netflix "watch it instantly"

[nageov3t]

is great :thumbsup:

how the hell are they still in business? lol

 

[Casawi]

Yeah it is decent quality.

 

[Nitemare]

haven't tried this yet, how long does it take to start a movie?

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
haven't tried this yet, how long does it take to start a movie?

I watched it on my laptop over wifi.

the movie started instantly, didn't stall/lag at all over the course of it, and the quality was pretty good.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
haven't tried this yet, how long does it take to start a movie?

depends on your internet connection. it's abotu 20 seconds for me on a 3 mbps dsl connection

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
haven't tried this yet, how long does it take to start a movie?

depends on the speed of your connection. With my 384kbps DSL, it takes around 30 minutes. With faster connections, it starts instantly.

 

[Deeko]

How good is the quality?

I had Blockbuster Online for awhile and really liked it...I canceled cuz I was pissed they took away unlimited exchanges, but even still, the lowest plan (which is what I'd get) still seems like a better deal than Netflix. $10 instead of $9/month, but you get 2 free in-store exchanges (vs about 2-3 downloaded movies), and those can be DVD or Blu Ray, both of which I assume are better quality than the Netflix stream.

 

[AreaCode7O7]

I love it but I wish they had a better selection. I enjoy watching classics, History and A&E channel specials, etc, and they've got very little in the way of those.

 

[darthsidious]

Yeah, I've used it and think its pretty good - starts almost instantly, and pretty good quality. The selection is quite small, but I assume it'll improve. I also assume that many movie studios may not be too happy w/internet streaming, or they might want an extra cut. Once these things are worked out, I hope the selection will grow dramatically. The convenience of movie-on-demand is great...

 

[everman]

I just noticed that Heroes second season is on there, nice.

 

[FoBoT]

my internet connection sucks too much, so i haven't tried it yet

 

[Pepsei]

cool... just watched the a-team.... wow, i didn't know the term "getting out of the closet" exist back in the 80's.....

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Deeko
How good is the quality?

I had Blockbuster Online for awhile and really liked it...I canceled cuz I was pissed they took away unlimited exchanges, but even still, the lowest plan (which is what I'd get) still seems like a better deal than Netflix. $10 instead of $9/month, but you get 2 free in-store exchanges (vs about 2-3 downloaded movies), and those can be DVD or Blu Ray, both of which I assume are better quality than the Netflix stream.

You may want to check back -- I signed up for Netflix a few days ago after I received an email advising that my plan was increasing by $2. Literally--I saw the email, signed into Blockbuster, cancelled the account, and then signed up with Netflix. After dropping my unlimited exchanges to 5, I find it absurd that they would increase the fees, too. These changes, btw, were back-to-back; there was only about 4-6 weeks between the two actions.

If I am not mistaken, ALL of their rental plans with in-store exchanges went up at least $2. The unlimited exchanges went from $17.99 to $24.99 in November, and now increased to $34.99, I think.

Blockbuster Grinches Total Access Customers with Price Hike.