Netflix raising Prices -- Offers new Streaming Only Plan
07-17-11 | 06:20 AM
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The new Netflix plan worked out for me, since I chose 2 DVDs out at a time with no streaming for $11.99/mo. I saved $3 a month. I guess I'm one of the few who aren't mad at them!
07-17-11 | 06:41 AM
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Also, the story is 99% of the appeal for me. Saying that you need HD and 7.1 or even color and stereo is ridiculous. Sure, great A&V is nice, but not at all necessary for many.
07-17-11 | 09:16 AM
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I don't pay for Netflix to screen movies, that's just dumb. I pay for streaming to enjoy a movie or program, I can't do that if the video and audio quality suck. I want to maximize my viewing experience with the components I've invested in, can't do that if it's YouTube quality and 2.0 audio.
No you're not part part of anything mediocre.....you're less than that. And if you think this argument needs to be retired don't post anymore.
No you're not part part of anything mediocre.....you're less than that. And if you think this argument needs to be retired don't post anymore.
07-17-11 | 01:02 PM
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There is no reason for me watch anything if not in HD and at least 5.1 audio, even OTA has that. I'm not saying everything on Netflix is crap, I watched Spartacus with great pic quality but the audio sucked with synch issues.
Until streaming brings me even close to today's quality and choices without issue, it's not for me, I'll stick with my Bluray disc rental. Or even DVD, I have a dedicated media room with over 3000 DVD's which when upconverted are very close to Bluray quality with the Panny 210.
07-17-11 | 04:53 PM
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NO and NO Thanks
60mb internet Panny 210 Mits 73" display also NO
To say that what I desire is ridiculous, is a ridiculous statement.That's your opinion just as I stated mine. If the story is 99% of importance to you must be very limited in what you watch. I can be entertained by a bad B movie as long as the video and audio are acceptable to me. Sure everyone wants a great story but there's no reason why it can't include a great picture and sound.
There is no reason for me watch anything if not in HD and at least 5.1 audio, even OTA has that. I'm not saying everything on Netflix is crap, I watched Spartacus with great pic quality but the audio sucked with synch issues.
Until streaming brings me even close to today's quality and choices without issue, it's not for me, I'll stick with my Bluray disc rental. Or even DVD, I have a dedicated media room with over 3000 DVD's which when upconverted are very close to Bluray quality with the Panny 210.
60mb internet Panny 210 Mits 73" display also NO
To say that what I desire is ridiculous, is a ridiculous statement.That's your opinion just as I stated mine. If the story is 99% of importance to you must be very limited in what you watch. I can be entertained by a bad B movie as long as the video and audio are acceptable to me. Sure everyone wants a great story but there's no reason why it can't include a great picture and sound.
There is no reason for me watch anything if not in HD and at least 5.1 audio, even OTA has that. I'm not saying everything on Netflix is crap, I watched Spartacus with great pic quality but the audio sucked with synch issues.
Until streaming brings me even close to today's quality and choices without issue, it's not for me, I'll stick with my Bluray disc rental. Or even DVD, I have a dedicated media room with over 3000 DVD's which when upconverted are very close to Bluray quality with the Panny 210.
07-17-11 | 08:30 PM
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If the story is 99% of importance to you must be very limited in what you watch. I can be entertained by a bad B movie as long as the video and audio are acceptable to me. Sure everyone wants a great story but there's no reason why it can't include a great picture and sound.
Until streaming brings me even close to today's quality and choices without issue, it's not for me, I'll stick with my Bluray disc rental. Or even DVD, I have a dedicated media room with over 3000 DVD's which when upconverted are very close to Bluray quality with the Panny 210.
07-17-11 | 09:02 PM
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Just tried to login on my ps3 and my phone and was unsuccessful both times.
I'm still on the fence as to what to do. At first I was going to keep my 1 disc Blu-ray plan, but then thought streaming only may be the way to go. I'm 50/50 now...but I won't be keeping both.
My biggest issues with streaming are fullscreen titles and lack of audio options. I don't want to watch foreign films with English dubs...I want the native language and English subtitles. This seems to happen a lot...most recently with OLDBOY. It's pretty much unwatchable...
I'm still on the fence as to what to do. At first I was going to keep my 1 disc Blu-ray plan, but then thought streaming only may be the way to go. I'm 50/50 now...but I won't be keeping both.
My biggest issues with streaming are fullscreen titles and lack of audio options. I don't want to watch foreign films with English dubs...I want the native language and English subtitles. This seems to happen a lot...most recently with OLDBOY. It's pretty much unwatchable...
