Comments on: The Annoyance Of Vanishing Netflix Watch Instantly Titles

By: JimB

JimB — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:08:32 +0000

JOIN ME IN MY PROTESTS! I will no longer put up with these movies with expiration dates. As soon as I see them in my queue, I delete them from watch instantly and my DVD queue as well — I’ll never watch them. The licensors need to figure out they’re alienating viewers, and come up with a better approach. No more watch instantly expiration dates for me.

By: Tim King

Tim King — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:44:21 +0000

I noticed that some of the movies in my Watch Instantly queue that were slated to vanish, they suddenly became available again. It appears that the studios decided to renew NetFlix's license after all.

Even so, indeed, the studios are acting stupidly. By making titles available on NetFlix wn and other online services, all they can possibly do is to increase their viewership and thus their revenue. But they seem to have this idiotic idea that any viewership they get online is at the expense of DVD sales... or TV viewership... or something like that. I can't quite seem to make sense of it myself.

But then again, I understand that the people who watch movies on TV are not the same people who watch NetFlix wn, and vice versa. So you want both, as long as both are still making money for you.

-TimK

By: webomatica

webomatica — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:42:56 +0000

Hey that’s a pretty slick, fast website — I’ll check it out in more detail shortly

By: Daniel Choi

Daniel Choi — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:36:27 +0000

Just launched: a website to make it easier to find Netflix titles available for instant watching. It also tracks the expiration dates.

http://instantwatcher.com

By: Wordster

Wordster — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:40:54 +0000

Yeah, it annoys me to! So good that there are those workarounds..

By: MailAMovie.info

MailAMovie.info — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:43:20 +0000

Best of luck reaching the video nirvana. The service is very nice but the expiration of available movies is a big problem.