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[jfb]

I'm a Netflix habitue, but today I ran across references to a couple of other video-rental-by-mail service that might appeal. Nicheflix specializes in multi-region DVDs, including Asian and European films, anime, cult TV, and horror. And Facets Multimedia, a longstanding distributor and service provider for cinephiles, has a rental department.

On a completely different subject, I've been browsing through John December's Live Simple: Radical tactics to reduce the complexity, costs, and clutter of your life. It seems to come from almost exactly the perspective I'd like to have.

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[bushmiller.livejournal.com]

Greencine always struck me as a much better company to support than Netflix -- they were a tiny bit cheaper, had a better selection of very-hard-to-find discs (though they were always out), and donate a proportion of their profits to film preservation. I was a member for a few months, until I realized that I don't enjoy watching movies.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Yeah, movies suck. I checked out Greencine at one point, but found that (a) although they clearly had a lot of movies that Netflix didn't, none of them seemed to be movies I wanted to rent, and (b) they didn't have the ability to enqueue movies that aren't yet available, which I use pretty heavily. So, oh well.

[bushmiller.livejournal.com]

Greencine does have the best blog about movies ever in the history of the Internet, though, and if you don't agree with me, I swear I'm going to force you to watch Blake's Junction 7 until the end of time.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Uh, well, as far as I know, you're absolutely right! Although I do enjoy David Edelstein's quasi-blog column on Slate.

[pobig.livejournal.com]

Reading that simplification book's free section reminded me that I haven't used the tape player sitting on the kitchen counter in a year or so. Into the closet it goes!

[jfb.livejournal.com]

There's a not-free section?

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Immediately placing that as item #45877345764576 on my list of things to do or read!

[copperqueen.livejournal.com]

I've found Facets to be kind of costly and you have to return the films really fast.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

It looks like they've gone to a Netflix-style no-late-fees system. Still costly though.