Comments on: Netflix to offer unlimited online viewing

By: john

john — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:03:04 +0000

Man…if they used .divx for HD, it would be a real winner. Utilize the Connected platform and BOOM!

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:31:29 +0000

I use a DVI link between an old laptop (that I didn’t use anymore), which is hidden with components in a closet, and my HD LCD. I also have it hooked up to my theater sound system. It’s like a huge DVD library on demand without any complications. It is the only thing I use the laptop for (besides streaming XM) and it comes through a Wi-Fi connection. I have no complaints about quality!

By: Jess R

Jess R — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:56:05 +0000

Tried a few months ago, and it was pretty neat.. fast, clean, etc. Big pain that not only do they not support Macs, but also do not support Firefox. Even on a PC.

Another pain is that it requires administrative privilege to install on a PC, which would make me have to log out, log back in, etc,

Dont like to use IE, and that is what I’m stuck using,

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:07:42 +0000

No love for Firefox, but when plugged into my laptop’s S-Video output, even on a 61″ HDTV the picture looks comparable to standard cable. Definitely watchable.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:03:33 +0000

I never could it to work when I was a subscriber. (One of the reasons I cancelled). When I called the “help line” I waited on the phone for over 25 minutes before I hung up.

By: chaderik

chaderik — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:30:37 +0000

yea - too bad they don’t have the Mac support. i wrote them about it and got a - “we’re in development for Mac OSX but nothing at this time”

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:03:18 +0000

I’ve used it several times and it’s pretty good. You have to use Internet Explorer though.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:53:57 +0000

I’ve watched a few streamed movies through Netflix on my TV … it looks about as good as SD cable channels … which is pretty great for on-demand, commercial free movies.

And, once your computer is hooked up to the TV, it takes about the same amount of time (mabye less) to load up an on-demand movie from netflix as it does from the cable co’s on-demand library.

More choice, similar quality = winner.

By: Richard Terry

Richard Terry — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:00:42 +0000

As the other commenters mentioned, the picture quality is pretty good. The selections is limited, but growing steadily. Every so often, a popular of blockbuster movie will pop up. Click the top 50 link to get a good sampling of the best stuff available. A friend of mine loves it. He says it’s a B-movie paradise.

Firefox users get no love from Netflix right now, though.

By: Cale

Cale — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:25:51 +0000

Works great! just wish they had more movies.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:54:43 +0000

It actually works pretty well. The picture if pretty good on a 19in monitor, full-screen. It loads slow the first time you open the window because it’s got some two-step DRM junk, but once it gets past that it’s a smooth stream - no buffering. You can even fast forward and it quickly catches up.

The selection isn’t overwhelming, but there’s more there than you’d think. My only issue with it is that I don’t want to watch hours of video on my computer.

Anyone got a Media Center PC and tried it?

By: Olivier

Olivier — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:48:07 +0000

I am glad that my Macbook Pro also has Windows and Internet Explorer, because it allowed me to test their service. I watched a 90min wireless (in my bedroom to be more specific). The sound and image were great - the movie streamed after only a few seconds, and there was no buffer at all for the entire movie. Quality of the video was comparable to DVD. I haven’t used the service more for a couple of reasons: first, I’d rather watch movies on my home theater than on a small computer screen, two there isn’t a large choice of movies to watch yet. Note that Netflix has a very cool feature to let you see which movies in your queue are available for download.

By: Bruce Barber

Bruce Barber — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:27:06 +0000

I would… but they don’t support Macs