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Netflix Deal Means New Release Rentals are on the Fritz

By  Zach Behrens
Published Jan 5, 2010 11:00 PM
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Netflix and Warner Brothers today announced a new deal with means good and bad news. The bad first: customers seeking new Warner Brothers DVD releases will have to wait 28 days until the rentals are available. The catch? Well, Warner Bros. wants people to buy DVDs instead of rent them and other movie studios are likely to follow suit with a similar deal. Any good news here? Possibly. "Both companies would like you to know that the deal also guarantees that Warner Bros. will add more direct-to-video and streaming titles to the Netflix collection," says Mashable. That, however, doesn't guarantee all titles, just "more."