Netflix, Blockbuster (and others) Online/Kiosk Discussion Thread - Page 92

Originally Posted by MEC2

Never is a LONG time brother...

Originally Posted by oink

Stupidly, the SUITS forget NF was built entirely on a business model of mailing disks.

They are the biggest and most dominant player in their industry.
And now, NOW, wish to leave that market to invent another?

Originally Posted by mgkdragn

The last two return and get new disk cycles for me have had NF ignore a disk that showed available in the Q and send a different disk further down the Q ..

anyone ever had this happen .. ??

Originally Posted by rdgrimes

There's a window of availability at most shipping centers in the morning hours when specific discs can change from available to unavailable according to check-ins and check-outs and the order that customers are placed in that queue for check-out. During those hours, the actual availability changes much faster than your online queue will update. Discs marked available may not ship and discs marked "long wait" may ship. It's not a great conspiracy, just a case of the online queue not updating by the minute.

Originally Posted by b_scott

anyone have an issue where their instant queue gets reordered? I have Battlestar Gallactica at the top of my queue so I can easily access it, yet it randomly gets put at the end.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn

Thanks .. the disc that should have shipped still showed available in my Q 6 hours after the lower Q disc shipped .. I know it's not a conspiracy, it just seemed odd that the same thing happened twice in the last week and had never happened before ..

Originally Posted by Geremia P.

It happens all the time. They seem to occasionally remove a movie from the streaming service for a few minutes, then when available add it back to the end of your queue.

Originally Posted by mproper

I had three get removed today (put into my saved section), then they went back into my streaming queue....but in the original order I had them.

I have had titles jump around here and there though for some odd reason. I always assume it's my wife messing with it just to annoy me.

Originally Posted by b_scott

ha, I didn't realize you were on 2o2p. I just added you on XBL

Originally Posted by b_scott

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/12/n...streaming-and/

Uh..... k. So they flipped? Now unlimited DVDs is cheaper, and streaming + DVD is raising in price.

Streaming has been saving them TONS in postage and yet they feel the need to screw people who have supported them for a long time. Take the streaming only money and back off. At this point I'm already paying extra for Blu-ray, which is ridiculous. They are not getting new catalog titles on blu-ray at all as of 2011, so all my blu-ray charge goes towards new releases which I cannot stream, so I'm forced to pay for the discs if I want to see them anyway. And now you want to raise the price on the few movies I have left that I can get on blu-ray that I have not seen.

Originally Posted by HawaiianHDaddict

I wouldn't mind the extra $8 a month streaming fee if Netflix hadn't crippled the streaming interface for the PS3. The current interface makes it impossible to browse their entire streaming catalog, you are only presented with a limited number of categories and within each category they only give you 75 options.

Originally Posted by b_scott

isn't there search on PS3 still? Pretty sure there is on mine.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn

From the get go, I have populated my stream Q with a PC .. it's so much easier and always has been ..

Originally Posted by HawaiianHDaddict





Why should I have to use my PC to populate my streaming Q?? I should be able to sit down, turn on my TV/PS3, and browse for a movie by genre.

Originally Posted by HawaiianHDaddict

Why should I have to use my PC to populate my streaming Q?? I should be able to sit down, turn on my TV/PS3, and browse for a movie by genre.

Originally Posted by David James

Why do they make this change and not admit it's to bring in more revenue? Why do they pretend it's being done to offer us more "choices". Why must people lie?

Originally Posted by mgkdragn

When does any major company admit to greed instead of calling it more choices .. ??

Originally Posted by mgkdragn

And, essentially, they are really not lying ..

Originally Posted by David James

Oh yeah, that makes it okay
I have higher standards.
Bullsh!t.

Essentially, they are charging $15.98 for what was $9.98 - You are welcome to swallow whatever they feed you, I'm not.

Originally Posted by Aliens

I’m disappointed in the number of newer Netflix movies that aren’t available for streaming. It didn’t take me long at all to go through the most current movies, and they aren't that current, available for streaming. If they're going to charge that price I want more current movies to justify it.

I’d prefer to watch all movies on BD, but in some instances the movie doesn’t necessitate the best PQ possible. Streaming also allows me to get a glimpse of the movie, and if I’m really sold on it then I can rent the BD if I so choose.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn

I'm wondering if anyone has ever calculated what a full streaming catalog with new material week in and week out would cost on a monthy subscription basis .. ??

You might give VUDU a try .. it's a $5.99 free credit to sign up and the catalog allows previews / trailers as well as a 2 minute sneak peak glimpse on many titles ..