Netflix to mark end of DVD service by giving away selects discs

The final discs for the service will be mailed out on Sept. 29.

Netflix started with red envelopes that contained DVDs for rent chosen by subscribers but that part of their service is coming to an end after 25 years.Netflix started with red envelopes that contained DVDs for rent chosen by subscribers but that part of their service is coming to an end after 25 years.

Subscribers just have to opt in by Aug. 29. And the best part? They don’t have to mail the DVDs back.reported that since 1998, it has mailed out over five billion DVD and Blu-ray rentals across the country. The service started to decline as Netflix launched its first video-streaming service in 2007, according to“From the beginning, our members loved the choice and control that direct-to-consumer entertainment offered: the wide variety of the titles and the ability to binge watch entire series,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos wrote in a blog post in April, obtained by

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