netflix impressions

[SAWYER]

So I signed up for a free one month trial, I mainly wanted it for streaming to my 360 and the cheap cost. I had doubts before, but so far I am really impressed. I place movies on my queue and withing 1-2 days they are at my door. I highly suggest if you watch movies to check it out, the online streaming is icing on the cake. I have the rrod on my 360 so I have not tried the NXE Netflix streaming, but have been using Playon to do it through my PS3 and it's pretty cool. I hope there are more options and possibly buffering on the Netflix/360 NXE deal though.

 

[ViviTheMage]

what quality do they offer for streaming?

 

[TallBill]

Aye, most of us have been using Netflix for years now

 

[SAWYER]

I know on the 360 you can get HD streaming, not sure what I am getting using the playon method, I know it's not HD though

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
what quality do they offer for streaming?

It doesn't list actual resolution numbers, but most streams seem to be near SD quality (640*480). FWIW, I love the "watch it now" feature, and the selections keeps getting better.

 

[Kaido]

My only gripe about Netflix is that if you're in the mood for a certain movie, you have to wait. Most of their online movies are old or dumb ones, but it's slowly getting better. Yay for Starz.

I still do Blockbuster or Redbox sometimes though.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Kaido
My only gripe about Netflix is that if you're in the mood for a certain movie, you have to wait. Most of their online movies are old or dumb ones, but it's slowly getting better. Yay for Starz.

I still do Blockbuster or Redbox sometimes though.

The whole "mood for a movie" thing is silly. If I'm in the mood for a movie, I change my queue up and I'll see it in 2 days. The online movies have grown by a large amount in the last year, I can only expect them to increase.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
what quality do they offer for streaming?

It doesn't list actual resolution numbers, but most streams seem to be near SD quality (640*480). FWIW, I love the "watch it now" feature, and the selections keeps getting better.

What is the cost, because I am actually considering getting netflix, just to stream movies now...I was hoping for some higher quality, but I will live with low res stuff to...

You can watch one, and then go to the next, right? Or will it be one movie per day type of thing?

 

[SAWYER]

The cheap plan gives you limited streaming, the 8 bucks plan and up is unlimited. I have a free month trial if you are interested

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Sawyer
The cheap plan gives you limited streaming, the 8 bucks plan and up is unlimited. I have a free month trial if you are interested

What IS there online selection like? any links to that sort of thing?

 

[Gooberlx2]

The NXE on Xbox360 doesn't come out until November 19th anyway.

Even so, I believe there are 3rd party plugins for Media Center (extender) and Windows Media Connect to allow it to stream to the Xbox through your computer. NXE will likely be a higher quality solution, and I can't wait.

 

[SAWYER]

PlayOn allows streaming to the 360/ps3

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Sawyer
The cheap plan gives you limited streaming, the 8 bucks plan and up is unlimited. I have a free month trial if you are interested

What IS there online selection like? any links to that sort of thing?

The online selection used to have mostly older movies, but they recently teamed up with Starz, so that's changing quickly. The TV section is growing very quickly as well. The selection of TV documentaries is very nice (PBS, BBC, Disc, Hist).

As for browsing the whole selection, I'd probably just set up a trial account.

 

[SAWYER]

I find myself streaming all kinds of stuff, and right now I am watching a Hendrix documentary, flippin sweet

 

[dwell]

The streaming service sucks as there's hardly any titles worth watching.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Chris
The streaming service sucks as there's hardly any titles worth watching.

Not sure you're looking hard enough...

Edit: Start with the stand-up comedy section, then get back to me...

 

[HardcoreRobot]

no complaints

 

[pontifex]

i haven't looked at streaming since before they added starz stuff,, but i have to agree, the selection was pretty crappy. tons of 1-2 star rated movies with a few good ones mixed in.

 

[MrPickins]

Just for fun, here's the Watch Instantly top 50:

