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Netflix's DVD Allocation System

For about 6 months, I've stopped renting DVD-s from brick-and-mortar stores. I use NetFlix.

Netflix uses the number of movies you rented in your previous billing period or periods to determine your priority in getting movies. The more movies you rented during your last billing cycle or cycles, the less chance you have of receiving a movie versus an individual who has rented fewer movies. This report describes how I came to this conclusion using automated data collection on netflix.com. It also lists some open questions.

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Posted by Anupriyo on April 25, 2003 01:55 PM |

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Woof - i was considering signing up for Netflix - now I have doubts if its a wise idea..

Posted by: NYer Again | April 25, 2003 03:13 PM

Depends. Do you watch 'just released' movies all the time?

Posted by: anupriyo | May 5, 2003 09:56 AM

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