Comments on: Netflix to become more uncluttered?

By: MBC

MBC — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:42:34 +0000

I like the ability to watch on my computer and on the TV. I wouldn’t want them to go to a download-only model though because I don’t want to have to buy more hardware AND duplicate hardware (for living room, bedroom, den).

As for the current quality for instant Netflix, I haven’t had a problem. Video looks excellent on my large laptop screen. Haven’t plugged into the HDTV yet, but as far as I’m concerned, the current arrangement is pretty much just a perk. If they canceled that, I wouldn’t cancel my subscription.

Scratched discs are a real problem though.

By: Andamom

Andamom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:38:25 +0000

Of course, I’ll be watching the Keynote to see if the rumor that Apple is going to stream movies is going to come true.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:03:55 +0000

Although this seems to go in the direction of less clutter it certainly encourages spending more money to purchase the equipment needed to have a good viewing experience. The current system works fine for me; I can have a Netflix DVD within a day, and hang on to it until I am ready to watch and if there is something new that I must see immediately, we still have actual stores you can walk into and rent a movie.

By: Ursula

Ursula — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:55:41 +0000

What I don’t like about Netflix is you can’t watch their movies on a Mac or a machine with Linux. Time for them to grow up.

By: The Shopping Sherpa

The Shopping Sherpa — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:18:03 +0000

I forgot to mention I do have two laptops in the house with DVD players in them so the situation is not quite as dire as you may have imagined

By: The Shopping Sherpa

The Shopping Sherpa — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:16:57 +0000

This is the exact reason I decided to not buy a DVD player.

I figured within a 5-10 year period we’d all be connected to digital TV with the ability to download and watch on demand and I expect it will have an option like the Amazon recommendation service where it will stream trial selections based on your previous viewing patterns. So, for instabce, if you watched The Colonial House it will send you a sample of the any think in the series when it’s released…

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:05:47 +0000

We have crummy, rural, packet-dropping Windstream DSL (slowest possible service that can be called DSL) and it is so buggy this would be impossible. I am a NetFlix customer, but I won’t be if this is what they propose… it just won’t work for many people for differing reasons.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:06:46 +0000

my husband and I have watched several movies/tv shows via the Netflix download service and have always had excellent service. I think a lot of it depends on your internet service. We have a very high speed connection. We watch them using a Mac (via Windows and Parallels) on our LG 42″ Plasma screen and they look pretty good. The newest season of Heroes looks really good. And the great thing is that some of the TV shows are available very soon after they air on TV.

By: Kath

Kath — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:47:00 +0000

I watch DVD’s on my MacBook. So yeah, I am not all that happy to hear this.

By: Betsbillabong

Betsbillabong — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:33:36 +0000

A friend of mine is participating in a beta for a company called Vudu. I checked it out the other day… it works great, but the selection is really really limited compared to Netflix. I think that Netflix should just buy out Vudu! Unless the limitations have more to do with the studios that with the company’s finances, which is entirely possible (actually the two are most likely intermingled).

There is a queue kind of feature called something else on the Vudu set. Actually the remote is quite simple and cool and I think it won some kind of award for an innovation of 2007.

A mashup of Netflix’s selection with Vudu’s technology would be amazing.

By: ClickerTrainer

ClickerTrainer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:34:52 +0000

Am I the only one who finds browsing NetFlix for something new at best frustrating? Their browse section is overly complicated and nearly unusable.

@matt, buying/watching/reselling is indeed the way to go

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:23:55 +0000

Netflix is already sending out the internet movies, and we have watched several. The video is so bad that on a screen larger than 27 or so inches, the movie is almost unwatchable.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:40:44 +0000

Netflix is good, but e-bay is better. Buy the DVD you want to see, then sell it again (unclutter and use the same envelope it came in). Sure, you have to buy second hand, but if you spend $5 on a movie, chances are good someone will pay $5 to take it off your hands.

By: Alishia

Alishia — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:36:08 +0000

This would be disappointing for me because I don’t have a television and I own a Mac, not a PC. Bummer. $42 million, USPS? C’mon, surely you jest.

By: Gooniette

Gooniette — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:00:40 +0000

We have our television hooked up to both our DVD player and our computer tower, so it’s really easy right now to just watch a Netflix movie online.
It is a little frustrating that I can’t watch anything on my MacBook yet, but I think Netflix will work on this. It would be nice to use Firefox instead of only Internet Explorer as well.
It’s imperfect, but they are making strides in the right direction.