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The DVD service that has been steadily shrinking in the shadow of Netflix's video streaming service will shut down after its five remaining distribution centers.

Netflix is ending the service that started its rise to the streaming giant it is today, mailing out its final physical DVDs to subscribers.

The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the DVD service will be able to keep the final discs that land in their mailboxes.

The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the DVD service will be able to keep the final discs that land in their mailboxes

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix’s once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after the birth of a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflixs once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter of a century after two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came up with the concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment.

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service.

The once-iconic DVD-by-mail service obliterated Blockbuster video stores and provided a springboard into video streaming that's transformed entertainment.

The DVD service that has been steadily shrinking in the shadow of Netflixs video streaming service will shut down after its five remaining distribution centers in California, Texas, Georgia and New Jersey mail out their final discs Friday.

At its peak, the DVD boasted more than 20 million subscribers who could choose from more than 100,000 titles stocked in the Netflix library.