text: is it a good idea to sign in netflix for dvd rental? give me some advice plz!!?   the netflix monthly price for unlimited movies is lower than blockbuster.  for less than $20 per month, you can get getting up to 3 movies at a time from netflix.  getting only 2 movies at a time from blockbuster costs over $20 from blockbuster.  netflix has really fast turn-around. they are based on california but they seem to have sending/receiving locations for the dvds all over the country.  there is one within several miles of me. they receive my movies the day after i send them, send new one(s) out the same day, and i receive them the day after that.  i virtually always get 2 day turn-around, for stuff i mail in on monday-thursday.  i had both the blockbuster plan and the netflix plan for about half a year, so i could decide which one i liked.  the netflix was the clear winner, for me.  here is why.  the local blockbuster store was like a "grab bag".  i never knew if they would have something i would want to see.  it took 20 minutes to find what i wanted, which was usually not something i was wildly excited about.  then another 5-10 minutes of waiting in line and checking out my movie(s).  contrast that with netflix.  they asked me to rate movies i had seen before, and they hit me up with some popular ones.  i rated the ones i had seen.  it eventually got in a groove with me and started asking pretty accurately which ones i had seen.  so it went fast.  then, i had the hang of it and started searching on my favorite genres/actors/titles - and that really sped up the process.  turned out i had seen about a thousand movies.  while i was doing that, not all at once of course, i picked some movies for it to send me.  it sent the first 3 right away.  it maintains a "queue" for you - it's a line of movies that are waiting to be seen by you.  it is a lot better than waiting in line to see movies you barely want to see over at the local video store.  most of the movies in my netflix queue are ones i really want to see.  there are several hundred in my queue.  as quickly as i watch and return the ones i have, new ones will arrive automatically from the head of my queue.  i pick the movies i want to see.  i cannot pick the movies i want my local video store to have on the shelf for me.  personally, i haven't had any dvds arrive from netflix broken or scratched. i don't know why - you would think they would get broken in those little paper mailers but they don't seem to.  if you do get one that you can't play though, they have an online form you can fill out on their web site. you tell them which movie it was and what was wrong with it.  postage prepaid on the return mailing envelopes too!  i think they send you a replacement one out, on the spot.  they seem to know their business and how to do it right - for the customer.  they have been doing this since the 1990s.  by contrast, a couple of times i have gotten movies from the local blockbuster that i couldn't play.  i find fewer signs of fingerprints on the dvds that come from netflix than the ones i rent at the local blockbuster store.  netflix really does make sense. it is cheaper, takes less of your time, no money spent on gas or postage, has really quick turn around time, and has a queue of movies you want to see that you pick the contents and the order of the dvds you want to rent.  their web site makes it fast to find the movies you want to see really fast - by browsing, searching, or glancing over their recommendations.  their own users rate the movies, as well as critics - and you rate them too. they're like having a best friend along with you that has the same tastes as you, making it fun and easy to pick out what you want to see.  netflix is a good service, so try it out!