Streaming Movies

I don't want to proclaimed myself as an avid movie lover because I most certainly am not. When it comes to the movies, if I'm not interested, I don't want to see it no matter how much press it receives. If I can wait to rent it, I will and save myself the $12 or how ever much movies are now. I love Netflix especially its instant streaming feature (which btw I have linked to all the computers in my apartment, Xbox 360 and soon PS3 and Wii) Which leads me to my rant, why can't I stream/rent a new movie brought to DVD?

Ok I understand that movie companies want to milk DVD/Blu-ray sales before even considering throwing up for streaming in Netflix, it seems more of an annoyance. You can watch your favorite TV shows (minus CBS network) on Hulu and instantly stream your favorite music genres on Pandora. And two websites are completely free! Yes I understand the reason they are free is because of the people who pay to advertise on the site. I already PAY to use Netflix, so why is it difficult to stream newer movies?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid was release on DVD/Blu-Ray today, (one of the movies I could wait to rent) and I knew already it wouldn't be in Netflix, so hell I decided to try iTunes. I logged on I could only purchase the movie and NOT rent. I saw in tiny writing, available to rent August 10th, a week from today! Now I'm slightly irritated. Sure I can wait another week to rent, but I was really looking forward to watching this movie.

Lets gather some quick facts about streaming movies.

61% of Netflix users Stream their movies I am one of them, I would prefer to pay $8.99 for one movie sent out to my house at a time and unlimited stream.

Netflix wants to distribute on more platforms while expanding their streaming library. Check, I'm basically using all platforms, so why can't I get Diary of a Wimpy Kid?!

Netflix delays new releases for more streaming I guess it depends on what you are delaying...

To put it nicely I can't wait until majority of the population will stream their movies, so movie companies don't have to worry about taking their sweet times trying to squeeze every penny of DVD sales.