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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,726
    edited March 2010
    Pauly wrote: »
    Signed backup for trial after couple years of not having for the streaming part. I enjoyed it but will be canceling until they get HD streaming. Other than that its great.


    Pauly

    They do have some quasi HD streaming. Not 1080p; I think its 720p. It looks pretty good to me. Its not all movies, and it is highly dependent on your bandwidth (if my bittorrent is open, it goes to crap), but when you get it, I think it looks really good.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2010
    Bummer,

    Under Ubuntu can't do streaming?

    "Our apologies — streaming is not supported for your operating system."


    Well I just resigned up, I was an user years ago.

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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited March 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    I am somewhat worried about that... There were 3 within 10-15 minutes of me, now there's two.

    If the closest one folds, then i'll discontinue my service. :(

    Just this past month a Blockbuster about 3 minutes from my house is closing. I know its been there at least a decade. Technically its still open, as they are selling off all of their inventory (DVD racks included!) Its on the route of my evening run, and each couple of days I notice a reduction in price of remaining stock...went from 9.99 per disc to 7.99 to 5.99 and now I think they selling at 4.99 per disc.

    Anyway, the closing of this store now makes sense given whats been said in this thread. The next closest BB to my place shut down in 2003. I wonder if they are just going to switchover completely to streaming service.
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  • billbillw
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    edited March 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    For rentals I stay with regular DVD. BR is not worth $5 more a month. If I buy a movie then I will buy the BR version.

    I'm with ya there. If the movie is good enough, I'll go buy the BD.

    Besides, its much harder to rip and burn a BD ;)
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited March 2010
    Yes, Maggiefan touched on my biggest complaint at this point for the streaming movies; you can only get them in stereo, at least on the PS3. I assume this is the same regardless of what you are streaming from?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited March 2010
    Anytime I stream and the description of what I'm streaming says "HD" and the signal lock shows "HD" it's HD.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,726
    edited March 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Anytime I stream and the description of what I'm streaming says "HD" and the signal lock shows "HD" it's HD, meaning 720P. Standard HD is 720P last I checked. Blu-Ray is 1080 and right now even if they wanted to stream Blu-Ray I doubt many would have the bandwidth capabilities.

    I guess I don't understand those who are talking about "quasi-HD" streaming. If you have the bandwidth and the material is HD, it streams in HD. Recently I watched the entire 2nd season of "The Office" all in HD.

    The HD that I get from Netflix (when it says HD) is no where near as good as the HD (720p) that I get from my local broadcast of ABC or Fox. It is also does not have 5.1 audio. That is why I said 'quasi' HD.

    As with everything video related, there is a wide range of what can be construed as HD. Some HD looks great. Some HD looks crap. Some DVDs that I have look better than much of the stuff I see that is HD.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, I agree about the variations as to what's considered HD. And yes, the fact there is no 5.1 audio (yet) is an issue. Frankly, when I stream HD content it looks great, but I admit to being fairly new to the whole HD scene and how much variation is involved.

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,726
    edited March 2010
    I agree, the stuff that says HD looks good to me. I have no complaints about the instant viewing, except that I wish more stuff was available.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2010
    i have the 3 movie and blu ray plan. streaming is a great added bonus.
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2010
    just fresh on the boat.....it's ok but if you are a part time watcher, get the one i got $4.99/ mo otherwise it aint worth it. The streaming is expensive IMO and not selection wasn't as great as I thought so I bailed on that. Give it a try!
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2010
    We have the two movie and blu ray plan, along with streaming through a ps3. We've only been on Netflix for a little over a month, but I'm happy so for.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2010
    Anyone using a computer to stream vs. a PS3?

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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Anyone using a computer to stream vs. a PS3?

