Comments on: The Roku Netflix Player – The Future Is Here So Just Get It http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it The Official Home of Correct Movie Opinions Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:21:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: George Veneziale http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-168606 George Veneziale Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:12:58 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-168606 I screwed up: hook up, lost instructions. all went well. colored cables, fine. Cannot find any place to hook up square end. looked on box and HD TV. Help. George I screwed up: hook up, lost instructions. all went well. colored cables, fine. Cannot find any place to hook up square end. looked on box and HD TV. Help. George

]]> By: Bruce79 http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147477 Bruce79 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:32:14 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147477 The movie theater analogy is completely logical if you are saying that watching a movie without commentary is crap. "Watch Now" was not designed to let you hear commentary (though it would be nice). It was designed to let you watch movies instantly. That's it. It does not let you own, copy, backup, share, edit, etc... just watch. I think that this will change in the future though (which is what Bill Gates is talking about when he dismisses blu-ray). I don't think they are marketing this service as better than DVDs. If they ARE doing that... then yeah, I totally agree with you. The technology is not ready to be better than DVD, but it is DIFFERENT than DVD. Being able to watch a movie instantly is more convenient than having to wait for the DVD to come in the mail. And I find that it has allowed me to look into different films that I normally would be hesitant to "waist" one of my mail in rentals on (this is probably what I like the most about it). I could create a hefty wish-list of things I would like to improve upon the "Watch Now" service... but that doesn't mean it's not nice to have. The movie theater analogy is completely logical if you are saying that watching a movie without commentary is crap. “Watch Now” was not designed to let you hear commentary (though it would be nice). It was designed to let you watch movies instantly. That’s it. It does not let you own, copy, backup, share, edit, etc… just watch. I think that this will change in the future though (which is what Bill Gates is talking about when he dismisses blu-ray).

I don’t think they are marketing this service as better than DVDs. If they ARE doing that… then yeah, I totally agree with you. The technology is not ready to be better than DVD, but it is DIFFERENT than DVD. Being able to watch a movie instantly is more convenient than having to wait for the DVD to come in the mail.
And I find that it has allowed me to look into different films that I normally would be hesitant to “waist” one of my mail in rentals on (this is probably what I like the most about it).

I could create a hefty wish-list of things I would like to improve upon the “Watch Now” service… but that doesn’t mean it’s not nice to have.

]]> By: Brian http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147355 Brian Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:32:50 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147355 I checked Netflick and it said I could do this even though I only have the one at a time rental plan. I think they upgraded the streaming aspect of my membership awhile back even though I've never used it. I checked Netflick and it said I could do this even though I only have the one at a time rental plan. I think they upgraded the streaming aspect of my membership awhile back even though I’ve never used it.

]]> By: nbakid2000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147320 nbakid2000 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:50:56 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147320 The reason I don't buy MP3s is because I'm just getting the audio...when I purchase something as a CD, I want something I can physically hold and read with it. I have no problem have MP3s (I have a lot of them) but only if I don't pay for them. If I'm paying for it, I expect liner notes at least on the computer so I can read them. When I watch a movie, I ALWAYS put on subtitles and listen to the commentary tracks. When they're coming on my TV, I want the same stuff I can get on the DVD (commentary tracks). And the movie theater analogy is not even logical, movie theaters weren't made for extra commentary tracks. One of the purposes of DVDs is to have extra audio tracks. And if they're touting this service off as BETTER THAN DVDS, I want the same things DVDs offer. The reason I don’t buy MP3s is because I’m just getting the audio…when I purchase something as a CD, I want something I can physically hold and read with it.

I have no problem have MP3s (I have a lot of them) but only if I don’t pay for them. If I’m paying for it, I expect liner notes at least on the computer so I can read them.

When I watch a movie, I ALWAYS put on subtitles and listen to the commentary tracks. When they’re coming on my TV, I want the same stuff I can get on the DVD (commentary tracks).

And the movie theater analogy is not even logical, movie theaters weren’t made for extra commentary tracks. One of the purposes of DVDs is to have extra audio tracks. And if they’re touting this service off as BETTER THAN DVDS, I want the same things DVDs offer.

