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The drawback is that Net...
The drawback is that Netflix consumers don't get the kind of instant gratification they would from a visit to an offline video store, and instead must wait one to four days for delivery of their DVD of choice.
Subscribers to the site create a movie wish list and right off the bat receive their first three DVD requests on a trust basis, since Netflix has no due date or late fee policies. DVDs are delivered directly to the subscriber's address by first-class mail in postage-paid mailers, which eliminates the hassle of getting postage to return the DVD, and once the first batch of DVDs are returned the next title on the list is automatically mailed out, and so the cycle begins.
The site also provides DVD movie fans with news on upcoming DVD releases, movie reviews, member reviews, critic's picks, and movie industry trivia and links.
But Hastings' vision doesn't just stop there. The former engineer and current president of the California State Board of Education plans to roll out a second division of his company over the next five to fifteen years that will deliver high-speed digital movie downloads to consumers via their PCs or set-top boxes, much like video-on-demand services intertainer.com and CinemaNow are already doing.
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