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DVD Club Review is featuring Netflix in our DVD
Club Spotlight. Below you will learn more about this company and
what it has to offer.
Netflix
is the world's largest online movie rental subscription service,
with more than 1,000,000 subscribers and a comprehensive library
of more than 50,000 titles.
For
$10 a month subscribers can rent as many DVDs as they want, with
up to two movies out at a time with no due dates or late fees.
Subscribers get free home delivery by 1st class mail and have
access to virtually every DVD ever published.
Subscribers simply create
a list of movies they want to see at www.netflix.com
and the DVDs are delivered via the U.S. Postal Service in postage-paid
mailers. As each movie is returned, Netflix automatically mails
out the next available title on the subscriber's list.
Netflix is a BBBOnLine Participant,
a member of the Better Business Bureau and also abides by TRUSTe's
Privacy Seal, which assures that consumers have full control over
the use and privacy of their personal information.
Launched
in 1998 in Los Gatos, California, Netflix is privately held and
has raised more than $100 million in venture funding from TCV, Foundation
Capital, IVP and other investors. Netflix has 300 employees and
strategic partnerships with all the major movie studios and DVD
player manufacturers.
"Best of the Web: Videos
& DVDs category."
– Forbes Magazine
"[Netflix is] the King
Kong of DVD sites."
– Roy Furchgott, New York Times
"[Netflix is] a prominent
DVD-rental outfit that has taken full advantage of the skyrocketing
DVD growth."
– Eileen Fitzpatrick, Billboard
"[Netflix is] an online
DVD rental shop that promises to do away with the embarrassing 'Um,
you've got a late fee here for Satan's Cheerleaders, Mr. Smith,'
scenario."
– Rick Overton, Business 2.0
"Online video stores
like Netflix send DVDs through the mail. They offer convenience
at a low price, and the US Postal service has plenty of bandwidth."
– Hal R. Varian, Industry Standard
"The Netflix Web site
is a movie-lover's paradise, packed with professional and customer
reviews and information about films. Netflix has developed into
a must-visit site for DVD buffs and film fans."
– Eric Deggans, SmartComputing
"No more late charges.
Bye-bye, Blockbuster."
– Adam Engst, MacWorld
"Tired of the poor selection
and return hassles of renting DVDs at the video store or checking
them out at the library -not to mention the time-crunch problems
of scurrying to and from the video outlets? Check out Netflix's
Marquee program."
– Stephen Jacobs, Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle
"If you enjoy watching
movies in DVD format, Netflix is your ticket. I have found Netflix
to be invaluable in that I can rent a DVD to look it over before
making a purchasing decision. I've found this "Cinematch"
service to be spot on. Netflix is definitely a cost-effective way
for me to enjoy a variety of films and special DVD features."
– Kim Holthe, The Pantagraph
"I did some math and
tried to figure out how much money I'm saving by joining Netflix.com
? and it's staggering."
– John Nelson, Syndicated Writer
"Video stores have been
stocking more DVD titles, but the true couch potato's dream is Netflix,
which offers DVD rentals over the Internet."
– Lisa Greim Everitt, Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Netflix makes your
movie watching experience more convenient and affordable than renting
several videos per month at your local video store."
– Yael Li-Ron, Contra Costa Times
"Because you can now
rent DVDs via the Web (they transport better than videotapes through
the mail, too), couch potatoes don't ever have to leave their living
rooms to select and receive the latest Hollywood blockbuster or
foreign film. This scintillating, cinematic experience is made possible
by the virtues of Los Gatos, California-based Netflix."
– Michael Miley, Oracle Magazine
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Top 2 in consumer satisfaction.
