  VanPremium
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New Orleans, LA | Everyone I know personally has switched to online streaming almost exclusively
I am hoping they continue adding to the collection as it has lately gotten a bit stale | |
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join:2002-09-10
Irmo, SC | Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to Same and agreed, but its MUCH better than it was when it first debuted.
I actually got the disc for my PS3 on Tuesday and have been using it now...pretty slick and is completely awesome for the kiddo, as they have a large amount of kid stuff online. (SOOOOO tired of the saem 8 episodes of Dora on Nick Jr I could puke) | |
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join:2003-05-26
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| Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to said by Koil:Same and agreed, but its MUCH better than it was when it first debuted. I actually got the disc for my PS3 on Tuesday and have been using it now...pretty slick and is completely awesome for the kiddo, as they have a large amount of kid stuff online. (SOOOOO tired of the saem 8 episodes of Dora on Nick Jr I could puke) Too bad there isn't a search feature in ps3/xbox netflix program.
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|  PhilRojo SolPremium
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kudos:2 | said by Van:online streaming almost exclusively Same. We've actually had the same physical DVD for the past couple of months. | |
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| | | | Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to Ditto, have gad the PS3 DVD for some time now. Have not seen the disc for the Wii. Has anyone else received it?
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join:2004-03-07
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| Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to said by tphillips:Ditto, have gad the PS3 DVD for some time now. Have not seen the disc for the Wii. Has anyone else received it? T. Disc? What is this disc of which you speak? | |
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|  chlenEthically ChallengedPremium
join:2001-01-16
Albany, NY | said by Van:online streaming almost exclusively I am hoping they continue adding to the collection as it has lately gotten a bit stale I actually got rid of cable because I never watch it and really kept it around to catch an occasional movie on HBO.
Neflix (xbox360) is great, and the selection is not bad considering many of the movies not offered in the xbox menu are available for stream if you go to the computer.
I wish they would add more. Have not even bothered sending out DVD. I have the cheapest plan and I can watch movies anywhere with the same password and user name. I can go to a friend's house, etc...
Quality is very good, I have Road Runner, it is 20/1 by default and supposed to go to DOCSIS 3.0 sometime soon.
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| |  IT GuyOw, My BallsPremium
join:2004-07-29
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| Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to I'm thinking of getting rid of cable too once this season of Breaking Bad is over. That's the only program I HAVE to watch immediately. I have Netflix for the PS3 and I love it. I'm not sure if I'm coming close to the 250 GB /mo. cap for Comcast or not (I do stream A LOT). I don't suppose it matters much until they release their meter to every market. Good riddance to Comcast's ridiculously priced expanded basic cable tier .
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join:2003-05-26
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| Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to said by IT Guy:I'm thinking of getting rid of cable too once this season of Breaking Bad is over. That's the only program I HAVE to watch immediately. I have Netflix for the PS3 and I love it. I'm not sure if I'm coming close to the 250 GB /mo. cap for Comcast or not (I do stream A LOT). I don't suppose it matters much until they release their meter to every market. Good riddance to Comcast's ridiculously priced expanded basic cable tier . You can still get banned from comcast for going 250gb without having the official meter in your area.
According to them the meter is a tool for you to check up your bandwidth usage, but that doesn't mean you can use whatever you want if you dont have the meter.
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Las Cruces, NM | Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to I was being facetious, sorry. | |
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join:2009-07-06
united state
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| Re: Everyone I know personally has switched to It IS an issue, but it's not much of one to me. I wish they had newer movies I could watch when I'm in the mood, but I don't have a huge amount of free time. I'm catching up on older tv series I always wanted to watch (Dr. Who 2005, with several more like that in my instant queue) and I've caught some great lower budget flicks I never would have watched otherwise (Altered and The Other Side come to mind). Of course I've suffered through some real turds too, but the great thing about that is if I turn it off ten minutes in I didn't pay extra for them from a brick and mortar store. | |
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| slckusrPremium
join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 | I prefer to stream my tv and my movies.
they need to expand the choices as ive canceled my subscription due to the poor choices.
