Back here on ItsHeyNow.com with your weekly tech fix!  One of the most popular services out right now is definitely Netfilx.  Many years ago, people used it as a convenience to rent movies via the mail, offering an alternative to traditional brick & mortar rental places like Blockbuster.  Now with high speed internet being pretty common in most households, the instant streaming option on Netflix is amazingly popular.

At first, you were only able to stream it to your computer, now there are tons and tons of devices that allow Netflix instant streaming.    Video game systems, TV’s, blu-ray players, cell phones are all capable of this feature.

So you think you’re slick and will purchase one account and split it with all your friends, well they’ve prevented that slightly by only allowing 6 streaming devices to be registered to each account at any time.  Either way, it’s a pretty good deal.  The streaming plan starts at $7.99 per month and goes up from there depending on how many discs you want at a time.  They also offer a 1 month free trial as well, so why not check out Netflix.com?

How well is Netflix doing?  Well their first quarter 2011 was simply amazing!  They added 3.3 million subscribers bringing their total to 23.6 million.  Revenue came in at $719 million, an increase of 46% year to year and net income (actual money to the bottom line) was $60 million, an astonishing 88% increase year to year.  Special thanks to BGR.com for the money info!

Give it a try if you haven’t already!

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