I was browsing the news last night – wow! How fun! This new computer Darc got is pretty awesome. Even though we don’t yet have our own Internet connection, we’re getting decent speeds from the connection we’re able to get. We’ve gone from “very low” on the old boat anchor, all the way up to “fair” on this one. I’m dizzy from it! Plus the screen … oh my gosh I can SEE! 
Re-establishing our own Internet connection has been a big topic of conversation here in the Darc House, and we’re excited at the probability of that happening in the near future. One bite at a time. We’ve decided that when we do, we’re going to go with an Internet only package, no TV. There were several reasons for it, but one of the major ones is family time. We like spending time together as a family and sitting down to watch the latest episode of some show while the kids go off into their room to play because they’re not interested in “grown-up shows” is not how we want to be. Plus, we’re really not excited at the prospect of them being glued to Nick Jr or Noggin or whatever the current kids TV station is.
We do love watching movies however.
Getting movies from the library has been a boon. You can’t beat free! But, it’s also kind of discouraging knowing you’re not going to find anything more recent than maybe 2-3 years old, IF you’re lucky. So, when we found out that once we have an Internet connection we can stream movies through the Wii, we were all over that. Netflix was on our list of future additions to the electronic family here. Plus, we really love being able to watch DVD’s. We LOVE our pause button while we dissect and talk about the movie we’re watching.
Then I read this article: Netflix Is Abandoning DVDs, Customers Who Prefer DVDs.
Can I just say I’m REALLY not happy about this? I don’t want to stream all my movies, as much as I love the idea of being able to do so. What if my connection goes down for some reason while we’re in the middle of a movie? I want the hard copy! I like the idea of options and I’m not pleased that Netflix wants to remove those options.
I had Netflix several years ago when they first came out and I loved the service. Bonus points too because I hated Blockbuster. Do you know how hard it is to get decent customer service at Blockbuster?
Now I find myself thinking I’ll go with Blockbuster for my movie rentals when I’m finally able to utilize a service like that. They do DVD’s AND streaming – although I don’t yet know if they’ll stream through a Wii – but it kind of bites to have to go back to them. The one I liked is letting me down, before I even had the chance to re-join them! Back to the freaking drawing board, and here I thought my research was all done. *sigh*
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