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Archive for August 2008
0-2 days: 1%
3-4 days: 24%
5-6 days: 22%
7-9 days: 23%
10-20 days: 19%
21-30 days: 6%
31+ days: 5%
So it looks like roughly half of people turn their discs around in about a week, though about 10% keep them for 3 weeks or longer. We are slightly surprised, as we'd think turnaround would be slightly quicker, but this probably reflects the fact that many people watch their films at the weekend, whenever they happen to arrive in the mail.
FeedFlix provides an excellent service in our opinion, and best of all, it does this for free and effortlessly, hooking into Netflix's own RSS queue feed for as long as you like after a simple, 15-second install.
Now if only someone would come up with a program to do the same for say, Quickflix or Bigpond over here...
Oh yes, and V2 Direct is back up, so they stay on the tables. We did, however, confirm that DVD Jam has gone out of business, bringing the total Australian DVD rental sites down to 6.
We also completed the Games Rental Guide portion of the site, even listing how many titles companies stock for each console.
How Long Do Customers Keep Their Rentals?
FeedFlix is a site which examines and portrays usage statistics for subscribers to US DVD rental giant Netflix, but the habits it reveals should be of interest to Australian DVD renters as well. It tells you how long you've kept your discs on average, how much they cost per disc based on your usage, etc. The usage data is intriguing, for instance, the average Feedflix viewer keeps his discs at home for the following durations:0-2 days: 1%
3-4 days: 24%
5-6 days: 22%
7-9 days: 23%
10-20 days: 19%
21-30 days: 6%
31+ days: 5%
So it looks like roughly half of people turn their discs around in about a week, though about 10% keep them for 3 weeks or longer. We are slightly surprised, as we'd think turnaround would be slightly quicker, but this probably reflects the fact that many people watch their films at the weekend, whenever they happen to arrive in the mail.
FeedFlix provides an excellent service in our opinion, and best of all, it does this for free and effortlessly, hooking into Netflix's own RSS queue feed for as long as you like after a simple, 15-second install.
Now if only someone would come up with a program to do the same for say, Quickflix or Bigpond over here...
08 Aug, 2008 | Category: DVD Rental News |
August 2008 DVD Rental Guide Update
Major update across the site with reviews of prices, addition of Blu-Ray title numbers, and tweaking the actual review text. We also accumulated so many customer comments of the top three companies since starting this site in 2005, that we decided to split the older ones off onto their own page; the company review pages were just too long otherwise.Oh yes, and V2 Direct is back up, so they stay on the tables. We did, however, confirm that DVD Jam has gone out of business, bringing the total Australian DVD rental sites down to 6.
We also completed the Games Rental Guide portion of the site, even listing how many titles companies stock for each console.
01 Aug, 2008 | Category: Site Announcements |
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