 
another face
@oar.net | How about improving selection Doesn't matter how many devices you put your platform on when your downloadable/playable selection is so outdated. Blockbuster - you want to compete with Netflix, allow all new releases to be streamed. | |
|
 | nnaarrnn
join:2004-09-30
Nitro, WV | Re: How about improving selection its not netflix/blockbuster that has that control. It's the content owners. | |
|
| | 
ThirdShifter
Premium
join:2002-03-16
Vernon Rockville, CT
| Re: How about improving selection said by nnaarrnn  :its not netflix/blockbuster that has that control. It's the content owners. All cable operators have their new release available same day as DVD. | |
|
| | | 
cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| Re: How about improving selection said by ThirdShifter :All cable operators have their new release available same day as DVD. Different type of business though. Cable operators may have new released available as Pay Per View on the day of the DVD release. But they don't have new releases as part of the free or premium movie channel VOD selection. If Netflix charged a fee for their instant programming, then a comparison could be drawn. But as it is now, the two are just two different business models. | |
|
| ElJay
join:2004-03-17
 ·Great Works Internet
1 edit | I think the idea is to use Netflix streaming to supplement the DVD subscription. I don't understand what is wrong with having a huge archive of recent to very old content available instantly at the push of a button at no additional cost. New releases are far overrated. If you've waited long enough for the DVD to come out before you see the film, you can certainly wait a few more weeks until Netflix sends you the DVD. Granted you can't watch DVDs on a phone, but why in the hell would would anybody want to do that in the first place? | |
|
| | ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| Re: How about improving selection That's exactly how I use it. There are many old movies and TV shows I want to watch, and streaming fits the bill. I have lots of old shows queued up, and I will sit down and watch one when I want to watch TV but don't have time for a movie. I'm then free to use my DVD rentals for things not available on streaming.
And it makes my wife very happy that Quincy is available to stream.  | |
|
Time
Premium
join:2003-07-05 | AT&T On the way to crippling the app on their 3G network. What a surprise? | |
|
badtrip
East Bay
Premium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA | PS3 would be nice, please. I really wish they would do this for the PS3. I also wish that Hulu still worked on the PS3. Why all the hate? | |
|
|
ThirdShifter
Premium
join:2002-03-16
Vernon Rockville, CT
| Re: PS3 would be nice, please. said by badtrip :I really wish they would do this for the PS3. I also wish that Hulu still worked on the PS3. Why all the hate? As an owner of ps3 I agree. They need to atleast pro actively update their browsers. Then again, Hulu only works for US so the majority of ps3 owners are in Asia and Europe. | |
|
| 
Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | Add this continuing problem to the long list of reasons why I only use my PS3 as a bluray player...if at all. | |
|
| |
badtrip
East Bay
Premium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
 ·Unwired Ltd
 ·Comcast
| Re: PS3 would be nice, please. said by Hazy Arc :Add this continuing problem to the long list of reasons why I only use my PS3 as a bluray player...if at all. I have a Wii, PS3 and a Xbox360 in my house. The PS3 is my personal console of choice mainly because it does damn near anything...except for the two things I really want it to do, play hulu and netflix.
Right now I connect a laptop to my TV when I want to watch netflix. I have been "window shopping" on the net to build a ION based HD media PC (the Zotac mobos look really good, IMO) but the total cost for that build is still hovering around $400 range and that's too costly ATM. | |
|
| | | 
Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| Re: PS3 would be nice, please. Or you could get a Roku box for $100. I happened to win one in an online contest and it looks quite nice. Right now it only does Amazon VOD and Netflix, but they've promised more content. (There are even rumors of Hulu coming to the Roku box, but I wouldn't hold my breath.)
