Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Netflix Provides Much-Needed DVD Rental Alternative to Walk-In Stores


Netflix founder Reed Hastings.

I started renting films from Netflix last year.

Their huge selection — over 55,000 titles — is one of the reasons I have a membership.

I remember there were times when I would walk into a video store looking for an Akira Kurosawa film or some documentary that I read about on Roger Ebert's website, but would be told by a clerk that they didn't carry the movie I was looking for.

I no longer have to experience this because of Netflix.

Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times wrote an article about it.