brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to DarkStar33
Re: Netflix Super HD/Open Connect said by DarkStar33:Windows 8 is a polite way of saying "Windows" without have to deal with listing the previous versions.
If your on XP/Vista its a worthwhile upgrade.
Sounds ridiculous to me. Every other product and web site lists each respective Windows version as appropriate. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to Tx
said by Tx:Isn't apple tv just the same as any other device like Boxee?
Unfortunately not, even though there are devices capable of playing 1080p / 5.1 sound content Netflix white lists devices which are provided 1080p / 5.1 sound content and they don't add every device to the white list; it is annoying. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to HiVolt
said by HiVolt:AppleTV is only good if you've got other Apple devices and are into the whole iTunes ecosystem... Many are not...
Well especially with the stock firmware. In that configuration it leaves a lot to be desired compared to other media players. Personally I have no interest in having to hack the thing to make it usable. |
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dm1336
join:2011-08-07
Scarborough, ON
1 edit | reply to El Quintron
What's weird is that didn't Netflix already have 1080p content? I see on my PS3 that stuff has Super HD, but then other movies are just HD.
Hunger Games is HD, and that's one of their newest movies. A ton of other movies say Super HD.
Does this mean that HD movies are now 1080i? I don't think its 720p, although companies do get away with calling that HD too.
When playing something on my PS3 it shows the following (press Select):
Medium/SD
High/SD
Medium/HD
High/HD
X-High/HD
Not sure if it's just me but I did notice there was less of a 'fuzzy' look to the picture. Very close to blu-ray like quality. |
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it works for ME using unblock -us -- the first time i clicked it didn't show, but when i went back a few minutes later -- it showed green. try again? |
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 | reply to brad
said by brad:said by DarkStar33:Windows 8 is a polite way of saying "Windows" without have to deal with listing the previous versions.
If your on XP/Vista its a worthwhile upgrade.
Sounds ridiculous to me. Every other product and web site lists each respective Windows version as appropriate. I agree. If it works on other versions of Windows, then they should list those as well.
Otherwise, it leads to confusion as to whether or not older OS are supported, and they could lose potential subscribers (the kind who are not willing to upgrade to Win8). |
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 TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | monitors do this same BS. Say compatible with windows whatever version. Hell my dad got one years ago and asked why he picked that one and he said one reason said it was compatible with windows so he knew it would work. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON
1 edit | reply to dm1336
said by dm1336:What's weird is that didn't Netflix already have 1080p content? I see on my PS3 that stuff has Super HD, but then other movies are just HD.
Hunger Games is HD, and that's one of their newest movies. A ton of other movies say Super HD.
Does this mean that HD movies are now 1080i? I don't think its 720p, although companies do get away with calling that HD too.
When playing something on my PS3 it shows the following (press Select):
Medium/SD
High/SD
Medium/HD
High/HD
X-High/HD
Not sure if it's just me but I did notice there was less of a 'fuzzy' look to the picture. Very close to blu-ray like quality.
As I stated with another post above. They already had 1080p streams. These are 1080p streams with lower compression. It's a marketing name at best which will just confuse people.
You're not seeing Super HD yet for some content because it has not been re-encoded. They will be re-encoding further content as time goes on but they probably wanted to have at least a couple hundred titles at launch time.
It is not "getting away" with anything. 720p is still HD. |
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dm1336
join:2011-08-07
Scarborough, ON | The compression thing makes sense, thanks brad |
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TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to El Quintron
so what videos are in super HD I can try? I looked at Dexter on the PC and it shows it maxes out at 3000 on the AV manger. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to El Quintron
What really makes me curious is why Netflix still does not have peering at TorIX. They have added additional exchanges in London, Los Angeles, New York, São Paulo, and Stockholm but still nothing in Toronto to have some peering coverage in Canada. |
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| Do we have to use teksavvy dns to take advantage of this hd or can we continue to DNS providers like google. |
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 El QuintronResident Mouth BreatherPremium
join:2008-04-28
Etobicoke, ON
kudos:2
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| said by spock:Do we have to use teksavvy dns to take advantage of this hd or can we continue to DNS providers like google.
Good question I'm using Overplay SmartDNS and I wonder if that will impact it...
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 | reply to TOPDAWG
said by TOPDAWG:monitors do this same BS. Say compatible with windows whatever version. Hell my dad got one years ago and asked why he picked that one and he said one reason said it was compatible with windows so he knew it would work.
Marketing strategy made successful by the fact that many people just don't know that a monitor is OS-independent.
Sad but true.
As for Netflix, I don't think it's in their favor at all to only state Windows 8. |
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dm1336
join:2011-08-07
Scarborough, ON | reply to TOPDAWG
X-Men, Captain America, Transformers to name a few
Breaking Bad and Fringe to name a couple TV Shows
Most of what was on the PS3 had the Super HD icon, it got hard to find something in regular HD.
On my PC running Windows 7 I did not see any Super HD icons  |
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| On the topic of Windows 8, isn't the CEO of netflix on the board of directors at microsoft? |
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| It's a Windows 8 plug, I don't think 8 is doing so well.  |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to TOPDAWG
said by TOPDAWG:monitors do this same BS. Say compatible with windows whatever version. Hell my dad got one years ago and asked why he picked that one and he said one reason said it was compatible with windows so he knew it would work.
Some products do only work with certain OS's. Doing so for a monitor is silly unless its a monitor with a USB connection. |
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Is SuperHD content labelled somehow when viewing the Netflix catalog?
I am using unblock-us and the Netflix page gives me the green 'ready for SuperHD'. But in the catalog I see nothing new or different. |
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| You won't see new shows, you'll only see higher quality for existing shows.
I upgraded to Win 8 to try it out, and a lot of content does appear to be available in 'Super HD'.
With regards to what 'Super HD' means, there seems to be some confusion. Essentially, it is just higher bitrate video. Previously, the highest bitrates were 2000 kbit, and 3200 kbit(only available on a few movies). Now we have a 5000 kbit and 7000 kbit tier. I'd expect some content to look twice as good if you can get the 7000 kbit stream going! |
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