It is exciting this is finally out, but what I am curious about is why it took so long? Clearly this was not a rocket-science situation, both platforms should have had Netflix ages before it was released. So, what happened? Was it to get Microsoft to pay for the exclusivity of forcing PS3 owners to put a disc in the drive? (Wow, that was worth the price, Ballmer - putting discs in drives is almost as exhausting as shaking a fruit juice bottle.) Does Netflix just not have coders available? Or maybe Sony is paying for this program somehow?
Sorry, just my usual Friday afternoon round of confusion. #netflixps3
@irfan: Oh, open season is great - I would love a version of Netflix streaming for my Amiga 3000. 4096 colors is cutting edge technology and I so miss the Guru Meditation errors.
Uh oh, I am showing my age again. I'll shut up now. #netflixps3
@Noobs-R-Us: I mean, yeah, I understand what you mean, I agree with the impending return to torrents for many, but are studios really 'stupid' when they try to maintain a business model? Who's going to finance programs like BSG, Heroes, Lost, or 30 Rock if no one makes any money?
Best of luck getting quality programming (if no one watches advertising or downloads via rapidshare), viewing audiences. #paidhulu
@pixelpushing: You should know by now that they ARE being paid. What do you think happens when they interrupt your Hulu show with commercials? Do you think those ADs are being given away for free? #paidhulu
Well, they do need to figure it out. If they want to charge us to watch, then they have to pull all commercials. If people are using the service as much as they claim and therefor think that having us pay makes sense, they should charge advertisers more to advertise and keep Hulu free. Hulu is an advertisers dream as you cant skip the commercials and they know exactly how many people have seen their adds. #paidhulu
The ideas I see in the comments would surely entice me to put some dough into Hulu, but I doubt that News Corp will allow anything nearly as pleasant. My criteria to get me to pay is simple. Stuff a broader range of content, and allow me to watch on my dime anywhere in the world I please. If I can access my iTunes account outside the US on my account, I should be able to do the same with Hulu. No excuses, you bastards. #paidhulu
I am no fan of subscriptions, I have already canceled cable, but even I would pay for Hulu as long as "5 things" happen for subscription paying customers.
1) No adds.
- (I don't buy things off of ads they are simply wasted time)
2) Always have access to entire series/seasons
- (no more of this episode expires in 4 days stuff)
3) Ability to recommend which new shows to be added
- (not on Netflix Instant Watch, DVD, CBS.com, Hulu should spend a portion of my charge to get the classic show I can't find anywhere else)
4) Real 720p content
- (I pay, you spend time doing some better encodes)
5) Android/iPhone Mobile capability
- (If its web-based and I'm paying I need it everywhere)
@unwanted09: Right, and monekys will fly out of my ass. You do realize that you're talking about studio executives right? You know you're talking about FOX right? #paidhulu
@nightryder21: Seriously. Why are they so reluctant to allow people to stream Hulu in WMC. As long as the logo remains in the intro video and the commercials are still watched I don't see the problem. #paidhulu
If they really really really wanted to make a giant boatload of cash they would cut a deal with studios that would give us Day of Theatre releases at home.
I see maybe 2 movies at the theatre a year cause it sucks and i hate stupid people. But i would pay double theatre prices to see a new movie the day it came out in the comfort of my home, so i can pause and go to the bathroom, smoke a joint, make an adult beverage, whatever. #paidhulu
@Eulatos: It had better be a high quality stream... Cuz if they charge double for the same video quality as current, I'll break into your house, and tear your wife in half! /mastodon #paidhulu
@Junginator: Eh, kinda. At least, not anytime soon. Giz had an article on it a while back that explained the technical details of it ([gizmodo.com]) but basically, until our bandwidths are much fatter, we'll still be settling for a less-good HD than Blu-Ray when using streaming/downloads.
That being said, I think most customers that aren't videophiles care more about availability and price than they do about bitrates and resolution. That being said, Blu-Ray has plenty to worry about in terms of market dominance, though it's certainly gonna be the high-end physical format of choice for a while.
@OCEntertainment: By the time 1080p streaming overtakes Blu-Ray, there'll probably be some other format out which makes Blu-ray obsolete. And it'll take even longer to surpass that. I mean, Japan is looking into Ultra-HDTV aren't they? That's gonna be a bitch to stream.