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@verizon.net | said by Van:online streaming almost exclusively I am hoping they continue adding to the collection as it has lately gotten a bit stale Their online offering is mostly limited to crappy new releases ("Transmorfers"! Gimmie a break), or films of historical interest (read: *old*). It used to be better when they were working with Starz. But now it's abysmal. | |
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| ecoPremium
join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE | Same here. I've actually never gotten a physical DVD from them in the mail. I've only used it for streaming. I have to say though, $8.99 would be a pretty good price for even just streaming. The fact it comes with DVDs is kind of nice. | |
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Cary, NC | stale? is sucks.....i thought i was going to be able to watch any movie they offered as a streaming option.....
why not??? I've got a subscription? i save them the postage...WTF?? | |
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| | | said by Van:online streaming almost exclusively I am hoping they continue adding to the collection as it has lately gotten a bit stale For good movies not on blu-ray i would say yes streaming is all I need. But its to bad that they don't have more offering. If they brought up the new movies to say 720p I would say 90 percent of my viewing would be online and not physical medium. | |
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| I still check out DVD's but I've been doing more and more "viewing by streaming" since December. Netflix has the stuff, and I've got the bandwidth. They need to make more titles available for streaming.
I suspect that whether or not a movie or TV program is available for streaming is up to the rights holders. Anyone have any information on this?
I have never had an issue with renting DVD's from Netflix. The one time I received a DVD that was unplayable, I notified them, and they made amends, sending me the same title on what appeared to be a brand new DVD. | |
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| | Streaming killing DVD sales Sure streaming will kill DVD sales. So what's wrong with that? Moving content delivery from molecules to bit streams is called PROGRESS. If archaic business models become decimated in the process, so be it. | |
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| | | Re: Streaming killing DVD sales It's unbelievable to me that they (Hollywood) can't figure this one out. Build a model so that your revenue stream is built on streaming rentals versus dvd sales....how hard could it be? I mean really!
At some point I'll give up. I just stream more and more documentaries these days as their widely available (probably because they are independent and remove the hollywood greed from the picture) and am usually pretty entertained.
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| |  ArchivisYour DaddyPremium
join:2001-11-26
Earth
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| Re: Streaming killing DVD sales said by fishacura:It's unbelievable to me that they (Hollywood) can't figure this one out. Build a model so that your revenue stream is built on streaming rentals versus dvd sales....how hard could it be? I mean really! At some point I'll give up. I just stream more and more documentaries these days as their widely available (probably because they are independent and remove the hollywood greed from the picture) and am usually pretty entertained. It's called Pay-per-view, and not widely popular. What makes netflix popular is the UNLIMITED streaming at a rate where you could purchase 2-3 PPV movies.
The ability to instantly get movies has been around for a while. PPV for the new stuff, On-Demand and On-Demand PPV for some of the older stuff. Netflix wins out because they offer these services at a dirt cheap rate and most importantly, unlimited.
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| | | | | Re: Streaming killing DVD sales said by Archivis:The ability to instantly get movies has been around for a while. PPV for the new stuff, On-Demand and On-Demand PPV for some of the older stuff. Netflix wins out because they offer these services at a dirt cheap rate and most importantly, unlimited. That's what I mean. The movie studio should work out some sort of framework to figure out how to recoup what would otherwise be DVD sales. It's call a business model and it ain't that hard. Hey netflix, you want to stream movie XYZ, well based on its take at the box office, here's what it'll cost you. DONE!
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join:2002-05-17
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1 edit |  Re: Streaming killing DVD sales
said by fishacura:said by Archivis:The ability to instantly get movies has been around for a while. Netflix wins out because they offer these services at a dirt cheap rate and most importantly, unlimited. The movie studio should work out some sort of framework to figure out how to recoup what would otherwise be DVD sales. It's call a business model and it ain't that hard. Hey netflix, you want to stream movie XYZ, well based on its take at the box office, here's what it'll cost you. DONE! That's all fine and dandy, and I'm sure Netflex and The Studios are trying to work things out. The questions is, what are you willing to pay. Right now you pay what, $10/mo and you can Stream Movies too, but are you willing to pay $50/mo? Probably not, and then the Pirates come in to play. This is why we also need 1Gb Broadband Service, I see in the near future all Movies put on a Server so we can browse and Stream whatever we want. | |
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join:2001-11-26
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kudos:17 Reviews:
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| Re: Streaming killing DVD sales Piracy is an inconvenience, but paying $50/month is a greater inconvenience. Netflix at their current rate for the services they offer, gives me a better value than piracy.
Paying $50/mo would be ridiculous unless it also included all of my TV channels as well.
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038xx | said by fishacura:It's unbelievable to me that they (Hollywood) can't figure this one out. They've only had ~8 years to consider things. Give them time. | |
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| | | said by podstolom:Sure streaming will kill DVD sales. So what's wrong with that? Moving content delivery from molecules to bit streams is called PROGRESS. If archaic business models become decimated in the process, so be it. Unfortunately, that remains to be seen. IF there weren't caps and the hard push for metered billing by the cable companies, I would agree with you 200%.
