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The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's 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 Netflix's 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.