Update: More photos of the Netflix shipping center are available on Flickr.

No, we didn't break in -- Netflix invited HackingNetflix to tour the Hartford shipping center, and even let us take a few photos. 50 employees at the 20,000 square foot Hartford shipping center process as many as 90,000 discs per day, or 275,000 per week.

Even though we knew the address, the shipping center was hard to find. Located in an unmarked warehouse in the local business district, the only outside mention of Netflix was on the trucks they use to pick up and deliver the DVDs.

3a.m. The mail is picked up from the Postal Distribution Center and the workers start processing the DVDs. Each envelope is ripped open by hand, and the DVDs are inspected for cracks. If you look closely at the photo you can see the Blockbuster Online discs that were delivered to Netflix by mistake.

If a disc is dirty, the DVD is cleaned using a sprayer with glass cleaner and the disc is rubbed on what appears to be paper towels.

Most of the discs are place in a tray to be sorted by machine, but cracked, Blu-ray, damaged, and mislabeled discs are placed in separate bins. The also collect customer notes.