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| Netflix streaming box |
 May 22 2008, 03:49 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48  |
I am more of a high quality, HD, surround sound, etc type of guy, but if you use netflix and dont want to wait on the mail, this seems like a pretty neat option:
http://gizmodo.com/389698/first-netflix-st...mited-downloads  Box costs $100, connects to your high speed internet (wireless or wired, although wired would prob be better). If you have a netflix account costing $9 or more per month, you basically get unlimited access to all 10,000+ netflix movies available. It has HDMI connectors and they claim they'll add HD functionality later. Not really my cup of tea, but I think it'd be pretty awesome for a lot of people. Only word of warning would be that it might be a good idea to give it some time and see how people's experiences are with it. (i.e. does the movie stutter, does internet use affect it, etc). |
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May 22 2008, 10:04 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Just got Netflix yesterday. I'll have to keep my eye on this.
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May 23 2008, 08:23 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
I would wait until their streaming selection is bigger. Unless I misunderstood, this doesn't work with their entire selection, just their instant play stuff. You can already watch streaming movies through them with your computer, so if you have a laptop to hook up to the tv, just do that.
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May 23 2008, 08:32 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
10,000 titles according to the couple of articles I've seen. not sure how many they have available on their site or via actual DVD though.
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May 23 2008, 08:37 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
here's the ass end:
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May 23 2008, 09:49 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ May 23 2008, 09:32 AM)  10,000 titles according to the couple of articles I've seen. not sure how many they have available on their site or via actual DVD though. Apparently they have 90k+ titles generally. So 11% are available streaming. That meshes fairly well with what I see in my queue... 108 titles, 11 available with the instant-view feature. But the streaming stuff is mainly older titles, not new releases. If a studio-acceptable DRM solution for Macs ever comes around, I'll just use my laptop to watch the streaming stuff, otherwise I might get this box. -------------------- |
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May 23 2008, 10:25 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
yeah supposedly there's a lot of popular TV show episodes and such on there too.
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May 25 2008, 01:38 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
there is. i have my ex's account info saved and still use it to stream when i'm bored. super nifty.
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May 26 2008, 10:05 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
here's a couple of reviews of someone who grabbed one:
http://forums.dealmac.com/read.php?6,2760976 http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....75#post13951475 |
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