The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after the birth of a concept that provided a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment.

Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the DVD service will be able to keep the ...

Netflix will send out its last red envelope on Friday, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. The company announced earlier this year it is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service ...

Netflix will send out its last red envelope on Friday, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. The company announced earlier this year it is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service ...

A Netflix DVD-by-mail subscriber prepares to watch "True Lies" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. On Friday, the streaming giant will stop offering the old-school delivery option it rolled out 25 ...

But the DVD service was once Netflix’s biggest money maker. Shortly before Netflix broke it off from video streaming in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service boasted more than 16 million subscribers.

When Netflix announced its intention to close the DVD service five months ago, Fusco expanded his subscription plan so he could rent as many as eight discs at a time at a cost of $56 a month.

Initially, there were about 925 titles available. Well, on Netflix shut down its mail order DVD service, the company wrote on, please enjoy your final shipments for as long as you like Kristen.