| |
Netflix battles Apple by eliminating online-watching limits
by noteworthy at 5:46 am EST, Jan 15, 2008 |
It's not easy to divert attention from Apple on the eve of Macworld, but give Netflix points for trying. The company that turned DVDs into a subscription service for millions of consumers said Monday that it no longer will put a cap on the number of hours its customers can view movies and TV shows over the Internet.
With all of these recent developments looking so promising, someone is going to have to break the news to Sony that all of this fuss over Blu-ray isn't going to matter in a year or two.
"Unlimited has always been a very powerful selling point with our subscribers and a large part of what set us apart in the marketplace," said Leslie Kilgore, the company's chief marketing officer. "In talking with members about our streaming feature during the past year, it became clear that, as with DVDs, the idea of streaming unlimited movies and TV episodes on a PC resonated quite strongly. And we're now in a good position to offer that."
|
| |
RE: Netflix battles Apple by eliminating online-watching limits
by k at 10:21 am EST, Jan 17, 2008 |
noteworthy wrote: It's not easy to divert attention from Apple on the eve of Macworld, but give Netflix points for trying. The company that turned DVDs into a subscription service for millions of consumers said Monday that it no longer will put a cap on the number of hours its customers can view movies and TV shows over the Internet.
Unless, as it happens, you're a mac user, in which case the number of hours of viewing you're permitted is FUCKING ZERO, despite my subscription fee subsidizing those unlimited hours for all the PC users out there. I understand the market share arguments for why Macs get left out of stuff like this, but it's galling to pay the same price for less product. "Oh," they say, "but it's a free bonus, so you're not getting anything less!" Which is a load of shite. Extremely lame... they've had time to figure something out. |
|
| | |
RE: Netflix battles Apple by eliminating online-watching limits
by noteworthy at 9:50 pm EST, Jan 17, 2008 |
The company that turned DVDs into a subscription service for millions of consumers said Monday that it no longer will put a cap on the number of hours its customers can view movies and TV shows over the Internet.
k wrote: Unless, as it happens, you're a mac user ... they've had time to figure something out.
They have figured it out. Unlimited streaming is on its way to the living room. It should be ready in the summer time. Netflix has announced a partnership with LG Electronics to produce set-top boxes that stream movies from its online catalog to HDTVs.
|
|
| | | |
RE: Netflix battles Apple by eliminating online-watching limits
by k at 10:26 am EST, Jan 18, 2008 |
noteworthy wrote: The company that turned DVDs into a subscription service for millions of consumers said Monday that it no longer will put a cap on the number of hours its customers can view movies and TV shows over the Internet.
k wrote: Unless, as it happens, you're a mac user ... they've had time to figure something out.
They have figured it out. Unlimited streaming is on its way to the living room. It should be ready in the summer time. Netflix has announced a partnership with LG Electronics to produce set-top boxes that stream movies from its online catalog to HDTVs.
True... we'll see how it works out in reality. It better do all the other things people want such a device to do also, like watch YouTube, play music, view photos, etc. I'd have preferred to see them partner with other manufacturers to offer the service, and it looks like that may eventually happen... from here: Hastings said the LG partnership was the first of many such deals for Netflix. "Wed like to see a hundred Netflix-capable boxes," he said, noting he also was exploring partnerships with makers of Internet-connected game consoles, cable and satellite companies.
Alas, I don't think Apple's gonna be on the list necessarily, due to the competition from their rental service. Anyway, Netflix better get it right, or Vudu, Movielink (purchased by Blockbuster, apparently), et al, are gonna eat 'em up. None of this changes the fact that streaming to my computer is a feature that PC users get for free, and I can't get. Unless they discontinue the PC Viewing, none of that will change with the advent of a set-top box. And I guess they might do that, which is also cock blockery. |
|
|
|
