{"id":251722,"date":"2023-09-29T05:35:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=308468"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:06:55","slug":"netflix-sends-its-latest-dvds-to-customers-no-need-to-return-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/netflix-sends-its-latest-dvds-to-customers-no-need-to-return-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix sends its latest DVDs to customers: &quot;there is no need to return them&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of Netflix&#8217;s 238 million streaming customers worldwide are unaware that the company started 25 years ago as a DVD rental-by-mail service.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/d68f44d3-66e1-4b01-a990-7f7700572434\/3316657715\/netflix-netflix%20ixon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Netflix<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Even fewer will know that the operation has continued, with nearly a million subscribers<\/strong>. But the company is finally going to end it, and the five distribution centers it has left in the U.S. will send their last discs to American customers on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>These DVD enthusiasts can keep these titles instead of returning them<\/strong>, meaning some will receive up to 10 as a farewell gift from a company that once had 16 million subscribers at its peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-Youtube wp-block-embed-Youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Netflix ending DVD-by-mail service on September 29th\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8zHLYMLMlM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Farewell to the Last Video Store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s very bittersweet,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2023\/sep\/29\/netflix-dvds-final-sent-by-mail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">says Marc Randolph<\/a>, co-founder of Netflix and CEO when the company sent out its first DVD. &#8220;We knew this day would come, but the miraculous part is that it didn&#8217;t come 15 years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netflix doesn&#8217;t break out its DVD subscriber numbers in its figures, but according to an AP estimate, fewer than a million people are now subscribed to the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Randolph conceived the idea of a DVD-by-mail service in 1997 with his friend and fellow entrepreneur Reed Hastings<\/strong>, who eventually succeeded Randolph as CEO. Randolph stepped down from the role earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Netflix&#8217;s first-ever mailed-out disc was Tim Burton&#8217;s Beetlejuice in March 1998<\/strong>, and since then, the company has distributed 5.2 billion DVDs. Their most popular title was Sandra Bullock&#8217;s The Blind Side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Netflix will mail its final DVD on September 29, 2023. <br><br>But the red envelope remains an enduring symbol of our love of entertainment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vVdjuhJvrb\">pic.twitter.com\/vVdjuhJvrb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1707485328229982420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, <strong>Randolph knew that DVDs wouldn&#8217;t be the backbone of the business<\/strong> and would be overshadowed by streaming movies and TV shows through internet connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 2011, Netflix decided to split the DVD business from streaming, a year after the bankruptcy of Blockbuster<\/strong>, which in 2000 rejected a buyout offer from Netflix for $50 million ($41 million euros). The streaming giant is now worth about $166 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;From day one, we knew DVDs would go away, that it was a transitional step,&#8221; Randolph says. &#8220;And the DVD service did that miraculously well. 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