07-17-11 | 09:09 PM
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I think if your original statement had been "Netflix streaming sucks it's for people who don't care about quality in pic and sound when compared to Blu Ray" then we wouldn't be having a conversation with you right now. You're right, Netflix streaming is not as good as Blu Ray, nor is it touting itself to be, nor will it ever be. I own The Paper on DVD, but the HD stream on Netflix looks infinitely better. I strenuously disagree streaming being "Youtube quality" though.
The issue is everyone says streaming is the future and that's exactly what it is because as of now it's taking me backwards except for the sake of convenience everything else about it is below today's standards.
I'm pretty sure that's backwards. People who go for story over tech specs can watch 100% of anything that's out there. That's not limiting. You're the one limiting yourself to what's acceptable to your eyes and ears. Not saying there's anything wrong with that. I'm saying it's not limiting to watch a movie for the story over the sound quality... it's the other way around.
No it's not backwards considering a good story is harder to come by then good pic and audio. At least in my opinion.
Again, that's rather limiting. What device were you watching Netflix with? Boxee, for example, had horrible syncing issues when it first launched. I could watch the same title on another device perfectly however. Boxee has since fixed their sync issues.
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Since you've already determined that streaming isn't for you, why are we even talking about it? Just know when you blindly march into a discussion, make a vaguely erroneous statement and then start insulting people, it's not going to go well.
The issue is everyone says streaming is the future and that's exactly what it is because as of now it's taking me backwards except for the sake of convenience everything else about it is below today's standards.
I'm pretty sure that's backwards. People who go for story over tech specs can watch 100% of anything that's out there. That's not limiting. You're the one limiting yourself to what's acceptable to your eyes and ears. Not saying there's anything wrong with that. I'm saying it's not limiting to watch a movie for the story over the sound quality... it's the other way around.
No it's not backwards considering a good story is harder to come by then good pic and audio. At least in my opinion.
Again, that's rather limiting. What device were you watching Netflix with? Boxee, for example, had horrible syncing issues when it first launched. I could watch the same title on another device perfectly however. Boxee has since fixed their sync issues.
I already stated Panny BDT 210
Since you've already determined that streaming isn't for you, why are we even talking about it? Just know when you blindly march into a discussion, make a vaguely erroneous statement and then start insulting people, it's not going to go well.
07-17-11 | 09:34 PM
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Blindly? No it's not a vague and erroneous statement it's a simple fact if you don't care about pic and audio quality then Netflix streaming is fine for you as you stated yourself. My statement was taken as in insult but then you agree that it suits your needs therefore it's not an insult. On the contrary, I think it's going quite well and as expected.
07-18-11 | 08:38 AM
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The HD streaming on Netflix is pretty darn good. It's just that the content is not there yet. There are plenty of TV shows though. It is not up to Blu-ray standards and only a handful of titles have 5.1 surround...but I don't think the quality is crappy at all. I use a PS3 via wireless and constantly get X-High on HD streams. I have a calibrated Pioneer KURO KRP-500M display, Ascend Acoustics speakers, and two subs. PQ and AQ are very important to me...but those factors alone won't make a shitty movie watchable.
For me...it comes down to the film. If it's something that I'm dying to see, I will wait for the BD...otherwise I'm fine checking it out via streaming...especially if it's in HD. It does get a little tougher when a film is not streaming in HD though. SD material on Netflix can be awful at times, especially if it is not OAR (the studio's fault).
I still don't know what I'm going to do about my current plan though...
For me...it comes down to the film. If it's something that I'm dying to see, I will wait for the BD...otherwise I'm fine checking it out via streaming...especially if it's in HD. It does get a little tougher when a film is not streaming in HD though. SD material on Netflix can be awful at times, especially if it is not OAR (the studio's fault).
I still don't know what I'm going to do about my current plan though...
07-18-11 | 09:45 AM
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I am on the fence about the streaming services. I absolutely hate that they don't have every episode of (some) television shows on tv streaming. WTF? You can stream all from your computer but large chunks of episodes are randomly take down if you want to watch it on your television. I call bull and would love a reason why they do this.
When I first put Married with Children and Power Rangers in my queue - all season 1 episodes were there. When I jumped to a random episode in the middle of season 1 - over half of the episodes before it were seemingly gone the next day. When I jump to a later season (say season 8 for MWC) random episodes from past seasons will go away while some stay.
Why do they do this? It can't be because they think you've watched them - they have records of everything you've watched.
It's very annoying.
