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Our number 1 ranked product and "TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award." Netflix is easily the leader in online DVD rental services. With about 35 shipping centers across the United States Netflix offers the fastest ship times around, giving its customers more movies for less money.

Using the most popular Netflix $16.99 plan (unlimited rentals, three movies at a time), we were able to rent and watch 25 separate movie titles during a single month,* an average of only $.67 a movie. Whereas some services end up charging up to $1.55 a movie on similar plans.

Although Blockbuster, our #2 winner provides a little more detailed movie information, Netflix offers 85,000 movies—more than any other DVD rental site.


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Inventory:  

Netflix has a massive movie selection topping 85,000 individual titles; these are separated into 21 different genres including new releases, indies and television. However, you may only sign up for Netflix if you are 18 or older, as the service does offer a few adult genres. NetFlix also rents high definition (HD) and Blue Ray discs.


Membership Features:  

One of many fine features offered through Netflix is the level of helpful movie data they offer. For example, when you search for an actor or a director, the site provides you with a photo, a brief bio and career information. There's also a list of all the movies that person has been involved with available for rent through Netflix.

You can rate each movie you rent and read reviews written by other customers and professional movie critics.

We also had an experience with Netflix where we received a broken DVD in the mail. Upon notifying them, Netflix representatives immediately sent us a replacement movie and followed up with an impressive number of emails to make sure we were completely taken care of—we felt this level of service was extraordinary.

Netfilx now offers a small collection of titles to download. Most are older titles. All the "unlimited" rental plans (those that don't restrict how many movies you can rent in the mail per month,) allows you to stream as many movies in their online library as you'd like. The $4.99 plan only allots you two hours instantly on your PC. 


Movie Arrival Time:  

With approximately 35 shipping centers throughout the US and more planned to come, Netflix offers shorter shipping times than any other online DVD rental service—taking an average of around a day to reach you once they've shipped out. These shorter shipping times allow you to get more bang for your buck, giving you the ability to rent more DVDs within a shorter time period.


Movie Information:  

Movie browsers don't have to click back and forth to find out information about a particular movie. A mouse–over across a movie image will bring up a temporary text box with the synopsis, main actors, director, genre and rating. Clicking on the movie title provides the same information plus awards and an explanation for the movie's rating.

Although NetFlix doesn't provide as detailed information as Blockbuster, it is enough to make choosing movies quick and easy.


Search Capabilities:  

Netflix boasts plenty of methods to search for movies, including searches by title, actor, director, studio, genre, decade, new releases and by critic and customer recommendation. You can also search by awards movies have received.


Summary:  

Netflix outshines the competition with an immense DVD selection, superior customer service and the fastest arrival time around. So if you're looking for an online DVD rental service that can meet all of your DVD rental needs, try the Netflix free trial and see what a real DVD service is like.

NetFlix offers a 2–week free trial four different plans:

When signing up for a free-trial membership, Netflix has you set up a fully-functioning account, requiring a credit card number as a deposit. If you do not cancel your membership once your free trial is over, Netflix assumes that you want continue your service and will charge your card for the next month's service.

*Note: Individual results may vary based on plans and proximity to distribution centers.


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