Great Interview! I have been a member of netflix since the start. Have always wanted to work for them as I saw that Reed had a vision for the future..

Thoughtful and intelligent. He's the real deal.

What video equipment are you shooting with? Any lighting?

Will, perhaps the key point that I will take away from Mr. Hastings' response to your questions is that he knows that he will -- slowly but surely -- attract more and more customers away from the legacy video entertainment distributors.

Just as we can look back today at the airline industry and wonder "how did TWA and PanAM fail to anticipate the final chapter of their fate?", we'll be wondering the same thing about the traditional pay-TV incumbents in a couple of years.

Will,

Great interview, you hit on all the key points. Mr. Hastings is cerebral and has a good grasp of where the industry is heading, and how he plans to ensure Netflix remains at the top.

Will, if I were Mr. Hastings, then I would characterize the rise of Netflix the same way, and play down the apparent long-term threat.

That said, the Netflix service may be a "supplemental offering" for some consumers. However, for others (myself included) it changes TV viewing behavior and results in a downgrading of pay-TV service (from the premium service tier to the basic-cable tier).

My point: there are more granular steps to this business model disruption -- cord-cutting is merely the final stage in the process of the transition to low-cost on-demand entertainment adoption. Once you start down this path, the traditional pay-TV offering seems very expensive.