Netflix On PS3 goes disc-free...(Gets 1080p streaming and DD+ 5.1 surround sound) - Page 12

How do you activate the subtitles?

Dexter season 1 has been available for quite some time without the following seasons, so i am not holding out hope that they show up.

I don't understand the "test market" answer. How exactly are they going ot gather data on which one people prefer? Those that complain the most?

That's what I was wondering. if they were gathering data you would think there would be some kind of questionnaire.

They aren't necessarily measuring "preference", but rather most likely things like average time to accomplish a task and pauses on menu items that don't get selected (indicating that the user thought the item might be what they were looking for, but it wasn't), etc. A lot of UI testing is done via observation, and not direct questioning. In this case, the "observation" can be done by sending the timing data back to the server where it can then be analyzed in aggregate (thus negating the obvious outliers like the guy who spent 10 minutes on a button cos he took a phone call, etc). Of course, all of this is purely speculation on my part, but given the situation it makes perfect sense to me and is 100% doable.

Seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream. 1-3 were available last year - I'd assume they will return in the next few months. Probably want to bait people into buying the new box set.

I don't really care about the UI since I can at least search, unlike on Viera. What does bother me a bit is the quality. I was hesitant on Netflix and was eyeing Vudu, until I read about this announcement and signed up right away. I know I shouldn't expect blueray quality but I just expected to be a bit more blown away. I just can't stand compression artifacts.

Why isn't the 5.1 audio Dolby Digital plus as advertised?

How so? Did you check off Dolby digital in the PS3 sound options?

My receiver say DD.

EDIT- It's not all movies by the way.

As for the interface, i have one the PSblog showed. I really hope they keep that one. The only thing they should add to that is the brows while watching a movie the other version has. Thats seems like a cool feature.

Anybody have that version want to comment on it?

Unfortunately,there is no way around it....
To my eyes,the compression is no worse than what I get from my Dish Net HD signal.

I find most shows look crappy right when they start, but then get substantially better after the first minute or two, either it's a dynamic compression whereby they're able to increase quality as more of it get's buffered, or whether it's a strategy of using more compression in the beginning to allow it to start playing faster with less buffering, it's definitely noticeable. On movies where I want the full experience I just put the Blu-ray in my queue, but I like the streaming for watching "The Office" and things like that. The quality seems better than the HD titles on On-Demand, but not as good as most HD shows on regular cable. And of course, not as good as Blu-ray...

yeah, it's very fast with ff and rewind. Way better than "On Demand" from Comcast. I always have thought about getting the Logitech adapter, but I really don't mind using the BT Sony remote for the PS3 only. Plus, I got it for $15.00 from the Circuit City closeout. I still might get the adapter at some point because another issue with the NYKO is that it's steals the 1st controller slot quit often, and I have to go into the controller setting to change it. I should just disconnect the NYKO, as I rarely use it anymore. It was cheap though..$10.00.

I'll tell you, this streaming has worked out great for my family. Most, if not all movies my 8 yr.old daughter currently wishes to see are available thru streaming. It's a blessing not to have to wait for her movies to arrive in the mail. And my wife has been watching 30 Rock episodes alot. If I can keep those two happy "on demand" it's a good thing. I should have changed my old Netflix plan to a streaming plan a long time ago.

Here is a video clip of the interface I see, and I have no problems with it. It reminds me of the online interface. This is what I see when I start the app.

What program produced 5.1 in Netflix? I haven't be able to find one as yet.

the NBC tv shows like 30 rock and at least a couple seasons of the office are in 5.1

I have the exact same UI as tingham. I think that's probably as close as it's gonna get to the one on Engadget. So I guess I'll just shut up and be satisfied now. Everything else seems to work as advertised. Just wish I could do the previews and check out the Queue while watching a movie...

well! I have a slim, upgraded yesterday to disc less. So far running flawless.

I started a HD with dd plus, movie started as sd and became xhd in 1 min or so. Audio was dd ex on my 3808ci receiver. Ps3 is set to bitstream. I was wondering, who and how you guys are seeing dd plus on your receivers?

Thanks

no one has reported actually to have gotten DD plus.

I'm getting DD plx , when I should be getting pcm PLx from my fat ps3 to my hdmi receiver.

Read my post a couple of pages back

Quick question...I have the basic interface with no video browsing, but I noticed that the version number of the Netflix app is listed on the XMB if you hit Triangle when it is not running and go to information. Mine says version 2.00. What does everyone else have?

I heard from netflix. that they are working to get the dolby digital plus to work. it might take a while.

Jacob

I would strongly suspect that the app on the PS3 has nothing to do with what interface you get once you connect to Netflix - that's probably determined by their servers, and may simply be a random roll of the digital dice. Certainly there are people here who've gotten different interfaces at different times, despite using the same app each time.

By having the interface "served" to you, Netflix can update it any time they want for all PS3 owners, without having to send a new Netflix app to everyone through the Playstation Network.

What is wrong with DD plus?

I called Netflix today and they told me I was stuck with the [crappy] interface I have now & couldn't change it. I told them they should at least give us a setting or option where we can try different interfaces and decide ourselves which one we like.

They suggested everyone should call in and give their feedback on this, and that is the only way they'll know what we like & don't like. You can get the 24-hr phone # and a personalized quick service code here: http://www.netflix.com/ContactUs?lnkctr=cuPh&show=true

they are not using yet, just plain Dolby digital

I found many dozens of them just from browsing their new arrivals.
I've already watched a couple of movies that were in 5.1(The Final Storm and Paranormal Entity)
I also watched a few shows in 5.1. LAst night I watched most of the BSG finale and that was also in 5.1.(The new season additions of 30 Rock, the Office were also in 5.1)
It looked like all of season 4.5 of BSG was in 5.1

When getting 5.1 DD+ on the 3808 is shows up as Dolby Digital + + Prologic IIx cinema on my 3808 display. When receiving DD it shows up as Dolby Digital + Prologic IIx cinema.

You can also look at the audio status page and it will tell you more info about the audio stream as well as showing Dolby DIgital Plus.
Any time I watch something on VUDU I get DD+ and I have some test BDs with DD+.

That was my thought as well last night, why not give all of the different options to the user and let them pick the one they like the most to use.

Because there are probably limitations of bandwidth, site traffic, etc that mean that these decisions aren't left up to the end-user, nor should they be.

So in the end the customer isn't right. Great attitude to have. Hey here's a great new product....but you don't get it...why? Can't tell you just accept it. Bogus

I have the interface shown in the previews. I don't know if that's the supposedly 'best interface' or not, but it's good enough for me.