There are a few reasons that I still subscribe to the DVD service:
1. You can add a movie to the queue before it's in the theatre - This is nice because when I see a trailer for a movie I can generally add it to my queue right away. Several months later it shows up, sometimes I forgot about it and it's a neat surprise.
2. More selection - There are more movies available on DVD than streaming.
3. Less decision making - When my wife and I finally get a chance to sit down once a week and watch a movie without the kids we don't have to scroll through and decide on something, we just put in the DVD that we have for this week. There is a lot of evidence to show that reducing the number of decisions you need to make leads to less stress and the DVD queue makes that possible.
Mason Dixon Farms has been using this technology since the late 70s. I saw a presentation on their work and they stated that they sold close to 17% of the electricity they produced back to the local power company.
This is the best article I could find on them:
American Farm article
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There are a few reasons that I still subscribe to the DVD service: 1. You can add a movie to the queue before it's in the theatre - This is nice because when I see a trailer for a movie I can generally add it to my queue right away. Several months later it shows up, sometimes I forgot about it and it's a neat surprise. 2. More selection - There are more movies available on DVD than streaming. 3. Less decision making - When my wife and I finally get a chance to sit down once a week and watch a movie without the kids we don't have to scroll through and decide on something, we just put in the DVD that we have for this week. There is a lot of evidence to show that reducing the number of decisions you need to make leads to less stress and the DVD queue makes that possible.
Mason Dixon Farms has been using this technology since the late 70s. I saw a presentation on their work and they stated that they sold close to 17% of the electricity they produced back to the local power company. This is the best article I could find on them: American Farm article