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 Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:17 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:13 am
I agree with Xerxes.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:11 pm
Don't know what Xerxes said, the writing is too small.
I'm liking the Netflix. Lots of old Sci-Fi TV shows. Many of them I already have on DVD, but it's easier to fire up the Netflix on my Boxee Box and play them when I'm exercising.
I'm jamming on the SG-1 right now!
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:06 pm
Netflix as an idea is great but they really do have to beef up what they are offering so far as content is concerned. I loved Netflix the first month I had it, I liked Netflix the second month I had it, around the third month the novelty was starting to wear off but there were still some good shows on there that made it worthwhile. We’re on the 6th month now and new content just isn’t coming in fast enough to keep it interesting. One or two “premium” shows every 3 months isn’t enough, hell even Super Channel (Movie Central) adds to their programing more often.
Aside from the content issues I think they could use a better “search” function. A lot of the new premium shows aren’t displayed when you search by category which completely mystifies me. You’d think if you had a new and popular block buster on there it would be one of the first ones you’d want to come up.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:39 pm
Got it when it came out. Still use it. Still like it.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:08 pm
Same here I love it, it's stopped me from buying several movies and downloading many more.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:06 pm
Interesting to see the positive comments. There is only one person I know of that has it and said they quite enjoy it.
I've considered it and might just do the free one month trial.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:40 am
Odd what happened to my post.....
What I said was, this is good news but it still burns my ass that there is such a difference in selection between the US and Canada. At some point, Canada and the US are going to have to be treated as one commercial zone for things like this. It's the same with Xbox live. There's content that's US only and it's not just TV shows. Or, an increasing amount of internet content that is regionalally blocked. I can't watch South Park online becuase of this BS, I can't watch certain videos on Youtube (like Alanis Morisette, a Canadian artist no less).
That said, I still love Netflix. Between Top Gear, Mad Men, Newsradio, and The X Files, I can never say I don't have anythign to watch.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:56 am
xerxes xerxes: Odd what happened to my post.....
What I said was, this is good news but it still burns my ass that there is such a difference in selection between the US and Canada. At some point, Canada and the US are going to have to be treated as one commercial zone for things like this. It's the same with Xbox live. There's content that's US only and it's not just TV shows. Or, an increasing amount of internet content that is regionalally blocked. I can't watch South Park online becuase of this BS, I can't watch certain videos on Youtube (like Alanis Morisette, a Canadian artist no less).
That said, I still love Netflix. Between Top Gear, Mad Men, Newsradio, and The X Files, I can never say I don't have anythign to watch. Eventually somebody will notice how much money is lost to piracy for that reason, get close to making them one zone and then realize even more money can be made by jacking up piracy laws and just sue the hell out of people.
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BigKeithO
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:00 pm
jeff744 jeff744: Eventually somebody will notice how much money is lost to piracy for that reason, get close to making them one zone and then realize even more money can be made by jacking up piracy laws and just sue the hell out of people. Lolwut?! To date the RIAA has been awarded a grand total of $2,175,000 in the US due to lawsuits. $1.5 million from Jammie Thomas-Rasset and $675,000 from Joel Tenenbaum. Keep in mind this is just money "awarded" in a lawsuit, neither of these people can afford to pay these damages. How exactly is money "lost" to piracy in the first place? How does one "lose" money that they never had? At the most you didn't make a sale, you haven't lost anything. Actually something was created in the process. Perhaps in the future someone will see how much money is being "lost" to piracy and combat that by actually allowing Netflix and other companies to license their content at reasonable rates? Study after study has shown that if you provide legal, easily accessible, reasonably priced content online people will pay for it. Laws, or the lack of them, aren't going to put a dent in piracy. Giving people access to content in the manner that they want will.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:13 pm
BigKeithO BigKeithO: jeff744 jeff744: Eventually somebody will notice how much money is lost to piracy for that reason, get close to making them one zone and then realize even more money can be made by jacking up piracy laws and just sue the hell out of people. Lolwut?! To date the RIAA has been awarded a grand total of $2,175,000 in the US due to lawsuits. $1.5 million from Jammie Thomas-Rasset and $675,000 from Joel Tenenbaum. Keep in mind this is just money "awarded" in a lawsuit, neither of these people can afford to pay these damages. How exactly is money "lost" to piracy in the first place? How does one "lose" money that they never had? At the most you didn't make a sale, you haven't lost anything. Actually something was created in the process. Perhaps in the future someone will see how much money is being "lost" to piracy and combat that by actually allowing Netflix and other companies to license their content at reasonable rates? Study after study has shown that if you provide legal, easily accessible, reasonably priced content online people will pay for it. Laws, or the lack of them, aren't going to put a dent in piracy. Giving people access to content in the manner that they want will. 
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:16 pm
^
Look at the success of iTunes or Kobo. Even Usenet. People are willing to pay, provided it's reasonable.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:33 pm
Tricks Tricks: ^
Look at the success of iTunes or Kobo. Even Usenet. People are willing to pay, provided it's reasonable. And not overly restrictive  . That's still one thing that makes me mad about iTunes but with the introduction of their cloud service it's getting better. I can't count how many times I've bought my favourite albums just to have them mysteriously disappear on me because I've either changed phones or computers. I think I've purchased some albums 2 or 3 times over. But like I said, it is getting better.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:35 pm
Tricks Tricks: ^
Look at the success of iTunes or Kobo. Even Usenet. People are willing to pay, provided it's reasonable. I use Puretracks to obtain alot of my music. Some single tracks are a little pricey, so it depends how badly I want the song but when you buy a whole album it's comparable, if not cheaper, than if I bought the cd in a store. Easy site to use and I haven't had any negative issues at all. Great quality and tons of selections!
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