Netflix - Not bad! Qwikster - uh, never mind...

Putting all their bets on streaming is risky, if ISPs continue throttling or start charging based on GBs/TBs.

nearly every movie ever made is published on DVD

biggest lol in awhile

Any move away from physical media is A++++

physical media forever

physical media forever

― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Monday, September 19, 2011 10:26 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

My computer can't play streaming + I can't afford a new one + tons of shit isn't on streaming anyway = I'm OK with this.

Due to rising transportation costs our prices effective January 1 will be $424.99 per DVD per month. We're so sorry! Thank you for your support of Qwikster!

― black metal version of "the boy with the thorn in his side" (Edward III), Monday, September 19, 2011 10:06 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

Thought this was an iatee or dayo post for a second.

In theory I love the idea of streaming, but it rarely works for us. Whenever we stream through the PS3 we spend more time staring at the "loading..." icon than we do watching any actual content. I mean, yeah, sucks to wait for a physical DVD to show up in the mail, but I also prefer to watch movies and shows straight through without forced "loading..." breaks.

Jon OTM

Like, the industry got everyone to transfer over to these $900 HD TVs and now we're supposed to be psyched about watching pixelly choppy internet streams on them? Get the fuck outta here.

I'm a GROWN-ASS MAN, not some toast-eating college kid watching Good Burger on a hot laptop. I got the Netflix blu-ray plan and enough patience to wait A SINGLE DAY for something to show up.

Our streaming works very well most of the time, but there have been occassional issues with image quality.

if they announced "all of our physical catalog is now available streaming" maybe that would be A++++ but that's not what this is

The last time we checked out a DVD, we ended up keeping for about a month out of sheer laziness.

streaming is obviously inevitable. but this feels a bit premature, and weirdly unmotivated. why shit all over people who use the DVD service? im not sure what this accomplishes other than alienating a lot of people with a weird (and terrible) new name on the envelope. I prefer watching on blu ray as well because the quality just isnt there on streaming yet.

getting the sense we're witnessing a corporation self-immolating here. though they'll be fine in the long term im sure. curious what the stock price will do today.

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I used to do this all the time and **PROTIP** when you find yourself doing this, up your netflix plan by ONE. In that extra slot, always cycle something stupid. It's a little more expensive but you'll def get more movie watching done. I'm on the three-DVD system
--something smart
--something stupid
--whatever tv show that my and my girl are watching together

― dave cool, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:33 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and maybe im an exception, but i dont really know THAT many people who have Netflix right on there TV.

do you eat toast while you watch the something stupid

getting the sense we're witnessing a corporation self-immolating here.

some blockbuster level hubris at work here

Also I love browsing the streaming options on my Netflix PS3 and seeing listed as "NEW ADDITIONS" shit like that awful Flintstones live action thing with John Goodman and like SyFy original movies.

yeah this whole split thing just seems... stupid. like, his whole spiel about "two completely different products"... except that they're not??? comparing it to pizza and coffee is so dumb - it's more like starbucks serving take-out coffee and coffee in a mug.

and this: "And to make up for my poor communication, we're making sure you will no longer be able to conveniently cross-check queues to which in your dvd queue are also streaming. Fuck you very much." ugh so true.

was there really such a huge outrage over the price hike? it didn't bother me at all, since i'm still getting a way better deal than when i use to rent from blockbuster.

I never have an issue w long load times.

I get dvds from my local rental spot if I'm looking for something obscure

whiney was outraged that people were outraged

was there really such a huge outrage over the price hike?

big enough that they had to revise their subscriber numbers down by one million

was there really such a huge outrage over the price hike?

From Thursday:

Internet subscription services provider Netflix, Inc. (NFLX: News ) Thursday backed its earnings and revenue guidance for the third quarter, however, reduced its projections for subscriber numbers by around one million. The company cited increased visibility for the revision, following its strategic step of separating streaming and DVD-by-mail into two distinct services in last July. NFLX shares are currently trading around 15 percent lower in pre-market activity on Nasdaq.

haha xp

physical media forever

― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Monday, September 19, 2011 10:26 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― moonshit journey to caca (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, September 19, 2011

Obv I meant "Physical media until I'm dead," you neurasthenic ninny.

I think I'm gonna switch to online-only

Although they're up nearly 5% since US markets opened so ???

I rarely have problems w/Netflix loading over my PS3 or my Mac Mini. Now, Hulu+, they have some fucking serious buffering issues.

I bet that starbucks would make an alright pizza.

haha better than subway at least

I would try caffeinated pizza

So how many ppl can watch on their TV when they stream, at this point? Ballpark percentage. Cuz watching a film on your fucking computer is a last resort for better-than-Bridesmaids material.

it'd be made with rustic italian flatbread

anyone can watch it on their tv if they have the energy and known how to set it up

so in the US population, that's what? cuz I know people suddenly acquire smarts if it means seeing Hangover 2 on a flatscreen as opposed to figuring out that tax cuts for the rich don't help them.

99% of the time streaming works fantastic for me. Even spread out over 46" on my TV, it's pretty good. I'm not going to mistake it for a Blu-ray, but it's good for me who watches 10 episodes of Pawn Stars, Star Trek, or The Universe in a row.

I'm not outraged, but I'm very irritated. Mr. G. Weingarten, I think it's absurd to claim it as evidence of "Entitlement Generation" to be asked to pay a 60% price hike for (what amounts to) a reduction in service.

Netflix is functionally a utility service, albeit a posh one, and a major change in expense and terms of service that alienates a large part of the customer base is definitely irritating, and very poor business practice.

i think they are underestimating what introducing a little needless hassle into the lives of their customers will do to their brand.

Man, they mastered the post office like no other business, didn't they?

Lol morbs hates bridesmaids

Our viewing habits went to mostly-streaming as soon as it became available through the Wii, and I watch a fair amount streaming on my computer. Never had any problems with image quality that aren't already there with digital cable (ie compression artifacts on TCM).

cuz I know people suddenly acquire smarts if it means seeing Hangover 2 on a flatscreen as opposed to figuring out that tax cuts for the rich don't help them.

http://boisee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/web%20point%20of%20interest-8641.jpg

Morbs, I was agreeing with with you, why u comin at me?

I get dvds from my local rental spot if I'm looking for something obscure

you've got a local rental spot? there are zero in my town. the only places that have DVDs are the library and those redbox things, which altogether carry about 100 titles. unless I want to go into the city and hope they've got a copy of death note III or the lathe of heaven or whatever weird thing I feel like watching.

agree w/ morbs that the concept of "almost everything" being on DVD is laughable. but the netflix physical catalog does sit on 10+ years of heavy DVD production which is unlikely to be reproduced in the blu-ray world, and although it could easily be reproduced in the streaming world it just doesn't seem to be happening with any volume or velocity...

if ISPs continue throttling or start charging based on GBs/TBs

Start charging?

nearly every movie ever made is published on DVD

Then, bitch, please please PLEASE let me borrow your DVD of Howdy, Broadway (Charles J. Hunt, 1929)!

sorry Whiney, Monday misinterpretation + paranoia

physical media forever

considering tattooing this across my shoulders

can't decide: henna, or sharpie?

lol

just out of curiosity i checked to see how many of the movies in my queue are available for streaming: 17 out of 111. as i said, i just think this is way premature. i'd love to know the behind the scenes rationale for it.

maybe they're dramatically underestimating how long it takes you to watch 111 movies