Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Rise of Netflix

If you could watch a variety of different TV shows and movies right from your house for just 8 dollars a month, would you? Fortunately, with Netflix you can. Over the past few years, Netflix has been rising in popularity with its ability to watch shows and movies right from your living room or computer. It is becoming an incredibly popular alternative to going out to the movies, and why not? Netflix's monthly charge is less than the price of one movie ticket (not including price for food and drink) you can watch almost any movie or show right at your convenience. Granted they don't have every movie available for instant watch (and you still have to wait for movies to leave theaters before they're available) but the convenience of Netflix is something people are running to, and I too am a part of it.


My brother has a Netflix subscription I often use and I have to say I love the convenience of being able to watch almost anything, whenever and wherever I want. That said, I don't think it will pose a serious threat to movie theaters any time soon, since they still have the advantage of getting the new movies first. It is, however, an interesting trend for movie watchers today and if Netflix continues to do well and evolve, it may one day become the standard for movie watching. I think that is a long way away, but it could be possible. Imagine watching a new movie the day it came out, right on your living room TV...

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