When I first put Married with Children and Power Rangers in my queue - all season 1 episodes were there. When I jumped to a random episode in the middle of season 1 - over half of the episodes before it were seemingly gone the next day. When I jump to a later season (say season 8 for MWC) random episodes from past seasons will go away while some stay.
Why do they do this? It can't be because they think you've watched them - they have records of everything you've watched.
It's very annoying.
07-18-11 | 10:14 AM
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I am on the fence about the streaming services. I absolutely hate that they don't have every episode of (some) television shows on tv streaming. WTF? You can stream all from your computer but large chunks of episodes are randomly take down if you want to watch it on your television. I call bull and would love a reason why they do this.
When I first put Married with Children and Power Rangers in my queue - all season 1 episodes were there. When I jumped to a random episode in the middle of season 1 - over half of the episodes before it were seemingly gone the next day. When I jump to a later season (say season 8 for MWC) random episodes from past seasons will go away while some stay.
Why do they do this? It can't be because they think you've watched them - they have records of everything you've watched.
It's very annoying.
When I first put Married with Children and Power Rangers in my queue - all season 1 episodes were there. When I jumped to a random episode in the middle of season 1 - over half of the episodes before it were seemingly gone the next day. When I jump to a later season (say season 8 for MWC) random episodes from past seasons will go away while some stay.
Why do they do this? It can't be because they think you've watched them - they have records of everything you've watched.
It's very annoying.
Checking MwC now online, they show that every single episode is available except for Season 10, Episode 11.
07-18-11 | 11:02 AM
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For the most part, the HD versions of shows available are much better quality than the versions I have on DVD. If it's not, perhaps you have bandwidth issues...
07-18-11 | 01:26 PM
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I haven't been able to log in for a day now. Some BS about my password and/or email address.
To be fair, this is the first time I've ever had a problem. But it would be nice if they could post that they're having significant technical issues on the homepage.
To be fair, this is the first time I've ever had a problem. But it would be nice if they could post that they're having significant technical issues on the homepage.
07-19-11 | 08:13 AM
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What makes it worse is they almost act like they're doing customers a favor. Really? There was a big demand for this plan split? I guess if you only care about physical DVD delivery or only care about streaming, but if - as I suspect most people do - you like having choices and options, it's a backward move.
07-19-11 | 12:06 PM
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For those who had problems streaming yesterday, including myself, I received an email today from Netflix apologizing and offering a 3% credit to my account on the next billing cycle. Must have been a widespread problem...
07-19-11 | 02:12 PM
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I got the same mail. Of course, I'd be getting credit on the streaming plan I'm thinking about canceling. I myself didn't have problems because my home network was out altogether for a while, but I appreciate the gesture. It's not like Comcast offered me a refund when my service went down. And just for the record, I rewatched the first episode of Camelot yesterday and the quality seemed fine to me.
07-19-11 | 03:28 PM
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Pretty sure I will keep my plan the same one DVD/blu out at a time and streaming. Almost doubles but I live in a small town where the Mom and Pop store just closed (they blamed Netflix) and we have a blockbuster thing that is always out of service and a Redbox at the grocery store that doesn't carry the new releases I want any way. Not thrilled about the increase but their service has always been better then Blockbusteronline and for me there is enough value in it to make it worthwhile. Another large increase will probably make me switch to streaming only though as the kids get a lot of value out of that.
07-20-11 | 01:51 PM
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Only kinda sorta related but:
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/str...ing-deal-24539
EDIT: sorry, thought title would show in link. It's :"Amazon, CBS Ink Streaming Deal"
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/str...ing-deal-24539
EDIT: sorry, thought title would show in link. It's :"Amazon, CBS Ink Streaming Deal"
07-20-11 | 02:32 PM
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Only kinda sorta related but:
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/str...ing-deal-24539
EDIT: sorry, thought title would show in link. It's :"Amazon, CBS Ink Streaming Deal"
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/str...ing-deal-24539
EDIT: sorry, thought title would show in link. It's :"Amazon, CBS Ink Streaming Deal"
07-20-11 | 09:13 PM
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If Amazon could match the content of Netflix, I'd gladly pay $79 a year for Prime and drop Netflix streaming. I am a Prime member (shared with others) and I don't get the video. But for about $6.50 a month, that'd be a far better deal than Netflix could offer.
07-20-11 | 09:32 PM
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I'm a prime member but mentioned earlier in this thread that I can't stream to my TV. I was poking around, and I guess I can download Amazon videos to my PC and the 360 could access them from there. Not very convenient, and I assume it wouldn't work for Prime streaming, but at least it's something.
