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Yep, who owns the rights has a say in the decision making.
There are several shows I would like to see that aren't available anywhere. China Beach for example.
i only have it for the tv shows, i haven't rented a DVD since i got the internet
Yep, who owns the rights has a say in the decision making.
There are several shows I would like to see that aren't available anywhere. China Beach for example.
I think people are going into it with the wrong expectations. You're not going to see an "on demand" set up for quite some time. Think about it - Netflix is unlimited streaming at twice the price of one on demand movie. You're not going to get new content of that nature for such a low price.
However, if you're like me who thinks that 8 dollars for a pretty large volume of content that you can always find something in is good, then you'll like it. I've watched the full series of quite a few TV shows on there and I've caught a few shows I would never have watched otherwise. There are definitely times when I don't have anything on there I want to watch but then there are other times (like now with the Star Trek series) that I almost always have netflix running.
tbh netflix streaming always has a show I find 5 seasons of to get caught up in watching. I hope those scros put up the last season of Friday Night Lights, imo.
people over everything. over 8$?
mm I love rich girls
i want more USA shows they got that ty In plain sight but no burn notice or white collar.
Psych is pretty good. but i agree i want me some Burn Notice
thanks for reminding me today is a new episode keep forgetting
Check out suits too, its a pretty decent show
I want to watch burn notice so hopefully they put that up soon. But seriously, I got Star Trek for months.
Hey dude is coming out on dvd this needs to get added
If you have a private home computer in addition to your laptop, you can get around this using a remote desktop application.
Agreed, but this will be an interesting issue to watch develop. A company named Zediva is testing the legality of streaming video to users directly from DVDs using the same business model as old-school physical movie rental places. Their argument is that there is no difference between buying a DVD, then renting it to someone, than there is in buying a DVD and renting it to someone else as streaming access to that discrete, physical DVD. In my opinion, it would take a real feat of "lawyerin" to convincingly argue otherwise, so, like I said: should be interesting to watch and see if video playback businesses can get past rights management issues by using physical discs.
Now, granted, the logistics of access and hardware costs to serve a Netflix-like service would need to be worked out (the feasibility of the idea is currently limited to more of a "new releases" Redbox model), but a solution to these issues would cut-out the postal overhead, internet licensing costs, and allow a company that has spent so much on physical DVDs already to add value to assets that have -- in most cases -- already been fully depreciated (in tax terms), anyway.
I see, most of you guys like it for being able to watch TV. Thats cool. I rarely watch tv live, much less recycled, so i guess that is why i don't realize the benefit of it.
Cant even recall the last TV series i watched, i was probably still in highschool, if not even before that. Just never found interest in TV shows.
Yes - by far the most useful aspect is watching full TV seasons. They have a fair selection of movies but I rarely wait for a movie to get on there if I want to see it. For instance right now they have Iron Man 2, The Fighter, and Toy Story 3 streaming. Those are 3 pretty big movies from the past year but almost everyone who wanted to see those has done so.
I just watched TS 3 and it was worth the wait. For me waiting to watch a "must see" movie doesn't bother me and Netflix is how I watch most TV Series as I can watch them at my convenience. Just this year I watched Dexter and there are plenty of other TV series that I want to watch so I've more than enough choices to complain about.
Yeah I just think people expect too much from the streaming for 8 bucks a month. If you were paying 40 bucks a month then I could see wanting something more like OnDemand but its not quite there YET. If the studios would get off their asses and make the content available I might be more sympathetic when they complain about piracy (even though movies are making more money than ever at the theaters - go figure).
Also - Netflix is pretty much up against everyone right now. ISPs hate it because its the single largest use of bandwidth in the country, content providers hate it because they don't want to do subscription based models they want you to buy their content outright and they want you to buy it several times. They've got some big challenges up ahead.
tbh we're all up against ISPs!
True.
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