PS3 To Utilize Netflix By Next Month

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by ack_bak

Awww. Somebody is getting rattled.. I can always tell because you start talking about my post count, versus what I actually post about.

And how about you Mike? Posting constantly about something you claim you have no interest in (Blu-Ray)? You sure seem to spend countless hours scouring the Internet for all things Blu-Ray and then take the time to open threads here on a hidef forum. Do you even care about hidef? Were you not the one that posted that Iron Man looked great upconverted on your DVD player? Perhaps you should post on the DVD forums at sites that are not as focused on highdefintion and quality.

HD Smackdown is supposed to be a place where "HD Enthusiasts" discuss HD items. Does Mike fall in that category? Would a "HD Enthusiast" create a thread talking about SD cards and standard definition downloads? Hmmm.

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Originally Posted by Pahra puh Pahra

That seems like the best option out there. How's there online service? Is it fairly quick? I'm going to stick with Netflix due to there amount of stock, but I may recommend the Blockbuster to my friends. They watch the big mainstream films anyways.

I personally had a good experience with Blockbuster's service. But it really depends on how close you are to a shipping facility too. If I started having issues again with Netflix and ship times, I would not hesitate to go back to Blockbuster.

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

HD Smackdown is supposed to be a place where "HD Enthusiasts" discuss HD items. Does Mike fall in that category? Would a "HD Enthusiast" create a thread talking about SD cards and standard definition downloads? Hmmm.

Well if you have not noticed, quality is the least of Mike's concerns. Anything that he feels is against Blu-Ray, he will post it. SD? DVD? Does not matter to Mike

[Taffy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

HD Smackdown is supposed to be a place where "HD Enthusiasts" discuss HD items. Does Mike fall in that category? Would a "HD Enthusiast" create a thread talking about SD cards and standard definition downloads? Hmmm.

Nope....if you care to look, over the front door, it reads, DEBATE THE FUTURE OF HI-DEF IN THIS AREA.... So...the way I understand it, Mike has every right to post.....what he posts.
I should also say that I appreciate Mike and Lee, and for that matter ANYONE that post articles and links that relate, IN ANY WAY, to the future of HI-Def.

[h0mi]

Originally Posted by ack_bak

I personally had a good experience with Blockbuster's service. But it really depends on how close you are to a shipping facility too. If I started having issues again with Netflix and ship times, I would not hesitate to go back to Blockbuster.

I'm still sad they got rid of the HD DVDs in my queue recently... I had about 40 titles in my queue that were HD DVDs. Aside from that and the $1 increase for blu's, I've had good experience with both netflix and blockbuster. I just wished blockbuster's download service was identical to netflix's ... I'd cancel netflix for blockbuster then.

[Pahra puh Pahra]

Cool, thanks Ack.

As for the topic:
I'm actually stoked the PS3 is finally adopting this. The quality isn't great, but sometimes I just want to watch TV shows on the fly or old comedies. That being said, I really hope Netflix ramps up there BD's. This is like the early days of Netflix all over again, but I guess at least there's the SD option.

[Lee Stewart]

Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/26/n...-solution-com/

[Elee s]

All this netflix focus sucks so much since Canada doesnt have the service. NF equipped BD players actually cost more here even though the feature is disabled..

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by Taffy

Nope....if you care to look, over the front door, it reads, DEBATE THE FUTURE OF HI-DEF IN THIS AREA.... So...the way I understand it, Mike has every right to post.....what he posts.
I should also say that I appreciate Mike and Lee, and for that matter ANYONE that post articles and links that relate, IN ANY WAY, to the future of HI-Def.

This is under the Smackdown Rules section:

"The intent of this forum is to create a stage for meaningful discussion among high-def enthusiasts with differing opinions."

Is Mike one of those? I have never seen a single post that would make me think that.

[Taffy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

This is under the Smackdown Rules section:

"The intent of this forum is to create a stage for meaningful discussion among high-def enthusiasts with differing opinions."

Is Mike one of those? I have never seen a single post that would make me think that.

Mike's got 1,718 posts. Have you checked them all...

[towergrove]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

Oh, brother.

Are you aware that normal people (you know, people with jobs, families, obligations, and responsibilities) have only a limited number of free hours to sit around and watch movies?

