster) now that Netflix has not only survived but managed to go public and doing well. I was using them last year but canceled because the cost of my AT&T digital cable service plus my Netflix subscription seemed too high (mostly thanks to AT&T's high costs).
Netflix, one of the largest providers, claims nearly 700,000 dues-paying members and says it plans to add 20% more by year end. Rival DVD Avenue is growing so fast, "we literally have had to run to Wal-Mart to buy DVDs," its president said.
But then I rented Gosford Park and the Royal Tenenbaums (one of the best movies I've seen in a theater this year!) and it cost me $8 or $9 to rent them from Blockbuster. Ugh. And that's before I pay late fees on them since I invariably forget to return them on time. A few bucks more and I could be Netflixing.