On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:26 AM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Given how sometimes my cable system DVR fails to accurately identify which > episode of a particular program I have schedule to record (or have > recorded), I lean toward erroneous blurb (possibly a good band name). > > David > > ________________________________ > From: PGage <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 2:57:59 AM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] The Netflix Zone > > The Twilight Zone is streaming on Netflix these days, which is nice. The > introductory comments on the site for Season 1 reads as follows: > > "This anthology collection of the legendary science-fiction series includes > 17 of the original 36 episodes, featuring such classic favorites as "The > After-Hours," in which mannequins haunt a department store shopper. You'll > also find "Time Enough at Last," about the lone survivor of a nuclear blast, > as well as spy appearances by Hollywood greats such as Ida Lupino, Ed Wynn, > Burgess Meredith, Jack Klugman and more." > > Yet, it appears that there are 36 episodes listed below, each with a "play" > button. Am I going to find that 19 of these 36 episodes really don't instant > play? The fact that it says "spy" appearances instead of what I assume they > mean "special" appearances does not inspire confidence in the accuracy of > this blurb. > > Netflix also has Twilight Zone "Volume 1" (and many other volumes), > available on disk only. These appear to be 75 minutes long, but do not > detail the content, but I assume each volume contains 3 episodes? The > "volumes" are only available on disk, and the "seasons" are only available > for streaming. But why would I want to have the disks of the volumes mailed > to me when I can watch the actual seasons online? I guess the disks must > have some special features. Are these worth viewing?
I don't know who the Twilight Zone rights holder is, nor do I want to look it up, but it's possible that a DVD company approached them for masters and licensing rights some years ago and Netflix later approached them for streaming rights. The DVD company and Netflix may have different ways they want to present the shows. Regarding receiving DVDs rather than streaming, I can think of 3 situations. First, the TV doesn't accept streaming either due to hardware or a slow wireless connection. Second, a subscriber gives the discs to a friend or family member to watch along with the mailer to send it back when finished. Third, you can rip a DVD and keep the movie/ TV show on your hard drive. Also, streaming is still a very new way to watch movies or TV shows and there's overlap with the previous platform/ technology. Last year I replaced my mac Mini with an iMac and I wanted to see how to hook the Mini up to my TV as a media server. The Google results sent me to pages where the people who were doing that were downloading movies and programs from iTunes and transferring them to the Mini. Nobody in the few articles I read was thinking about the Mini as a streaming machine. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
