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Netflix hits 2 billionth DVD rental

The popular DVD rental company Netflix has proudly announced the delivery of its two billionth DVD this week, giving the lucky subscriber who received the disc a lifetime subscription.

The disc happened to be a Blu-ray copy of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and was shipped to a member in Alabama.



The company launched in 1999, and recently announced they had reached 10 million subscribers in the US. The service offers over 100,000 DVD titles, and 1300 Blu-ray films.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 3 Apr 2009 17:28

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• Pop_Smith

  I'm guessing that since the subscriber who requested DVD number 2 billion which, possibly ironically, happened to be a Blu-Ray disc, has Blu-Ray "enabled" on his Netflix account that he's getting a lifetime Blu-Ray "enabled" subscription.

  3.4.2009 18:58 #1

• Lothros

  Naw man, they will make them pay extra. Netflix is like the Ryanair of movie rental businesses.
  
  Who wants to bet that the 2 billionth disk went to someone related to a tach guy...

  3.4.2009 21:41 #2

• Unfocused

  My bet is that the 2 billionth renter doesn't even exist. Granted, they may have shipped the claimed number of discs, but I doubt that anybody will personally know the winner. These things are always somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody.

  4.4.2009 17:05 #3