And that movie watching free-time is being shrunk by gaming, internet use, and other diversions of modern life? Have you been hearing what Bob Iger was saying, or do you think he is wrong as well?

Now PS3 owners have yet another choice when it comes to movie watching. A very convenient one at that. They no longer have to wait for a disc to come by mail.

Netflix instant streaming is one of the primary reasons that optical disc sales are plummeting.

42% of subscribers streamed at least 15 minutes of a TV show or movie

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/net...-decline-17390

Not quite a primary reason when 42 percent have streamed at least 15 minutes. These figures are poor. Why would they use these figures? Because they haven't got any better ones. I would like to know the percentage who have streamed an entire film. I bet it is much, much lower than 42%. Again if they had better numbers they would have released them but they don't. PS3 getting netflix will be a great plus for the system though.

[nextoo]

In the famous words of the "I guess we need to adjust or else crowd":

If you can't beat 'um............join 'um.

And spin it as a huge positive.

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From a Q&A session with Reed Hastings the CEO of Netflix on July 31 2009:

VB: You suggested in your most recent earnings call that one of the reasons Netflix hasn’t offered a streaming-only subscription option is because customers have indicated that there aren’t enough digital titles to warrant it. Is there a specific number of digital titles that could trigger a streaming-only option?

Hastings: You have thousands of YouTube titles, but that doesn’t really make a difference. We’ll continue to survey subscribers. The heart of our business is DVD plus streaming, and that’s what we’re focused on. We’ll continue to focus on a hybrid strategy.

There you have it..

VB: Last year, you said Netflix was still at least five years away from hitting its peak in DVD shipments. When do you think digital movies will become a meaningful part of the business, and what will it take for the availability of digital titles to approach that of DVDs?

Hastings: Our goal is to be able to write bigger and bigger checks to the studios to get better and better content. We’re significantly investing in spending with the studios on streaming content already, and we’re starting to see some significant benefits with consumers, but it’s still quite early.

I think Netflix is being very optimisitic with that 5 year peak mark, but even if that is the case, he is talking about optical disc peaking in 5 years. Not being dead. In fact on the Netflix quarterly earnings call Reed Hastings stated that Netflix expects to be shipping and renting DVD's into 2030. That is 21 years from now.

VB: Some industry analysts and executives are pinning Blu-ray Disc growth largely on Blu-ray players being capable of playing digital titles on televisions and the type of streaming-capable agreements Netflix has with Samsung and LG Electronics. Yet less than 10% of Netflix’s subscribers are subscribing to Netflix’s Blu-ray rental option. Is that disappointing, and what will it take to grow Blu-ray?

Hastings: We’re very happy with the Blu-ray adoption. This fall, we hope to see some very low-priced Blu-ray players with increased adoption. The biggest factor would be how low they can get the player prices. Walmart had an offering at $99 last week. It would be great if that spread.

Well that is definitely happening. Best Buy has a $99 Netflix streaming player on sale this week. Expect more of this, and possibly even $49-79 streaming players on Black Friday.

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by towergrove

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/net...-decline-17390

Not quite a primary reason when 42 percent have streamed at least 15 minutes. These figures are poor. Why would they use these figures? Because they haven't got any better ones. I would like to know the percentage who have streamed an entire film. I bet it is much, much lower than 42%. Again if they had better numbers they would have released them but they don't. PS3 getting netflix will be a great plus for the system though.

42% is not poor really when you consider this is their entire subscriber base. Actually, I believe they were around 20% last year, so they have seen strong growth. But that 15 minute number sounds bogus to me. How about telling us the percentage of users who are actually watching a 90-180 minute movie from start to finish? Obviously those numbers are really going to change.

[mikemorel]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

This is under the Smackdown Rules section:

"The intent of this forum is to create a stage for meaningful discussion among high-def enthusiasts with differing opinions."

Is Mike one of those? I have never seen a single post that would make me think that.

I guess I didn't realize that it was mandatory that we support blu-ray(TM) by Sony(TM) to be considered a BONE-I-FIED high def enthusiast.

Perhaps I should sell all of my HDTVs, my very capable whole house sound system, my HD DVR, HD DVD player, and all content. Apparently "Mr. Cinema" has deemed "teh blu-ray" the only possible card of entry for "high-def enthusiasts".

Or maybe "tru-blu-hidef enthusiasts" can have a secret handshake available only to other blu-ray enthusiasts.