    Your best option is a $100 BD player, IMO. Computer quality is not nearly as good as streaming to XBOX, PS3 or BDP. Also, like you found out, Netflix is using SilverLight 2 which is not yet supported by Moonlight project. I think it also might be DRM in there that is blocking you from using it from Linux. So don't expect it to come to Linux anytime soon because I doubt DRM will be available.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited March 2010
    Netflix is worth the money even if you just use the streaming. I easily get my $9/mo worth out of it. I personally have been using my Xbox for steaming. The video quality is really decent.
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  • maggiefan
    maggiefan Posts: 223
    edited March 2010
    It won't stream HD to a computer, only the Ruko player, Bluray player that stream and PS3's, probably the Xbox too.
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  • JPSmario
    JPSmario Posts: 142
    edited March 2010
    I use my Tivo HD to stream and it looks great on my standard TV. I've been with Netflix for 3+ years and love it. I don't like to drive twice to view a movie and the late fees were killing me :eek: No more brain lock when the store doesn't have the 1st or 2nd title I was thinking of. Can't beat it for $9 a month!
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2010
    Well you guy's are killing me, what's decent in Blu-Ray players which does NetFlix? I was looking to pick up one day anyway the Oppo player, but this doesn't do streaming thing. What are you guy's using for a player?


    JPS, that Tivo HD player is that for a Cable recorder?

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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited March 2010
    Love my Netflix and the streaming has improved.
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  • drselect
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    edited March 2010
    maggiefan wrote: »
    It won't stream HD to a computer, only the Ruko player, Bluray player that stream and PS3's, probably the Xbox too.

    Do you know why netflix can't or won't stream HD to a computer?

    Also Sami you mentioned the quality was not as good on the computer as through the Xbox or PS3. Do you know if the xbox or PS3 does any upscaling of the stream from netflix?

    The reason I ask is that I was planning on getting netflix and using my computer to stream it to my tv.
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  • Sami
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    edited March 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Well you guy's are killing me, what's decent in Blu-Ray players which does NetFlix? I was looking to pick up one day anyway the Oppo player, but this doesn't do streaming thing. What are you guy's using for a player?

    This works great for me: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5398163&CatId=5180

    I was using PS3 with the disc but after a while the disc gets unreadable so I got the Samsung.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2010
    drselect wrote: »
    Do you know why netflix can't or won't stream HD to a computer?/QUOTE]

    It's "won't" and while I don't know the details, I believe it has something to do with copy protection. Studios don't want Netflix to stream into a computer where it is easier to copy. That is why the quality sucks on a computer.
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  • JPSmario
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    edited March 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Well you guy's are killing me, what's decent in Blu-Ray players which does NetFlix? I was looking to pick up one day anyway the Oppo player, but this doesn't do streaming thing. What are you guy's using for a player?


    JPS, that Tivo HD player is that for a Cable recorder?


    I have the TiVo TCD652160 HD DVR; it connects to my home LAN for updates, Netflix, YouTube, and a few other pay services. I really like the unit, but if you're considering Tivo, I'd consider waiting until they release their new "Premiere" units with extended recording capacity (45 or 150 hrs of HD).
    My unit records 20hrs of HD or around 170 hrs of standard def.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2010
    Thanks for the info, again lots of good stuff.

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  • maggiefan
    maggiefan Posts: 223
    edited March 2010
    A lot of brands of Bluray players are getting into the streaming thing now. Maybe they are finally seeing that people want that extra flexibility. All of the new line from Sony do the streaming, and the prices are still in line with the older models. Some of the newer HDTV's also have the streaming built in.
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,067
    edited March 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Yep, I stream more stuff thru my ROKU (from Netflix) than I actually use the DVD's in the mail. But, I don't need to watch every new release the day or week or month it comes out. Netflix has lots of great TV series, Documentaries, Independant Movies, etc which you can stream and in HD quality where avail. I am very content and between my DVD queue and Streaming queue, I have the rest of 2010 covered as far as choices.

    H9

    How is the ROKU from a sound quality perspective? Have you streamed any music from Pandora? I shot OPPO CS an email asking if they were looking at integrating Netflix and streaming support into the BDP-83 and they indicated that it will likely require a different component.:( I'm now looking at the ROKU and wondering if it is a good option for streaming audio content as well as getting going with Netflix.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2010
    I received a Samsung BP-P1600 Blu Ray Disc Player today. I just streamed down a movie and I enjoyed it, the audio maybe a stereo thing but my avr did PLII MV +THX ok. My sub woofer didn't turn on, not sure why but I sure there wasn't any sound going to it.

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