I was kinda peeved with the price increase. But after stepping back and looking at things, they have actually saved me money. We hardly ever used the streaming service, so I went with dvd only. As far as time of new releases, I'm patient so I can wait. One thing I have loved about Netflix, is being able to find older flicks (i.e. 70's & 80's). Will wait and see about the Qwikster thang. To be perfectly honest, I kinda miss the old days, no cable/dish, no cell phones, no gaming consoles, no internet etc. Don't get me wrong I use all this technology. Life did seem much simpler back before we had all this to make things easier. Oh well, will get off the soapbox before I fall off it.