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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 5646533" data-attributes="member: 9213">I have a Netflix account. There are good things about having a Netflix account with streaming video. I get to checkout movies and shows that I normally would not have put on my physical disc queue. For instance, yesterday I finally saw Takashi Miike's 13 ASSASSINS after missing it 3 times here in NYC theatrically. I enjoyed the hell out it (although now that I hear that there's a longer cut I'll have to hunt that down). I also, after multiple recommendations started watching episodes of PARTY DOWN which I'm also enjoying. I've also been enjoying FULL METAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD. As such I'll probably be buying copies of 13 ASSASSINS and FMA: BROTHERHOOD on DVD or BD in the near future.There are also bad things about Netflix streaming. I wanted to re watch Sparticus about a month ago but Netflix only had half the episodes up. Before that they'd pulled the entire series and only had the prequel series up. I wanted to finish watching the first season of DEXTER but they'd pulled that. There was a day last week where Verizon (my DSL provider) was working in the neighborhood and my DSL connection was borked for about 2 hours so no Netflix access for me. What I'm saying that the digital subscription thing has it's upsides and downsides, but in the end I like being able to access content when I WANT TO and not be at the whim of my broadband connection or some squabble between networks/studios and Netflix. If I stop paying for a service, I stop receiving service. That makes sense. But if I pay for a physical or digital product that sits on my shelf or on my HD (backed up on several HD's. HD space IS cheaper than real space. At least here in NYC it is...) I can access it as much as I want simply by pulling it off my shelf or pulling it up on my MacBook Pro, MacPro or iPad. For some things a digital service is alright. I would never do a digital subscription for music but for movies I obviously do. For access to books for my RPG's though? HELL NO. If I'm spending money for an RPG or RPG related material I WANT IT. If the subscription service allows you to download the material then that's different, but read only access is a deal breaker.</blockquote>

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