Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[vansmack]

Is it just me, or has Netflix dropped the ball on streaming of new movies?

The studios (and I'm sure the Network movie channels) have limited the release of new releases to streaming.  There's a minimum of 28 days for some movies, 6 months for some and some you may never see at all.

[i am gay and i like cats]

plus, netflix and stars have parted ways . . . not sure how many titles are stars, but i seem to remember that stars stuff is really the best netflix has to offer.  without them, this whole price increase thing gets less fun.

[vansmack]

As an investor (and someone who did cancel both) I have a hard time believing that, and if true, you'd think they would be touting that as they downgraded their estimates on subscribers, yet they say their financial guidance remains unchanged. 

I smell something stinky and await October numbers.

I'm not alone:

At 11:15 a.m. PT, Netflix's stock was trading at about $169 a share, down $39 or 18 percent.

Of course the revenue numbers would indicate that they're growing...

[Brian_Wallace]

plus, netflix and stars have parted ways . . . not sure how many titles are stars, but i seem to remember that stars stuff is really the best netflix has to offer.  without them, this whole price increase thing gets less fun.

Starz is awesome because Starz has Spartacus (Andy Whitfield, Rest in Peace.  I love you, man.)  It's like "Gladiator" meets "Girls Gone Wild"!  It has Xena regularly undressed!  It's AWESOME!

"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"



Brian

[vansmack]

The Samsung Galaxy S II hits Sprint.  It's fantastic and meet my requirements of a dual-core phone with 4G capabilities.  I believe they are calling it the Epic 4G Touch - best phone in the US Market.

Review of Samsung Epic 4G Touch

[sweetcell]

Netflix renames DVD-by-mail service, adds video games
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/19/tech/web/netflix-qwikster/index.html

[i am gay and i like cats]

if anybody has been paying attention . . . netflix streaming got a bit better over the past week, and amazon on demand has really cranked up their "newer films from theatre" selections.  may the war commence.  love the game aspect, seeing how i'm finally getting around to buying an xbox 360 once the $50 drop takes effect, and have always wanted to try gamefly.com.

[Brian_Wallace]

if anybody has been paying attention . . . netflix streaming got a bit better over the past week, and amazon on demand has really cranked up their "newer films from theatre" selections.  may the war commence.  love the game aspect, seeing how i'm finally getting around to buying an xbox 360 once the $50 drop takes effect, and have always wanted to try gamefly.com.

Don't play video games.  Idiots play video games.  Fact.  Read more.   Listen to more music.  Get a sketch pad.  Draw or paint.  Learn a language.  Be creative.  Go for a run.

Brian

[i am gay and i like cats]

i do all of those things.  except run.  i don't understand that.

i'm currently reading the storm

i'm currently writing a novel, with neato/freako pictures, drawn by myself

i'm currently attempting to learn spanish . . . very badly.

i work in a very stress filled enviroment.

i go to the gym four times a week.

i do more in one day, than you do, i'm sure.

plus i play video games to wind down the day, because i don't have cable.


anything else, smarty mcfarty?

[vansmack]

Netflix renames DVD-by-mail service, adds video games

So sorry, too late.  They really should have told us all of this at the outset.  I will say this though, two separate queue's will be the worst outcome of all of these shenanigans IF they kept 12 million in the "both' category, but this tends to make me believe that we're about to see that they didn't quite get 12 million in the "both" category.

I should also point out that I've tried GameFly, twice, and cancelled it both times.  Just wasn't for me...

[Brian_Wallace]

i do more in one day, than you do, i'm sure.

No.  That's impossible.

anything else, smarty mcfarty?

Yes.  As a matter of fact....



Brian

[James Ford]

how did netflix streaming get better?

if anybody has been paying attention . . . netflix streaming got a bit better over the past week, and amazon on demand has really cranked up their "newer films from theatre" selections.  may the war commence.  love the game aspect, seeing how i'm finally getting around to buying an xbox 360 once the $50 drop takes effect, and have always wanted to try gamefly.com.

[Brian_Wallace]

The only justifiable reason to play a video game:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220118/Online_gamers_solve_AIDS_retroviral_puzzle_for_scientists

Brian

[vansmack]

I play video games to make certain that when I fly my drones over Afghanistan I don't kill innocent civilians.  Only bad people.

[i am gay and i like cats]

how did netflix streaming get better?

if anybody has been paying attention . . . netflix streaming got a bit better over the past week, and amazon on demand has really cranked up their "newer films from theatre" selections.  may the war commence.  love the game aspect, seeing how i'm finally getting around to buying an xbox 360 once the $50 drop takes effect, and have always wanted to try gamefly.com.

i am obsessed with netflix and watch it every day.  i, like everybody else, bitches about the selection on the instant stream . . . but over the weekend i noticed a whole slew of new stuff added, especially on the tv side.  yes, it wasn't brand brand new straight for the theatre stuff, and they still have vast improvements to make or they are toast, but hopefully this trend of mega adding stuff to make people happy due to the change continues.  i'm also noticing less kid's shit being added.  stupid kids.