Netflix stock down 25%
 

Ouch. :Oh crap

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They can bash it all they want but I love it!

Not gonna buy their stock though.

Not a good buy at the moment.

i saw this, but this stock has been like a roller coaster since day one. trying to ride it is damn near impossible.

That's the rush of the stock market, isn't it??

they still have members?? wow

When there's blood in the streets ...

They had short term content agreements from many major content producers at absurdly low prices and built their business model off that. Now the major content companies have their own alternatives (like Hulu) or understand the value of their digital content rights well enough to demand price increases of 100s of times their former deal values. The massive expense increases from content providers and simultaneous demand for cheap or free monthly content from subscribers will eventually kill their business completely.

they never have anything good to watch anyways.

They will gradually have less and less and they lose more content producers. :2 cents:

I thought they were going down the shitter a year ago, that's why I dumped the service. Every time I went to the site looking to watch something specific, there was a 90% chance it wasn't on Instant streaming.

I think eventually sites like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and Blockbuster will all be pretty much the same and offering the same content. Right now what sets them all apart is the content they offer (as well as layout, design etc.). The reason for that is that content producers are striking deals to have their stuff exclusively on one service or another. I think eventually that trend will end because the producers will realize that people don't want to have 2, 3, or 4 memberships to different sites just to see the content they want. They will realize that they might make more money if they licensed to all sites instead of making a single exclusive deal.

I'm close to cancelling my subscription. Everything I watch lately is either out of sync or the sound is absolutely horrible. I have a Bose surround system that is out of this world but when watching a movie on Netflix some parts of movies the sound is going down then at others its too loud. Before anyone says shit, it's not my surround sound, it works perfectly well with everything else.

head over to amazon :2 cents:

:Oh crap

told you it wouldn't work..

http://imgur.com/1Nzc6.jpg

your internet connection? i know you live in bfe canada

netflix sucks , they never update there content

A lot of people have this problem, myself as well, just search the net for it. The voices are always so damn low but everything else is loud. But dvds and everything else plays fine.

Who wants to buy a stock that is so leverage? :1orglaugh

I'm with you BIGTYMER, NetFlix is just fine, if they don't have something I don't want I'll go to Hulu, if neither of them have what I want, I've wasted to much time watching TV.

I just got an Antenna to watch the Olympics.

I like Netflix and Hulu I love the idea and eventually it will be more the m=norm than having cableTV

The problem with Netflix is at first its great but then you see all the documentaries and stuff and the serious lack of anything even close to a new release and it just isnt worth it anymore. If Netflix is going to grow they are going to have to put some serious money into new release and even exclusive stuff...Like when HBO used to show movies a few months before showtime, Cinemax or TMC got them....

The model is timely...the content...not so much

I am sure that the stock went down because of me. I just signed up last night. Watched a couple of good movies.

I did a little experiment about 9 months ago. I called and canceled cable and just used my computer to for TV entertainment. The few shows that I watch post the full episodes on their website within 24 hours of airing them. Between the streaming and DVD service of Netflix I had plenty to watch if I was in the mood that kind of thing.

It took a week or two to get used to it, but then it was cool and I didn't really miss the TV. I ended up getting it back so I could watch Game of Thrones on HBO and baseball season started so I want to watch games, but after the season is over I will likely shut it off again.

I don't think we are too far from cable being something that a person really no longer needs.

Main problem with Netflix is U.S. copyright law...

Physical DVDs can be rented to others without any interference. However, copyright-holders can restrict / charge royalties for content that's digitally delivered.

Most people don't truly understand how dire the situation is for Netflix - which is made worse by Netflix itself waffling on the issue, since they don't want to upset the copyright-holders for whom they depend on for much of their streamed content.

From my understanding, Netflix licensing costs are skyrocketing, as in 10x to even upwards of 100x what they were previous paying - and to make matters worse, some content isn't even being offered to Netflix at any price.

Also, Netflix financially is very limited compared to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc who have a lot of available cash to spend on licensing, as well as leverage.

In short, Netflix is a 1-1/2 trick pony - dvd rentals, which is rapidly fading (old Netflix), and streaming which is growing in popularity (current Netflix), but their licensing costs are growing far faster eating into potential profits; limiting growth opportunities.

It's all about staying ahead of technology and changing customer tastes....

Does anyone still go to a real video store, if you could find one? There's one near my house, and I skip Redbox sometimes to rent movies the old fashioned way. I look at the case first and go, "this looks pretty good. I think I'll rent it".

I don't give a fuck...

My town once had a Hollywood Video and a Blockbuster. Both have closed. The only real movie rental place now is about a half dozen Redbox kiosk in different stores.