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My recent spate of reviews on movies has been down to Netflix. While there are many movies I love, I recently sold most of my DVD collection on eBay to free up some cash. This was a major disappointment to me. However, I joined Netflix, and while I do not own any of the movies I receive, I am able to go back and effectively ‘rent’ some of the classic movies I was forced to sell.

About Netlix

Netflix is essentially your local DVD rental store online. However, it’s not as simple as that – whereas in a local video store you rent one movie at a time, have a limited time to view the movie, and pay for each movie, Netflix allows you to rent as many movies as you want (based on your subscription) and keep the movies as long as you want.

In addition, most plans allow you to watch movies on your PC.

The Sign-Up and available plans

On signing up you are giving many choices on the subscription service you want. These range from the cheapest that allows you to rent 1 movie at a time with a limit of two per month up to 8 movies at a time with unlimited movies per month. The full details are (note this is copied directly from Netflix.com):

8 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $47.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
7 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $41.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
6 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $35.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
5 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $29.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
4 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $23.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
3 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $16.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
2 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $13.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
1 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $8.99 (includes unlimited instant watch)
1 at-a-time (2 a month) for $4.99

The registration is pretty easy – you do need a major credit card to sign-up as all your monthly subscriptions will be automatically be charged to the credit card.

Cancellation is also a breeze – it’s a simple case of logging into your account and clicking a hyperlink – the cancellation is instant (although you can still use the service up until the end of the current month paid for). I cancelled the service twice - once after the trial and once after a three month term – I cancelled as I didn’t have the time to watch many movies. Eventually netflix sent me an ‘offer I couldn’t refuse’ and I resigned – I am still with the service today

In most cases you can get a 2 week trial subscription – you still have to use a credit card to sign up, but you are not charged until after the 2 week trial – you can cancel at any time. I am certain that this works as I initially signed up using the 2 week trial, but cancelled – I eventually resigned up, but at that time was unable to use another 2 week trial as I had previously used one.

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