Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
01-19-11, 12:13 AM
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Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/43...ho-prefer-dvds
Quick look: In a seemingly innocent 109-word blog post, Netflix director of product management Jamie Odell announced, "We're removing the 'Add to DVD Queue' option from streaming devices," suggesting that it was being done so that the company "can concentrate on offering you the titles that are available to watch instantly." Granted, the Netflix website still allows DVD queue updating, but this post, dropped on the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, created an immediate firestorm of comments -- most of them very, very angry.
Quick look: In a seemingly innocent 109-word blog post, Netflix director of product management Jamie Odell announced, "We're removing the 'Add to DVD Queue' option from streaming devices," suggesting that it was being done so that the company "can concentrate on offering you the titles that are available to watch instantly." Granted, the Netflix website still allows DVD queue updating, but this post, dropped on the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, created an immediate firestorm of comments -- most of them very, very angry.
01-19-11, 02:29 AM
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Re: Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/43...ho-prefer-dvds
Quick look: In a seemingly innocent 109-word blog post, Netflix director of product management Jamie Odell announced, "We're removing the 'Add to DVD Queue' option from streaming devices," suggesting that it was being done so that the company "can concentrate on offering you the titles that are available to watch instantly." Granted, the Netflix website still allows DVD queue updating, but this post, dropped on the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, created an immediate firestorm of comments -- most of them very, very angry.
Quick look: In a seemingly innocent 109-word blog post, Netflix director of product management Jamie Odell announced, "We're removing the 'Add to DVD Queue' option from streaming devices," suggesting that it was being done so that the company "can concentrate on offering you the titles that are available to watch instantly." Granted, the Netflix website still allows DVD queue updating, but this post, dropped on the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, created an immediate firestorm of comments -- most of them very, very angry.
01-19-11, 07:17 AM
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Re: Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
Until the quality of their streaming can match the audio and video quality of Blu-ray for titles which have a Blu-ray release (
yeah right), their streaming service is useless to me. If they want to bequeath their disc rental market share to Redbox that's fine with me. But once their disc service is no good to me, I will cancel my account completely.
yeah right), their streaming service is useless to me. If they want to bequeath their disc rental market share to Redbox that's fine with me. But once their disc service is no good to me, I will cancel my account completely.
01-19-11, 09:16 AM
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Re: Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
the quality is pretty good on a PS3, but the selection is pissing me off. and they are losing some titles.
my 3 year old is on a Scooby-Doo streak. last year they had 10 or so scooby-doo movies on streaming. they lost a bunch when the new year hit and a few more last night. now they are down to 3. Since it's mostly my son that watches netflix i'm thinking of cancelling it and just buying the DVD's
my 3 year old is on a Scooby-Doo streak. last year they had 10 or so scooby-doo movies on streaming. they lost a bunch when the new year hit and a few more last night. now they are down to 3. Since it's mostly my son that watches netflix i'm thinking of cancelling it and just buying the DVD's
01-19-11, 09:58 AM
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Re: Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
Until the quality of their streaming can match the audio and video quality of Blu-ray for titles which have a Blu-ray release ( yeah right), their streaming service is useless to me. If they want to bequeath their disc rental market share to Redbox that's fine with me. But once their disc service is no good to me, I will cancel my account completely.
yeah right), their streaming service is useless to me. If they want to bequeath their disc rental market share to Redbox that's fine with me. But once their disc service is no good to me, I will cancel my account completely.Granted VUDU is more of a PPV service than an all-you-can-stream, but if Netflix really want to shift their focus to streaming they have to do it much better.
01-19-11, 11:19 AM
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Re: Netflix places "DVD hurdle" for users
netflix isn't going to do it because it's going to raise their bandwidth bills. it's not like they pay $100 a month for internet and can send all they want.
the whole streaming business model at a cheap $10 a month or so price only works with limited selection and crappy quality
the only reason it's popular is that cable companies move slower due to having to spend more time and money planning network upgrades, buying boxes, software, etc. once the cable companies get their act together they will kill netflix because they send their data in a much more efficient format than tcp/ip over the internet
the whole streaming business model at a cheap $10 a month or so price only works with limited selection and crappy quality
the only reason it's popular is that cable companies move slower due to having to spend more time and money planning network upgrades, buying boxes, software, etc. once the cable companies get their act together they will kill netflix because they send their data in a much more efficient format than tcp/ip over the internet
