I am a subscriber to Netflix and view Netflix movies on my computer
and my WII on the wide screen TV (Streamed)
Few drawbacks yet.
New releases usually are not on the view menu. Because of Studio
agreements and what not they usually take some time before you can
watch them this way. (and usually do not till they are a few years old.)
Closed Captions. Most movies (they are working to improve this) do
not have closed captions available. My wife hates it because I have
to turn the TV up to hear the movie.
Limited menu. As I stated before not all movies are available in
this manner, and the list is constantly changing. (Some studios
actually pull movies from the list.)
Not too long ago the studios started penalizing Netflix (and Redbox)
by not allowing them the new releases on the same day as the stores
got them for sale. They did this because of money once again. In
their minds they sell more movies in the month following a new
release than they do after this date and if they can prevent
consumers from being able to rent these movies in that time frame
they feel they can make up their investment. So Netflix and Redbox
have come to agreements with the studios (the honest truth is the
studios blackmailed and arm twisted them into it.) and all is OK
right now (you simply wait a month till you can rent it.) It is
interesting that the only video rental company who did not have this
happen, already had a kickback agreement with the studio, Blockbuster
(which is going down the tubes)
Studios will have to be the first ones to change this problem.
I agree being able to stream the entertainment is neat. But until
you can truly stream the movies you want instead of what Hollywood
will allow you too, BR and DVD will still be the preferred method of
distribution.
Stewart
At 12:30 PM 6/17/2010, you wrote:
BR is yesterday's answer. Look at what NetFlix is doing to see what
replaced it.
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:47 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well Jobs does make bags of money from selling media as he does...I know
> he's leaving out a lot of people though who know for now, BR is
> a necessary item in any serious entertainment system. Also he was talking
> about licensing two years ago, BR has taken off, there is no
other option on
> the market anymore.
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