Since Netflix has more than 1 million subscribers, they are faced with many challenges, including the allocation of new releases. How do you decide who gets first choice on new movies? This Web site (http://dvd-rent-test.dreamhost.com/) has been around for a while and is an amazing study of the allocation system. I think things have improved since his last update in May since I have 1 "Very Long Wait," 2 "Long Wait," and 4 "Short Wait" movies in my queue of 150 movies (and I consider myself a fairly regular renter).
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