Comments on: Netflix Bumps Blu-ray Access Price up 500% http://www.breakitdownblog.com/netflix-bumps-blu-ray-access-price-up-500/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/netflix-bumps-blu-ray-access-price-up-500/comment-page-1/#comment-15747 Riyad Kalla Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:16:55 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=6061#comment-15747 Agree Nick, also the bit about the new player -- there has been nothing but ranting about it online... Netflix has a massive contract with Microsoft for dissemination of their content via MS-controlled channels and in turn Microsoft has gotten Netflix to agree to use their Silverlight technology stack ... as soon as that new player rolled out everyone started flipping out about it. The blog entry on the Netflix blog with the announcement has over 700 replies of "It sucks" for various reasons. I'm not sure if they thought the bar was really that low for online viewing or if they didn't anticipate the backlash... but with other services like Hulu working just fine multi-platform and being easier to use, I don't know that Netflix has the choice to be so excluding with it's implementation of watch-it-now. Although in another thread I mentioned that Netflix's play is more business-savvy than Hulu's... Hulu is gunning for "Ease of watching" while Netflix is nailing licensing deals with the Xbox, Roku, LG, Samsung and other hardware manufacturers to get into "Netflix-enabled" devices... their PC-viewing experience is a necessary evil IMO and not part of their core business strategy. Agree Nick, also the bit about the new player — there has been nothing but ranting about it online… Netflix has a massive contract with Microsoft for dissemination of their content via MS-controlled channels and in turn Microsoft has gotten Netflix to agree to use their Silverlight technology stack … as soon as that new player rolled out everyone started flipping out about it. The blog entry on the Netflix blog with the announcement has over 700 replies of “It sucks” for various reasons.

I’m not sure if they thought the bar was really that low for online viewing or if they didn’t anticipate the backlash… but with other services like Hulu working just fine multi-platform and being easier to use, I don’t know that Netflix has the choice to be so excluding with it’s implementation of watch-it-now.

Although in another thread I mentioned that Netflix’s play is more business-savvy than Hulu’s… Hulu is gunning for “Ease of watching” while Netflix is nailing licensing deals with the Xbox, Roku, LG, Samsung and other hardware manufacturers to get into “Netflix-enabled” devices… their PC-viewing experience is a necessary evil IMO and not part of their core business strategy.

]]> By: Nick http://www.breakitdownblog.com/netflix-bumps-blu-ray-access-price-up-500/comment-page-1/#comment-15727 Nick Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:29:28 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=6061#comment-15727 Funny thing is, they have kept their monthly fees basically the same for years. In that time, the cost of DVD's has dropped significantly. As well, their business has increased dramatically. They should have been making outrageous profits over the last few years until BD came out. It's one thing to raise the monthly fee for my overall plan a little each year. That's understandable, and practical in a business setting to cover for inflation and rising costs of business. But to jack a rate at such a high percentage at one time? Very bad business. Just a side note. I am very disappointed in the new online movie viewer. It is constantly kicking out of full screen mode on its own. And I have tried everything I know to fix this. Another in a risng number of personal complaints. Funny thing is, they have kept their monthly fees basically the same for years. In that time, the cost of DVD’s has dropped significantly. As well, their business has increased dramatically. They should have been making outrageous profits over the last few years until BD came out. It’s one thing to raise the monthly fee for my overall plan a little each year. That’s understandable, and practical in a business setting to cover for inflation and rising costs of business. But to jack a rate at such a high percentage at one time? Very bad business.

Just a side note. I am very disappointed in the new online movie viewer. It is constantly kicking out of full screen mode on its own. And I have tried everything I know to fix this. Another in a risng number of personal complaints.

]]> By: Ted http://www.breakitdownblog.com/netflix-bumps-blu-ray-access-price-up-500/comment-page-1/#comment-15413 Ted Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:43:50 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=6061#comment-15413 Ridiculous. I will stick with my VUDU Box. If my math is right renting a few movies in HDX will be less than paying for a Netflix subscription with Blu Ray. As for pushing users to streaming, I don't see how they can at this point. They need a lot more improvements like better HD and maybe adding a hard drive to the box. Ridiculous. I will stick with my VUDU Box. If my math is right renting a few movies in HDX will be less than paying for a Netflix subscription with Blu Ray.

As for pushing users to streaming, I don’t see how they can at this point. They need a lot more improvements like better HD and maybe adding a hard drive to the box.

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