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NonprayingMantis
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  #1276083 2-Apr-2015 13:34
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StarBlazer: At one point in their existence, someone probably said that the studios and distributors would never allow streaming as it would undermine the whole DVD distribution stranglehold they had.  

Netflix have enough market force to push for change - it may take a couple of years but I think it will happen.


That is still largely the case.

Try finding any very new blockbuster DVD release movie on Netflix (even US Netflix)  They are vanishingly rare. 
The only way these movies exist for streaming is a rental option (e.g. iTunes) which costs basically the same as a DVD rental. this is because stuidos don't want to undermine the lucrative DVD rental/purchase market.  They don't really care about older movies, since they generate very little in DVD purchase and rental, so they allow them to go on streaming services.

Netflix can't put new movies onto it's subscription service until quite a while after DVD release happens.

Here are the top ten current DVD rentals for the USA.

1.1 Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
2.5 Big Hero 6 (2014) 33
3.3 Annie (2014)
4.2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1(2014)
5.4 Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
6.10 Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) 33
7.6 Nightcrawler (2014) 47
8.New Beyond the Lights (2014) 33
9.7 Top Five (2014) 12
10.8 Vice (2015/II) 12

How many of these are on the USA Netflix catalogue?

I haven't checked them all, but I believe the answer is ZERO.



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  #1276104 2-Apr-2015 14:07
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Netflix isn't really about the latest movies - you nearly always get a priority of theatre release, physical disc/rental, box office rental, subscription movie channels and finally FTA.  The gap is however I feel getting narrower from release to box office channels.

There never used to be many options to watch a TV season that you missed unless you bought the box set (you could rent it but I often found there would be such a queue for the second or third disc that I gave in) - I never watched 24 or Lost because of this.  If I had Netflix at the time, there wouldn't have been a problem.  Even if you missed one episode you had no chance of watching it unless you used "other" methods.





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  #1276124 2-Apr-2015 14:32
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StarBlazer: Netflix isn't really about the latest movies - you nearly always get a priority of theatre release, physical disc/rental, box office rental, subscription movie channels and finally FTA.  The gap is however I feel getting narrower from release to box office channels.

There never used to be many options to watch a TV season that you missed unless you bought the box set (you could rent it but I often found there would be such a queue for the second or third disc that I gave in) - I never watched 24 or Lost because of this.  If I had Netflix at the time, there wouldn't have been a problem.  Even if you missed one episode you had no chance of watching it unless you used "other" methods.



this is my primary use of netflix, watching tv shows.  I rarely watch a movie on it, I buy some uv codes online (way cheaper than discs), rent occasionally from vudu (but that's a bit of a PITA to do so).  I hate a service than only gives you 24 hours to watch something, need at least 48 hours (LOTR/Hobbit movies for example I watch over a couple of nights, too long in one sitting for me).



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  #1277918 6-Apr-2015 17:32
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Looking at this thread and others like, http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=151&topicid=171032
I guess *if* Netflix were to do such a move, some wouldn't need Global Mode.

Bare in mind, when you watch a movie via any outlet/site, some people also forget sometimes with the trailers there is; Theatrical, International, the New Zealand published trailer and then the U.S/North American trailers. They're not identical in all films/TV shows.


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