DVD standard comes in at around 5Mbps. HDTV at 8-15 Mbps. Blu-Ray clocks in around 40Mbps (which means my new internet connection clearly won't have a chance at handling that). When we start moving to some kinda 4K tech in the next decade or two, what kinda bitrate is that gonna have? If we can assume the same kind of 8-10x jump, we'd be sitting somewhere around 3200-4000Mbps, or 3-4 Gbps.
Yeah. Suffice to say, streaming has a hard road of beating any kind of physical format.
Then again, how long will it be before we've got Supra-ultra-mega-higher-def-o-vision...... movie cubes?
Edit: My math sucks. An 8-10x jump from Blu-Ray's 40Mbps would actually be 320-400 Mbps. Given that it's at least theoretically possible for CERTAIN countries to get Gbps speeds, Supra-Def might have a bit of a shot. But I'm unrealistically hopeful.
@OCEntertainment: I'm not so sure that they can update the definition of movie/TV content much further. It's going to reach a point very soon where there is literally so little difference that no one will want to buy into it. I mean, would you be able to tell the difference between, say, 2160p and 1080p on a 37" TV?
@OCEntertainment: I suppose so.. but there is definitely a limit to all this. Of course, there'll always be new display technologies to sell, like OLED and SED.
11/06/09
What's so slick about any of that? #netflixps3
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11/07/09
Five bucks says you don't own an xbox anyway, so getting rid of it is pretty simple huh? #netflixps3
11/06/09
Sorry, just my usual Friday afternoon round of confusion. #netflixps3
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11/06/09
Uh oh, I am showing my age again. I'll shut up now. #netflixps3
10/23/09
It won't. People will go back to stealing. Best of luck stupid studio executives.
10/23/09
Best of luck getting quality programming (if no one watches advertising or downloads via rapidshare), viewing audiences. #paidhulu
10/24/09
You can't have everything.
That's why it's going to be ADDED, so if you pay you get HD, live shows, more movies etc...
Which would be fine to me as long as it's <$10 #paidhulu
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11/03/09
Please explain that to me.
If you're such a genius then go out there and make a website rivaling Hulu that shows TV & Movies sans-advertising.
Do you even notice all the advertising on Gizmodo?
Grow up, welcome to the real world.
You can't go against something while expecting more from who you're rivaling. #paidhulu
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1) No adds.
- (I don't buy things off of ads they are simply wasted time)
2) Always have access to entire series/seasons
- (no more of this episode expires in 4 days stuff)
3) Ability to recommend which new shows to be added
- (not on Netflix Instant Watch, DVD, CBS.com, Hulu should spend a portion of my charge to get the classic show I can't find anywhere else)
4) Real 720p content
- (I pay, you spend time doing some better encodes)
5) Android/iPhone Mobile capability
- (If its web-based and I'm paying I need it everywhere)
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10/23/09
I see maybe 2 movies at the theatre a year cause it sucks and i hate stupid people. But i would pay double theatre prices to see a new movie the day it came out in the comfort of my home, so i can pause and go to the bathroom, smoke a joint, make an adult beverage, whatever. #paidhulu
10/23/09
Cuz if they charge double for the same video quality as current, I'll break into your house, and tear your wife in half! /mastodon #paidhulu
10/23/09
And with strange management even death may die.
We are better off in a world ignorant of Cthulu.
09/09/09
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That being said, I think most customers that aren't videophiles care more about availability and price than they do about bitrates and resolution. That being said, Blu-Ray has plenty to worry about in terms of market dominance, though it's certainly gonna be the high-end physical format of choice for a while.
09/09/09
09/09/09
DVD standard comes in at around 5Mbps. HDTV at 8-15 Mbps. Blu-Ray clocks in around 40Mbps (which means my new internet connection clearly won't have a chance at handling that). When we start moving to some kinda 4K tech in the next decade or two, what kinda bitrate is that gonna have? If we can assume the same kind of 8-10x jump, we'd be sitting somewhere around 3200-4000Mbps, or 3-4 Gbps.
Yeah. Suffice to say, streaming has a hard road of beating any kind of physical format.
Then again, how long will it be before we've got Supra-ultra-mega-higher-def-o-vision...... movie cubes?
Edit: My math sucks. An 8-10x jump from Blu-Ray's 40Mbps would actually be 320-400 Mbps. Given that it's at least theoretically possible for CERTAIN countries to get Gbps speeds, Supra-Def might have a bit of a shot. But I'm unrealistically hopeful.
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