1. Heroes: Season 3 (2008)
2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
3. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
4 30 Rock: Season 1 (2006)
5 Ratatouille (2007)
6. Superbad (2007)
7. Dan in Real Life (2007)
8 30 Rock: Season 2 (2006)
9 Enchanted (2007)
10. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
11. Meet the Robinsons (2007)
12 The Neighbor (2008)
13. Next (2007)
14. The Office: Season 4 (2007)
15. The 13th Warrior (1999)
16. Then She Found Me (2007)
17. No Country for Old Men (2007)
18. Mad Money (2008)
19 The Game Plan (2007)
20. Underdog (2007)
21. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
22. Unbreakable (2000)
23. Surf's Up (2007)
24. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
25 Naked Fear (2007)
26 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
27. Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008)
28. Eight Miles High (2007)
29. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
30. 30 Days of Night (2007)
31. Ghost Rider (2007)
32. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
33. CSI: Season 9 (2008)
34. Heroes: Season 1 (2006)
35. Cashback (2006)
36. The Office: Season 1 (2005)
37. The Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
38. Wild Hogs (2007)
39. The Illusionist (2006)
40. Outsourced (2006)
41. Heroes: Season 2 (2007)
42. Super High Me (2007)
43. Legend: The Director's Cut (1986)
44. Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007)
45. Apocalypto (2006)
46. NCIS: Season 6 (2008)
47. Wedding Daze (2007)
48. Dexter: Season 1 (2006)
49. Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)
50. Becoming Jane (2007)

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Sawyer
The cheap plan gives you limited streaming, the 8 bucks plan and up is unlimited. I have a free month trial if you are interested

What IS there online selection like? any links to that sort of thing?

The online selection used to have mostly older movies, but they recently teamed up with Starz, so that's changing quickly. The TV section is growing very quickly as well. The selection of TV documentaries is very nice (PBS, BBC, Disc, Hist).

As for browsing the whole selection, I'd probably just set up a trial account.

I see Dexter is on there, score! I may do the trial, to see what the selection IS like.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Just for fun, here's the Watch Instantly top 50:

1. Heroes: Season 3 (2008)
2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
3. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
4 30 Rock: Season 1 (2006)
5 Ratatouille (2007)
6. Superbad (2007)
7. Dan in Real Life (2007)
8 30 Rock: Season 2 (2006)
9 Enchanted (2007)
10. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
11. Meet the Robinsons (2007)
12 The Neighbor (2008)
13. Next (2007)
14. The Office: Season 4 (2007)
15. The 13th Warrior (1999)
16. Then She Found Me (2007)
17. No Country for Old Men (2007)
18. Mad Money (2008)
19 The Game Plan (2007)
20. Underdog (2007)
21. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
22. Unbreakable (2000)
23. Surf's Up (2007)
24. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
25 Naked Fear (2007)
26 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
27. Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008)
28. Eight Miles High (2007)
29. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
30. 30 Days of Night (2007)
31. Ghost Rider (2007)
32. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
33. CSI: Season 9 (2008)
34. Heroes: Season 1 (2006)
35. Cashback (2006)
36. The Office: Season 1 (2005)
37. The Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
38. Wild Hogs (2007)
39. The Illusionist (2006)
40. Outsourced (2006)
41. Heroes: Season 2 (2007)
42. Super High Me (2007)
43. Legend: The Director's Cut (1986)
44. Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007)
45. Apocalypto (2006)
46. NCIS: Season 6 (2008)
47. Wedding Daze (2007)
48. Dexter: Season 1 (2006)
49. Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)
50. Becoming Jane (2007)

it's definitely picked up a bit since the last time i looked then.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Kaido
My only gripe about Netflix is that if you're in the mood for a certain movie, you have to wait. Most of their online movies are old or dumb ones, but it's slowly getting better. Yay for Starz.

I still do Blockbuster or Redbox sometimes though.

The whole "mood for a movie" thing is silly. If I'm in the mood for a movie, I change my queue up and I'll see it in 2 days. The online movies have grown by a large amount in the last year, I can only expect them to increase.

Yeah...no. If I'm hanging out with my friends on a Saturday night and want to watch the latest Die Hard movie, I don't want to wait 2 days for it to show up, that's retarded lol. I'll buzz over to Blockbuster and pick it up. I'm glad the online movie list of growing, but it's still not where I want it to be, so I'll still be doing local pickup once in awhile

 

[ksheets]

I Actually just canceled my cable (saving $70/month) and got the $8 netflix+bittorrent+OTA channels. So far Im very impressed with the netflix streaming. The movies arent all that great but the TV/Comedy/Documentary section is top notch and should give me a lot of stuff to watch. its been a week so far and I havent missed cable one bit...

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: ksheets
I Actually just canceled my cable (saving $70/month) and got the $8 netflix+bittorrent+OTA channels. So far Im very impressed with the netflix streaming. The movies arent all that great but the TV/Comedy/Documentary section is top notch and should give me a lot of stuff to watch. its been a week so far and I havent missed cable one bit...

Going on two years here doing the same thing.

Having an HTPC helps.

 

[dwell]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Just for fun, here's the Watch Instantly top 50:

Still crap. Where's Iron Man, The Hulk, basically any new release worth watching? Good for some TV shows though.