However, these cable companies are pushing back and trying to play hardball by limiting bandwidth to people with caps and now trying to push for metered billing.
With the increase in streaming, people will want better picture quality and 5.1/7.1 DD sound(this is the BIG issue I currently have with Netflix streaming... no Dolby Digital). This will require more and more bandwidth and these caps that people have no clue about will start to come into play, if they become regular users.
I really hope streaming does take over, I just fear the backlash from the cable/bandwidth providers. | |
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join:2001-11-26
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kudos:17 | Re: Streaming killing DVD sales That will never happen. People will jump ship in a heartbeat. | |
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|  RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | said by podstolom:Sure streaming will kill DVD sales. So what's wrong with that? Moving content delivery from molecules to bit streams is called PROGRESS. If archaic business models become decimated in the process, so be it. This only works if you can stream the same content as was on the DVD (extra content beyond the "main feature" such as "Making Of" videos as well as the extra audio tracks with interviews such as actor/director commentary). Much of the time, the DVDs I buy are for this extra content which is not supplied with just streaming the original feature. Also is the stream close captioned/subtitled as it is on the DVD? | |
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| I R I R STREAMING.
dunno bout you but my life has changed cuz of it.
I have the 1 dvd unlimited package I do get dvd's and watch them. I was doing blueray's but got rid of it. tbh I can't tell the difference between DVD's and Blueray's :/ LOL Guess my upconverting dvd player is that good. | |
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@verizon.net | Re: I R said by MalibuMaxx:I can't tell the difference between DVD's and Blueray's :/ LOL Guess my upconverting dvd player is that good. Actually, it probably means your display isn't good enough. | |
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join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE | Re: I R Agree'd. If you can't see the difference between a blu-ray and a DVD there is something seriously wrong with your display. Even 720p looks a lot better than DVD, 1080p just blows DVD out of the water. | |
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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1 edit | said by MalibuMaxx:I R STREAMING. dunno bout you but my life has changed cuz of it. I have the 1 dvd unlimited package I do get dvd's and watch them. I was doing blueray's but got rid of it. tbh I can't tell the difference between DVD's and Blueray's :/ LOL Guess my upconverting dvd player is that good. Or your eysight is that bad. No DVD upconversion is that good, even from $20K equipment. There is no detail in the picture from a DVD when compared to the picture from a BD. And no upconversion process can change that. | |
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I do have 20/40 vision... it was only a 100 buck Blue ray player... probably all the above reasons... | |
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join:2009-11-23 | Can't get too much cheaper I don't see it getting much cheaper since you get the streaming with the $10 single DVD out-at-a-time-plan. | |
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| | | Re: Yep I got a 14 day trial of netflix and cancelled it as soon as I noticed that streaming isn't available in Puerto Rico >(
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join:2005-09-22
San Jose, CA Reviews:
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| Re: Yep said by MicrotoastXP:I got a 14 day trial of netflix and cancelled it as soon as I noticed that streaming isn't available in Puerto Rico >( How bogus.
BTW, how do they know? You could get a work-around by buying a prepaid VISA card at Walgreens for $100 (they have one-use ones for about $3 to $4, not the green-dot), going online to the prepaid visa site on the card and setting your name and address, only use your name but a cousin's address in NJ or something. If they check IP#s, then you could VPN to a stateside company, but that would cost much extra.
From what I understand, PR has fiber through the ocean, so bandwidth isn't the issue. | |
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| | | | | Re: Yep said by Ulmo:said by MicrotoastXP:I got a 14 day trial of netflix and cancelled it as soon as I noticed that streaming isn't available in Puerto Rico >( How bogus. BTW, how do they know? You could get a work-around by buying a prepaid VISA card at Walgreens for $100 (they have one-use ones for about $3 to $4, not the green-dot), going online to the prepaid visa site on the card and setting your name and address, only use your name but a cousin's address in NJ or something. If they check IP#s, then you could VPN to a stateside company, but that would cost much extra. From what I understand, PR has fiber through the ocean, so bandwidth isn't the issue. The thing is that paying is not an issue, there are people here with netflix but they can only order the dvd's ( wich take 4 days to arrive instead of 1 or 2 days ) no online streaming. I managed to get the xbox360 netflix menu working by going to an online proxy and setting the system up but was soon as your going to stream they dectect your location and display an error message 
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With streaming, the kids could watch one movie, then my wife could switch to one of her shows and finally I could watch something I like. All with no DVDs to mess around with.
