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what's up prize five fans I'm Brian Tom and which changes the Netflix is pricing people are looking for alternatives so we're bringing you a Throwdown showdown with two discs in streaming subscription services it's a prize five punch-out Netflix and blockbuster our judges for this fight are senior editor John Game of Thrones Falcone executive editor David the bad-boy car annoy and myself ring-a-ling and being Tom now we'll take all three judges blind scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prize five score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system these two services aren't exactly alike so we'll help break it down for you but hold on to your butt's round one is all about the distance fishing plan Netflix has the largest physical disk collection with over 100,000 TV shows and movie titles with a plan that starts at $7.99 now if you want blu-rays you'll pay two more bucks a month blockbusters this plan brings its library of over ninety five thousand movies and TV shows but you'll also be able to rent video games from a collection of more than three thousand and there's no additional cost for blu-rays with plans starting at $9.99 throw in the fact that blockbuster gets many of its new releases 28 days before Netflix and its blockbuster that takes round one with a perfect 5 and Netflix gets a 3.7 next round of streaming subscription plans neither company has released specific numbers for their streaming collections but Netflix is $7.99 streaming plan is packed with older movies and it shines when it comes to catching up with TV series from the past but when you're done with that what's left its biggest drawback is its weak library of new and current content that we all care about now blockbuster doesn't offer a monthly premium plan instead it's an on-demand service with little to no TV show content where you can rent new movies for 399 a pop or purchase them as well it's advantages that it still brings new titles 28 days before Netflix but the cost will add up fast Netflix takes round two seven and blockbuster gets a 2.7 dr. averaging two rounds blockbuster leads by two ten to the point round three is the vise support Netflix is supported on nearly every major connected device from phones to game consoles to TVs and add it all up and it's over 200 pieces of hardware it really feels like it's on every device blockbuster support is growing you can access it on laptops some phones and more but it's still way behind and when 50% of Netflix viewing is done on game consoles you probably want to get in on that action Netflix takes this round with a perfect 5 and blockbuster gets a 3 next round is overall convenience Netflix brings a clean user interface across all its digital devices that feels familiar and getting people to trust and mainly diss because of its ease and reliability was pretty much created by Netflix now blockbusters web interface needs a little streamlining but it's not horrible it's flexible dissed by male program is solid but the differentiator here is the ability to walk into a physical Blockbuster store and swap out your rentals now that sounds great if you're close to one but there aren't that many left netflix takes another round with a four and block what we get at 2.7 dr. averaging four rounds the tables have turned and Netflix now leave 7/10 of a point the final round that will decide it all is combined value things have cooled to a simmer after a hot boiling period with the new price changes that split Netflix is streaming and dis rental plans but let's do the math even after the split if you add up both the disk plant and the streaming plant at $7.99 each you're spending just under $16 a month now let's look at the blockbuster plant it starts at $9.99 for dis rentals and yes that includes blu-ray and games but if you watch just two on-demand movies in a month you're already at $17 now these plans come down to what kind of content you care about but Netflix looks like the more compelling of the two and it takes the final round with a 4.3 and blockbuster gets a 3 let's average out all 5 rounds and enterprise fight where blockbuster took the lead after two rounds Netflix fought back and takes this prize fight for point one two three point three and is your prize fight winner we know these services aren't exactly alike and even though Netflix is king of the Ring your best bet might be getting the combination of Netflix is streaming for $7.99 and blockbusters this rental plan for $9.99 where you'll really get the best of both worlds i'm brian tom thanks for watching catch you guys next time on another prize fight