smorty71.com — Are you tired of watching reruns of Knight Rider just because you rent too many DVDs each month? If you are a heavy renter at Netflix and want to get around the new release restrictions, you should check out this cool Netflix hack that Shawn Morton came up with.
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ecclesJan 26, 2006
Have you checked out Peerflix.com?It's Netflix-like, except the peerflix folks just provide the connections. You send DVDs you no longer want to other customers as they specify (and get "peerbux" for doing so), and then other customers send you DVDs which costs you peerbux. You pay the stamp for any DVDs you send plus a (real) buck to peerflix for each DVD you receive. (You just send the DVD inside a couple of folded pieces of printed paper, and discard or repurpose the case,) Selection is dependent on how many people sign up for the service, so the more people who try it, the better.
northliteJan 26, 2006
"Of course, because torrenting a DVD isn't cheating anyone. It's totally a victimless crime."Wow I really couldnt have said it better myself, thats the perfect wording for it. Piracy is a _victimless crime_If its an issue of morality, it would be better just to download the movie so someone else could have a copy of the movie off NetFlix a few days sooner. Its not like you were buying it anyway. And thats the only way piracy would have any _real_ effect. When you pirate instead of buying something.
Closed AccountJan 26, 2006
Lucky Americans. In the UK (where service is known to be awful) they all just say that you have to have at least 20 items in your queue. If you only leave one in the queue...they just don't send it...if you complain, they refer you to the 20 items in the queue rule....oh well...
breidJan 26, 2006
Has anyone tried Blockbuster's service?It appears for near the same price, you get queued movies, plus 2 free in-store rentals. It would seem like you could use the queue for your regular movie habit, then use the coupons every month to snag the new release you can't wait for.I was considering it - has anyone else tried them?
adverseeJan 26, 2006
Hey, what about (insert fly-by-night DVD rental service that will probably be out of business in a year here)? I always get new releases right away!
don2779Jan 27, 2006
No hack here. I use blockbuster online. It might suck but, I do not get long waits for new releases. The last time I got a "long wait" message was when I rented "Hawk the Slayer" (please make fun of me now). By the way that was 4 days.
trancelgicJan 28, 2006
Hmm, I think I'm going to try and hack my way into some chicks' pants. Hack1ng r0X
paradelleJan 4, 2009
this is outdated info - and having nothing in your queue defeats one of the advantages to using a service like Netflix. I max'ed out my my queue at 400 (I think that was it) but I was still getting my top movies regularly. Plus the new distribution system should improve things.