Here’s what happened when one Slate writer spent her whole year watching movies instead of TV.
, to name just a few we’ve watched this year, can’t be streamed anywhere in the United States, at any price. Streaming services obviously don’t emphasize this point, and Netflix won’t even say how many titles it offers in the two branches of its business. But when CNN reported recently on the quirky remnant of Americans who still receive DVDs by mail, it estimated that
Netflix offers fewer than 6,000 movies and TV shows to stream, while its DVD service has about 100,000 discsAs a practical matter, using the DVD service means we don’t spend the beginning of the night toggling between streaming services and painstakingly clicking out search terms with a janky Roku remote. Instead, we curate our ever-expanding queue in our downtime, and most nights we have just two or three DVDs to choose from.
I’m not trying to pretend I invented the concept of watching movies at home. But for me, the past year has been a genuinely revelatory experience. The frisson of TV FOMO has dissipated; I haven’t heard anyone talk aboutin months, after all. Meanwhile, our evening screen time has turned into something of an event.
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