--
-Jason Levine
Support a children's charity. Buy a calendar and/or a photo book. Shooting For A Cause | |
|
| | | |
badtrip
East Bay
Premium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
·Unwired Ltd
·Comcast
| Re: PS3 would be nice, please. said by Jason Levine :Or you could get a Roku box for $100. I happened to win one in an online contest and it looks quite nice. Right now it only does Amazon VOD and Netflix, but they've promised more content. (There are even rumors of Hulu coming to the Roku box, but I wouldn't hold my breath.) I thought about that but being a hard-core utilitarian, I didn't want to spend $100 on a one trick pony. I'll either wait till the cost to build a HDMI ION box hits around $300 or wait till they add the functionality to the PS3. I like the PS3 option best because it costs the least for me | |
|
| | | | |
cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| Re: PS3 would be nice, please. said by badtrip :I'll either wait till the cost to build a HDMI ION box hits around $300 There was a thread sort of on this topic over at AVSForum earlier this week. It seemed that the Ion wasn't that much lower powered then one of the 45W AMD CPUs, but didn't have as much horsepower for anything beyond the most basic 1080P content. | |
|
| | | ffink20001
join:2002-12-18
Norwich, CT | If you put Ubunto or yellow Dog Linux on your ps3 which ps3 has officially made easy to do you can play Hulo on your ps3 no problem. Just a pain in the ass to learn how to install shit at first | |
|
| me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | I think the ps3 may be a while. It will happen, but it will take time. I think the wii got it first because of the sales, I mean look at the wii sales #s then look ps3's #s. | |
|
| 
hootabius
join:2009-02-12
2 edits | I aggree... It would be awesome to be able to stream Netflix on my PS3. I looked into a program called PlayOn that makes it possible by basically streaming it to your PC, then streaming it again to the PS3 in a different format, but its an added cost that I can't justify. Sony won't do it because they want people to pay to stream movies on the Playstation Store. I would do that if they had the selection Netflix does and I could watch an unlimited amount of movies for a flat monthly fee, but nooooo... Sony charges by the movie and it's still cheaper to go and rent it from the video store in most cases. Likewise, I would go out and buy a Netflix-streaming device if they made every title (including new releases) available via streaming.
Oh well... | |
|
| 
fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
Premium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo
 ·Skype
| The PS3 can do this now--sort of. Problem is, it requires another computer and PlayOn.»www.themediamall.com/playon
I found it while searching for anything suggesting the PS3 might do native Netflix streaming. It's inexpensive software that may eventually be obsolete but it works quite well for my purposes.
It can stream NetFlix to pretty much any UPnP or DLNA device and does the same with Hulu and Youtube. Amazon video is in beta and I don't think fully functional right now but I guess they'll get there.
In addition, they just added a beta feature to stream your local video and audio content to the same devices. In fact, I've found it much more compatible with devices than both TVersity and Twonky but it doesn't do everything they do.
It also "mostly" works with the DirecTV HR2x players. They're the only UPnP/DLNA devices it's acted a little flaky with and I believe it's DTV's issue not PlayOn's. The PS3 works great with it.
If they get a decent web interface to allow remote streaming of local music/video on PCs and not just standard UPnP/DLNA devices, I'll probably ditch TVersity and Twonky altogether.
--
Tradition: Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid. --despair.com | |
|
SLD
Premium
join:2002-04-17 | Can I have Can I just have NetFlix streaming on my Linksys media extender - please?!? | |
|
| 
TJ_in_IL
join:2006-06-10
Winthrop Harbor, IL | Re: Can I have AMEN! | |
|
| sroudebush
join:2007-04-20
Riverside, CA | This can be done now with Play on and an add-on called Play It. Full 10 ft remote interface with the Linksys extender. | |
|
| |
SLD
Premium
join:2002-04-17
1 edit | Re: Can I have Great to know. Thanks! | |
|
flyingjoey
join:2005-11-07
Jersey City, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| AT&T doesn't want to play nice, then let's split it again! Since AT&T simply doesn't want to play nice, why doesn't the government give them a taste of their own medicine.
Why not split AT&T again, this time around not into 7 baby bells, let's make it 20, so that it takes them not 20 but 40 years to "regroup" itself again as the death star.
Verizon should be split into at least 3 as well. | |
|
| k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| Re: AT&T doesn't want to play nice, then let's split it again! said by flyingjoey :Since AT&T simply doesn't want to play nice, why doesn't the government give them a taste of their own medicine. Why not split AT&T again, this time around not into 7 baby bells, let's make it 20, so that it takes them not 20 but 40 years to "regroup" itself again as the death star. Verizon should be split into at least 3 as well. Actually "giving them a taste of their own medicine" would not be breaking them up but blocking the CEO's mobile device from doing ANYTHING over the 3G network (email, internet). .
