However, you can still rent DVDs (and Blu-rays) using Netflix. The only catch is that it's a separate subscription and will cost you extra on top of your pre-existing Netflix streaming plan ...

“There are titles you can’t find elsewhere. Their library was just huge compared to any sort of streaming option,” said Ann Silverthorn, who first started getting DVDs in the mail in 2009.

Netflix has reported a surge of ... as an online DVD rental company in 1998. Back then you could subscribe and have access to unlimited DVDs which would be sent to your house.

“To everyone who ever added a DVD to their queue or waited by the mailbox for a red envelope to arrive: thank you,” said Netflix’s ... doing the same with DVDs, a still-new format at the ...