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[mitchells]

Once the producers and providers get the licensing sorted out, I suspect DVD's will disappear quickly. Rental stores have all-but disappeared, and there's no benefit to Netflix's mail service over streaming (except content). I don't see any reason to buy a new Blu Ray player right now.

I don't think you can stream Blu Ray. Which isn't really important if you are watching things like TV Shows.

[Stone]

You mean a Blu Ray disc is higher quality than HD streaming?
Even so, I can't imagine it making much of a difference to most people. I just gave my Blu Ray player to my parents -- so they could stream Netflix. They're video store went out of business last year.

[SLBunge]

BTW, the subscriber protest won't last. They'll recover many of the disgruntled, as the price is still actually quite good for the service.

Oh. Look.

Of course they had to make a very public admission that made a mistake when they proposed splitting the company into two companies.

[Orik]

BTW, the subscriber protest won't last. They'll recover many of the disgruntled, as the price is still actually quite good for the service.

Oh. Look.

Yeah, by losing money on each subscriber they're getting their volume up again.

[Wilfrid]

If they can increase revenue almost 50% in a year by losing money on subscribers, imagine how well they'll do if they ever make a profit.

[Orik]

If they can increase revenue almost 50% in a year by losing money on subscribers, imagine how well they'll do if they ever make a profit.

I'm not going to point out the difference between revenue and profit, but I suggest reading their financials in detail.

[Nathan]

You mean a Blu Ray disc is higher quality than HD streaming?
Even so, I can't imagine it making much of a difference to most people. I just gave my Blu Ray player to my parents -- so they could stream Netflix. They're video store went out of business last year.

no. not inherently. Blu-Ray is HD/1080P (if you have a 1080P tv (and one large enough to see the difference (47 inches or more, provided you sit inside of 8 feet)....with that said, the Pioneer Kuro 720P plasmas are still considered the best consumer TVs ever made due to their amazing contrast ratio). the quality of HD streaming is going to vary based on bandwidth (and source quality)...Netflix will stream in full 1080P with 5.1 channel sound if your internet connection is good enough. with that said, streaming is still going to be compressed, just like HD cable, so it won't be absolutely as good as playing uncompressed from a Blu-Ray player (or OTA HD). But that could change in the future. and the difference may not be visible to the naked eye anyway.

in a nutshell, it all depends on your internet connection.

[Anthony Bonner]

If they can increase revenue almost 50% in a year by losing money on subscribers, imagine how well they'll do if they ever make a profit.

I'm not going to point out the difference between revenue and profit, but I suggest reading their financials in detail.

but they can make it up on volume Orik. Volume.

[Stone]

You mean a Blu Ray disc is higher quality than HD streaming?
Even so, I can't imagine it making much of a difference to most people. I just gave my Blu Ray player to my parents -- so they could stream Netflix. They're video store went out of business last year.

(Their.)

[Wilfrid]

If they can increase revenue almost 50% in a year by losing money on subscribers, imagine how well they'll do if they ever make a profit.

I'm not going to point out the difference between revenue and profit, but I suggest reading their financials in detail.

Maybe you're misreading me. My post doesn't deny the difference between revenue and profit (which, after all, is pretty obvious).

[Nathan]

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[rancho_gordo]

"I don't want more choices. I just want nicer things!!!!"- Edie in Absolutely Fabulous

[SLBunge]

I would be interested in learning about the workarounds though. Especially if they involve US proxies.

You just need to have an account set up using an email from one of their affiliated domains. So, for example, I have a comcast.net email account that I never use but it is the email on my ESPN3 profile. So I can log in from any ISP with that account and get "remote" access.

By the way, XBox won't let you stream ESPN if your ISP does not have a contract with ESPN. They do not allow you to log in via any account other than your Live account.

I worked around this the other day by connecting a PC to the television and streaming by using that account from the "comcast.net" domain. It worked just fine. And last night we watched the Superbowl this way by streaming from nbc.com. A little bit annoying because of the way NBC set up the commercials to the streaming portal but way better than paying $100+ per month for Comcast.

[rancho_gordo]

I hope this means more Bret Michaels in my future!

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[Orik]

By the way, cable companies are currently lobbying to encrypt the broadcast TV they carry, so you'll need a cable box to view it. This would prevent people like Stone's friend from mistakenly stealing cable, a growing problem for them as more and more subscribers switch to internet-only service.

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