Comments on: Netflix Announces Unlimited Web Watching

By: JAKE HENNIGAN

JAKE HENNIGAN — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:22:15 +0000

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By: Steve L.

Steve L. — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:13:38 +0000

I’m not sure you can fully blame Netflix for only having 6000 titles online available to view instantly. Even though 6000 titles are a lot there is still some agreement in the fact that there are a lot of crap titles on the list, some good but a lot of ones I’ve already seen and have no desire to watch again.

Until you see studios allowing companies like Netflix to give their customers the movies they desire for instant viewing it will stay this way. I’m sure Netflix would love to make their entire catalogue of movies available to the customer for instant downloading but i’m sure the studios put a restriction on that sort of thing.

Give it some time, I have a feeling they will catch on and see it’s the future of how consumers get their media. I know I enjoy watching instantly, even some old titles are good for my nights at work on my laptop :)

By: The Jim Walker

The Jim Walker — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:49:49 +0000

“WITHOUT” (actually having….etc etc etc….)

Sorry for the Typo.

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Lisa: ((Reading invitaion)) “Come to Homer’s BBBQ… The extra ‘B’ is for BYOBB!”

Bart: “What’s THAT extra ‘B’ for?”

Homer: “That’s a typo…”

By: The Jim Walker

The Jim Walker — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:41:32 +0000

I would like to whole heartedly agree to what Luchito said above. Most of the “watch now” movies BLOW. I have about 120 movies in my queue and 2 (THATS RIGHT 2!!!!) are actually available to “watch now”. And both are 15+ year old movies. (Its almost like Netflix wants to put up as many movies as possible with actually having anyone watch them in order to keep their own bandwith costs at a minimum. “Hey! We have over 5 billion films! Number of views last month… THREE!)

I have YET to see a new release be put right on there. Instead i sometimes have to wait for WEEKS in order to see certain films.

In general i do like Netflix. The 24 Bux a month saves me from the 100-200 i used to spend buying mediocre films that i never got a chance to see in theaters. BUT, there is still MUCH they could improve.

If any MB regulars want to add or be added to a friends list at the Netflix, let me know! I always enjoy a good recommendation!

By: Luchito

Luchito — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:05:19 +0000

Boo hoo linux/Mac users. :P

Anyways, most of the movies that are on their service are either old junk movies or old junk TV shows. There are a few gems in there, but it is hard to find much. I do love the fact that when you go full screen, it is actually full screen, unlike many of the TV websites out there. The quality is still being worked on, but even on a 52″ tv, it is watchable. For every good title on their service, there are 5 if not horrible, obscure for a (good) reason titles.

By: Mason Joseph

Mason Joseph — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:14:15 +0000

Let’s hold the phones there Doug. While it is amazing that they have unchained the amount you can watch it is still painfully locked. The service still requires you to use Windows. So this locks out any Mac and Linux users that have their service. I would know I am one of them. So while great that I can watch 800 movies, I would have to torture myself to do it by using Windows.