I'm even working on a system to "stream" our purchased DVDs to our TV so we don't need to fiddle with discs at all anymore. Apart from Netflix ones or ones we take out of our local library, of course. (And no, the system won't involve Bittorrent downloads or sharing things out on P2P networks. It'll be completely local.)
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join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA
kudos:1 | Imagine if every movie was streaming That would jump that number to the 90 percentile guaranteed.
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Spokane, WA | Netflix Limited Plan
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cptmilesPremium
join:2004-04-22
Swayzee, IN | If I were King... Everything would be digital download tied to no physical product like a disk or mag. Of course everyone would have 100M Internet for $20 bucks and government would actually work for the people. But, hey, that's why I'm just a nobody.
I don't know why a studio like Fox pulls all there movies from a company like Netflix and makes their entire collection exclusive on their own website. They have the clout to do it. | |
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join:2006-03-08
Naples, FL
kudos:2 | OTA TV + TiVo + Netflix + Amazon = The end of cable We've got Netflix streaming both the Roku and on two TiVos, and between that, OTA HDTV via the TiVo, Amazon video on demand and "rentals" (and others) via the TiVo there is no reason to be paying the exorbitant rates cable TV charges for mediocre programming. We're on a cheap DirecTV plan for the few non-streaming channels we do watch (BBC America, etc.) but even with that and the Netflix and TiVo subscriptions we're still paying 30% less than we used to for Comcast's service alone.
And now that Apple is getting into the game for real, things will accelerate. The premium cable channels are starting to do their own thing as well as Disney's ESPN et. al. | |
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|  jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | Re: OTA TV + TiVo + Netflix + Amazon = The end of cable Unfortunately, if everyone takes your approach, BBC America would only be available on the most expensive TV packages, as an example. Just be thankful things work out for you so cheaply, for now. Most people find that the really want 2-3 out of 60 channels from the most expensive tier, another 4-5 from the middle-priced tier, and then perhaps a premium channel or a sports tier. As long as the distributors have access to our viewing habits, they will continue to structure their services in a manner that generates the most money for them, at the customer's inconvenience.
The biggest stumbling block to the decline of cable TV as we know it might be with sports programming. A lot of popular sporting events are only available in HD quality over national and regional cable channels. | |
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| | | | Re: OTA TV + TiVo + Netflix + Amazon = The end of cable said by jmn1207:The biggest stumbling block to the decline of cable TV as we know it might be with sports programming. A lot of popular sporting events are only available in HD quality over national and regional cable channels. You nailed it - but I would extend your list to live sports / news / news commentary.
News you can get from other sources or OTA, but live sports and topical news commentary (ie Fox News, MSNBC, etc.) seem to be locked into the cable/satcos for the time being. | |
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| | | | | Re: OTA TV + TiVo + Netflix + Amazon = The end of cable I've gone cable/satellite-less... What was holding me back was not being able to watch Fox News, so I had been keeping a basic Directv Package, as well as some Nascar races... What put me over the edge was when I found TVPC.com... I actually stream the live broadcast of Fox news from that Site..very good quality! They have just about every channel!
I find it easier to go to the site, click Live TV and then do a Control+F search on the page for the station you are looking for! | |
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join:2000-10-04
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3 edits | I've had Netflix for about 4 weeks now... And while the BD discs keep coming in the mail, the real life changer is definitely the streaming... My PS3 is on almost constantly playing (and replaying) that Clifford the big red dog movie to the point my daughter can cite almost every single line and she's only two years old!
It took me a while to jump on the netflix bandwagon and I must say I'm not going back. Their streaming quality is amazing (depending on net congestion) and the convenience is just unbeatable.
I've watched a movie on my PC while my wife was watching a movie downstairs on the 50" plasma and we noticed no degradation of the image quality. Now that I think of it, I need to watch a non-animated movie on the TV set to see how the image quality of that compares to the animated movies. | |
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| amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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| Re: I've had Netflix for about 4 weeks now... depending on the encode, and playback device, usually pretty darn good, even if upscaled...
silverlight on a pc, however, uses less bandwidth than they used to give you with the windows media based streams. Still decent on a computer, but it seems like they reserved the higher quality streams for devices.
Most things look fine, even the SD stuff, over my 360 to an LCD TV. The HD obviously isn't Blu Ray level, but it's decent! | |
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What really turned me off to it was when I was using it to watch Dead Like Me, and realized that they just didn't have a few cherry-picked episodes throughout the season. I was watching through media center, so there was no 'this episode is not available online' message, and even if there was, it still would have upset me.