But, yeah I agree AT&T should be split up again. It was split for a reason, and now its "regrouped" - time to lower the axe on this monopoly . | |
|
| | DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | Re: AT&T doesn't want to play nice, then let's split it again! ya government how about a law that requires the top brass of a service provider to have to use their own service | |
|
| 
morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs: | We need to be open to all options. Splitting up a monopoly that is misbehaving should be on the list.
Also, let's not forget AT&T's integral role in spying on U.S. citizens with the NSA. | |
|
| 
battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | Split them into a Content/Service Provider and a Physical Plant provider. Level out the last mile and you will see some competition. | |
|
ender7074
join:2006-11-21
Saint Louis, MO
·AT&T Southeast
| Awesome Gives me a reason to turn my Wii on again. I havent played it in forever. Dont have to move the 360 from room to room anymore either. I wonder if the Wii will be able to do anything that resembles High Def...
--
Does Microsoft mean small and squishy? | |
|
|
Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | Re: Awesome 480p is all you will get. It appears that if you're wanting to watch the HD streams, you'd have to still lug around your Xbox 360. | |
|
| | ender7074
join:2006-11-21
Saint Louis, MO | Re: Awesome bleh. Thats what I figured... | |
|
| | me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | 480p, may not be HD but it still beats nothing. | |
|
| | | DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | Re: Awesome yay a reason to use the Wii I bought
(bought it because it was there and figured I wouldn't get another chance)
yay | |
|
| | | | me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Re: Awesome I got mine because I was looking for week, and finally found one at walmart.com. | |
|
neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA | apple.. how long until Apple rejects this app as "reproduces existing functionality" because it has youtube and AT&T doesn't like the idea..... and apple has iTv and all that fun stuff | |
|
| flyingjoey
join:2005-11-07
Jersey City, NJ | Re: apple.. Listen... every time an application of this nature gets rejected AT&T proves to us how ill-prepared and inadequate their infrastructure is.
But the question remains... How did MLB get away with it? | |
|
| |
cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| Re: apple.. said by flyingjoey :How did MLB get away with it? Money makes anything possible. | |
|
| | | DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | Re: apple.. yep money and more money | |
|
tmh
@qwest.net | GB-PVR Have they finally gotten Netflix streaming to work seamlessly with GBPVR yet? That's the only piece of the puzzle still missing from my HTPC box. | |
|
Defiance82
Computer Elite
Premium
join:2002-09-11
Reeds Spring, MO
clubs: | pfft Pfft, who cares about the iPhone streaming. It would prob be horrible. They really need to start working on the PS3 platforms..
--
Programming is like sex. One mistake - endless support.
www.bransonwestweather.com | |
|
| beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | Re: pfft Right, why would netflix waste time writing software for devices that actually sell and start shifting their resources over to the worst selling console out there....makes great business sense.... | |
|
beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | 3G crippled Karl you have pointed out several times that ATT's disabling of these apps over 3G is protectin ATT's planned place shifting offering for uVerse the iphone. Care to point to a source for that? | |
|
axiomatic
join:2006-08-23
Tomball, TX | ATT to squash all! ATT will come and squash this for the iphone. If they squashed the Slingplayer App for the iphone for them not to squash streaming for a netflix player would be hypocritical. | |
|
CrzyCrakr
Premium
join:2005-06-24
Edgewater, MD | Blockbuster... They need to pull something out of their hat or this will be the begining of the end for them. They have already had two stores close near me. | |
|
|
| 
bionicRod
join:2009-07-06
Jefferson City, MO | Re: Interesting Tivo HD boxes have Netflix, that's what I use. I also have a 360 so if I wanted to watch it on another TV I could, but I don't.  PS3 is still my console of choice. | |
|
| | |
|
|
|
Netflix Streaming Coming To Wii, iPhone
Interesting