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I went DVD-only. I had worked up a list a mile long of movies I wanted to watch, and most of them were only available on disc, so I ended up going with that, f
by morrow 15y ago
I went DVD-only. I had worked up a list a mile long of movies I wanted to watch, and most of them were only available on disc, so I ended up going with that, figuring when I was done I could switch to streaming (and by then they'd probably have more content). I had some trouble following this plan, however, after the 3rd or 4th disc in a short while stopped playing on me or skipped around half-way through. Every time it had happened, I cleaned the disc carefully, and then reported the problem (if it persisted) through their site. The only recompense they offer for this is to either send out a replacement disc or to send the next movie out, and as I'm midway through the film, and don't exactly want to wait 3 days to finish it, I ended up always just skipping to the next movie, or suffering through the skips.
After the most recent bad disc, I did what the OP mentioned, and honestly looked at what value I was getting out of the service, and I ended up cancelling. I understand that discs get scratched in transit or handling, and I understand that I'm living in the past as far as digital vs. physical media goes, I just think what it boiled down to for me is that when you separate the DVD and streaming services out, neither of them really stand up on their own as worth their cost. I'd probably re-subscribe to the streaming if they improved their selection or lowered the cost failing that, but I don't think I'd bother with discs again.