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Here's the best part: no late fees. Ever. Just remember, you won't get the next ones on your list until you've returned your movies. It's a far less painful punishment than continually getting whacked with $4 Blockbuster charges. Think of it as a carrot, rather than a stick.
SMART SITE. Still, I was skeptical at first. After all, one of the benefits of the local video store is that you don't have to know what you want going in. With all the new releases neatly organized, you can hunt until something strikes your fancy. The thought of trying to browse Netflix's 11,500 DVD titles, especially with my sluggish dial-up Web connection, was not appealing.
Shortly after logging on, however, I was hooked. The more you use Netflix, the more like a video store it becomes -- but a store tailored to your tastes. After you see a movie, you can rate it by clicking on the stars that appear next to every movie's listing on the site, from one star if you hated it to up to five stars if you loved it.
The more you rate, the more Netflix learns what you like, delivering personalized recommendations every time you log on. No video store can do that: In most stores, movies are arranged within their genres -- comedies, new releases and the like -- in alphabetical order. When I joined Netflix to research this review, I rated about a dozen of my favorite movies. After I gave a thumbs-up to The Sixth Sense, the mystery thriller about a kid who "sees dead people," Netflix reminded me of the director's follow-up, Unbreakable, which I had not seen. With one click I added it to my queue.
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