That, and I used to watch Heroes on there, but I'm becoming less and less of a fan as the season goes on... | |
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join:2001-03-21
Smyrna, GA | Not a fan of streaming selection I use it sometimes on my Media Center and XBOX. I'm also not real impressed with the selection other than kid programs.
I'd also like to see them add a "new releases" section instead of just the "new additions". I'm getting tired of scrolling through a bunch of crap movies from the 80's that were "just added" to find a recent release hidden somewhere. | |
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join:2009-08-04
Sterling, VA Reviews:
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| It will kill DVD The writing is on the wall. I'm about 80% through converting my DVD library to my media server so I can click a button to watch a movie vs getting off the couch and loading a disc. For SD stuff, if Netflix has the movie, then I really don't even see the point in having the movie on my HTPC. For HD content, I still have to wait for the BD to come in the mail but for most stuff, the SD streaming is fine.
I just wish everything was in 16x9. TV show streaming tends to be in 4:3 and if I get the disc version, I get the 16x9 glory. | |
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America Reviews:
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1 edit | BINGO! Glad some actual numbers are out concerning this.
I got Netflix solely for streaming when it first became available, I was otherwise not that interested as I had a local rental place that I could walk to very easily in 5 minutes.
Sure, I get the occasional DVD, but it's just obvious that streaming is the way to go.
Hope to see it take off in the near future.
I've been waiting YEARS for a Rhapsody for movies. Netflix is the closest thing out there now, but the selection is still laughable. Sure, I have a ton of movies in my streaming queue (WAY more than my DVD one), but it's nowhere close to what online music selection is.
Both movie and music services still have issues, but at least on the music side they've got a better selection.
It's time for the industry to come out of their hibernation - the world has moved on, and they need to get with the times. It's too late to stop people from sharing, but they can still make a boatload of money from good services that people would actually want. Netflix has a system, people want it, people want it to be what it has the potential to be, but we're still waiting...
The only thing I can't stand about Netflix is the organization...
Just alphabetize everything, please. Make it easier to browse, instead of some totally convoluted mess with titles that appear on multiple pages, and fix the genres. Sorting by release date, etc. would also be awesome...
It seems purposefully screwed up in some ways that just don't make any sense at all. It's like a piss poor attempt at translating a bad store layout that forces you to walk by things you don't want, to an online site that pretends to have some useful navigation. Fail. Epic Fail.
Example:
Looking at "Anime" in streaming, there is no Ghost in the Shell (the 1st movie), anywhere. It is available to stream, but it's not anywhere in the genre when browsing... ---That'd be like not putting Star Wars in the Sci-Fi genre if it were available to stream....---
When browsing any genre, you get to choose between an incomplete list, which is alphabetical, or a chaotic mess of sub-genre's in no order at all (which is also incomplete).
...There are examples like this all over, I just chose one that I happen to think is extremely bad.
I do like the ratings, and the suggestions, but the overall browsing experience is still pretty terribly confused in some cases. | |
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 imtim83Premium
join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA | All digital content known to man streamed This is what I want and have always wanted. If this can happen then I will sign up! Talking about everything even the movies out there that never got a dvd release. There is plenty. If they could even stream films that are running in the indie festivals that would be awesome! If not then could the indie festivals at least offer a option out there to watch their films at the same time they are being shown around the world in different cities for people at home please! People want this and I know it!
The reality of this is that this will never happen. Though there is one company that could maybe do it. | |
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·Verizon FiOS
| Actually,... The Netflix rep I spoke to (charming young lady) mentioned that Netflix prefers folks use the streaming movies because it saves them on postage.
Problem is: Netflix delating new releases so studios can increase their profit selling DVDs to those that actually buy discs.
The Netflix rep also told me they are limited to the amount of a title they can buy, along with having a protocol to destroy discs after x rentals.
I don't know if its true or not, but I'm "VERY LONG WAIT" times on a few films. I don't mind, there is soo much I haven't seen...and no annoying crowd of texting teens ... 
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·Comcast
| Re: Actually,... I thought I was alone streaming to my TV. Got a nice sony blueray with built in netflix!!!!
It's the BOMB!!!!!!!
We haven't requested any DVD's since, we stream everythiing!!!!
I'm thinking about cutting the cord to DirectV.
The only thing keeping me on is Football, and the fact that NFL Network and ESPN.
Come on netflix!!!!! Stream NFL Games!!!!!!
This would truly be a GAME CHANGER!!!!!! | |
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| | Get the Roku HD Get a dedicated Roku HD box. Flawless streaming, near DVD quality and the Roku interface with the extra channels is awesome.
The writing is on the wall. It's the beginning of the end for physical media. | |
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