Well, I guess for a lot of people it can be a mix of all 3 (maybe minus bootleg since it could be just a deviation). But in general, which way do you prefer to get your Anime?.
For me, downloading tied with buying Anime DVDs from Ebay. I hardly watch anything from Adult Swim and I only bought bootleg when I was stupid in the past. And going through netflix is too much trouble for me.
My preferences: Watching t.v, renting and buying U.S.A Dvds.
Oh, and nice avatar, who is she?
Ah... She is Celica from the Anime Solty Rei. Great Anime too but not many people know about this. Everyone is busy with Naruto and this "new" TMoHS fad going on atm..
Oh well... since you buy R1 DVDs then I guess it would be a good chance to check out Solty Rei when the DVDs get released on 1/27. I know I will since it's one of my favorite sci-fi Anime :D