Netflix’s famed red envelopes will soon vanish, but not without one last twist.
The entertainment service long ago shifted its focus tostreaming, rather than mailing out DVDs.
In April,co-CEO Ted Sarandossaid that the service would ship its final DVDs on Sept. 29. the company said on Twitter-turned-X.
A representative for Netflix didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Streaming Netflix subscriptions won’t be affected.
It all began with Beetlejuice, the very first DVD shipped out, on March 10, 1998.
As DVD rentals lagged, the company introduced streaming media and video on-demand in 2007.
In 2016, Netflix rebranded its DVD-by-mail service using the name and site DVD.com.
Most local libraries loan out DVDs.
Or perhaps it’s finally time to consider watching movies and shows via a subscription-based streaming service.
Here’s aguide to the different channelsoffered by various streaming services.
