#Netflix: What we're watching now
(CBS/What's Trending) How did we ever live before Netflix? The instant streaming, online video rental store forever changed our movie watching experience, and there's no way we're going back to the days before the company existed.
With reports coming in that the company gained 3.6 million users in Q1 of 2011 alone, the company's popularity shows no signs of slowing down. That means, at 23.6 subscribers, the company is now bigger than Comcast -- which topped out in 2010 with 22.8 million pay TV subscribers -- ever was. We Netflix users welcome the new members: With more titles available for streaming each day, it's not like we have to fight to get that last copy of that rare foreign film. In honor of the online movie watching experience, here's a collection of YouTube videos that celebrate all the things we love about Netflix. Do you ever wonder how Netflix gets you those DVDs so fast? It turns out it's because of people like this super woman, who stuffs 950 Netflix movies in those red mailing envelops in an hour.It may be two years old, but Chris Pirillo has some great tips on how to find Netflix streaming videos without having to wade through the database. It might be easy to find what you want to watch on demand on main site, but, as he shows us, independent website InstantWatcher.com breaks down the categories even further and is still easier to navigate than Netflix's own search function.
Ever how the characters in those less popular Netflix films feel? College Humor has a theory:
Okay, you can't watch one more episode of "Friday Night Lights" or sit through another hour of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. If you're tired of streaming videos, then check out the Netflix Greatest Kiss Event. People at the Valentine's Day-themed competition recreated the most memorable kissing scenes from movie history. It was last held in 2009, but as we all know, a classic movie scene never gets old.
And, of course, you know Netflix has become an invaluable part of our culture when gets the Hitler meme treatment: