DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)

Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope

The company’s DVD subscription service is ending this month, bringing to a close an origin story that ultimately upended the entertainment industry.

The movies we watch can serve as place holders for a cache of memories, who we were and how we felt at particular moments in time.

Streaming is overrated.

Sending movies through the mail, in recognizable red-and-white envelopes, helped the company become a behemoth in Hollywood.