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Feel free to buy it from Amazon UK for 4.85 instead: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00A6VGLQK/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used http://www.amazo

• mcintyre1994 12y ago
  This is pretty much a perfect example of the problem though. That example is a DVD - presumably the hypothetical torrent would be high definition, probably worthwhile for a 2012 release. Now to be fair I could get the Bluray for £4.06 used. It'd be £6.62 if I wanted to watch it on Friday (of course I can't get it delivered tomorrow even with Prime) so if I wanted to get near the convenience of Netflix I'm close to paying another month, for one film. On another note about formats I have no way to watch a Bluray at home. I could buy an HDTV and Bluray player but I'd rather not. I'd also rather not be restricted to laptops that have disc drives when I shop for a new one in the future. I won't use the term restricting freedom, but I'm clearly losing options in the future if I buy that. Immediately I lose it being in HD unless I purchase new equipment and going forward I have to worry about what will inevitably be legacy formats. It's not hard to see why if I wanted to watch that film I might find the legal options lacking.
  • res0nat0r 12y ago
    Yup that is the trade off. If you are looking to watch newer content in HD via streaming, Netflix if it ever gets to this point is going to have to up its pricing. There is a reason Netflix is so cheap, and that reason is also why so many people complain of lack of brand new released content.