]]> By: Darth Haider http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147285 Darth Haider Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:19:53 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147285 (Type your comment here. Make sure you've read the commenting rules before doing so) I can't see this sticking around for long. Doesn't a cable network such as HBO pay a hefty fee for the right to broadcast movies? Won't they be more than a bit choked when a dvd rental place steals away a ton of their customers by offering "free" showings of movies? I must be missing something here. The tech sounds awesome, and I would utilize it quite a bit if it ever got released up here in Canada, but something tells me that this is too good to be true. (Type your comment here. Make sure you’ve read the commenting rules before doing so)

I can’t see this sticking around for long.

Doesn’t a cable network such as HBO pay a hefty fee for the right to broadcast movies? Won’t they be more than a bit choked when a dvd rental place steals away a ton of their customers by offering “free” showings of movies?

I must be missing something here. The tech sounds awesome, and I would utilize it quite a bit if it ever got released up here in Canada, but something tells me that this is too good to be true.

]]> By: Hero Stew http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147262 Hero Stew Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:23:55 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147262 I want to learn more about the Xbox 360/Netflix venture. I want to learn more about the Xbox 360/Netflix venture.

]]> By: Rod http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147222 Rod Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:25:21 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147222 This sounds awesome...will it ever come to Canada? This sounds awesome…will it ever come to Canada?

]]> By: Bruce79 http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147162 Bruce79 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:56:56 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147162 Why is not having audio tracks "kinda crap"? That just seems like a drastic viewpoint to me. I could understand if you thought that not having surround sound or hi-def content would be "kinda crap" (though I wouldn't agree with you). But not having commentary tracks? Do you think it's crap that movie theaters don't have commentaries playing in the background? If people felt that way about everything, there would be no music services like iTunes and the original version of Napster would have never became as popular as it was. I really enjoy reading through liner notes in the album covers when I get a new CD... but that doesn't mean that I think that buying an MP3 without getting the whole shebang is crap. The technology is fairly new. I think that eventually you would be able to get the commentary tracks, subtitles, surround sound, hi-def, etc... but it takes time to get all of that worked out. Why is not having audio tracks “kinda crap”? That just seems like a drastic viewpoint to me. I could understand if you thought that not having surround sound or hi-def content would be “kinda crap” (though I wouldn’t agree with you). But not having commentary tracks? Do you think it’s crap that movie theaters don’t have commentaries playing in the background?

If people felt that way about everything, there would be no music services like iTunes and the original version of Napster would have never became as popular as it was. I really enjoy reading through liner notes in the album covers when I get a new CD… but that doesn’t mean that I think that buying an MP3 without getting the whole shebang is crap.

The technology is fairly new. I think that eventually you would be able to get the commentary tracks, subtitles, surround sound, hi-def, etc… but it takes time to get all of that worked out.

]]> By: nbakid2000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147121 nbakid2000 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:12:23 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147121 JOHN: Do extra audio tracks come with the movies they provide, such as commentary tracks? Because if it doesn't, this is kinda crap...I'd still have to physically rent/buy the movies to hear the commentary track. JOHN: Do extra audio tracks come with the movies they provide, such as commentary tracks? Because if it doesn’t, this is kinda crap…I’d still have to physically rent/buy the movies to hear the commentary track.

]]> By: Hero Stew http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147101 Hero Stew Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:06:40 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/07/the-roku-netflix-player-the-furure-is-here-so-just-get-it#comment-147101 I pay about $140 for cable, and they repeat movies 3 times a day on each premium channel. I doubt they offer 10,000 titles or anything close to that in a year combined. At $17 a month and if Netflix can give me new titles each month, I may make the switch from cable. Because Comcast does in fact SUCK! I pay about $140 for cable, and they repeat movies 3 times a day on each premium channel. I doubt they offer 10,000 titles or anything close to that in a year combined.

At $17 a month and if Netflix can give me new titles each month, I may make the switch from cable. Because Comcast does in fact SUCK!

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