Comments | alpenglow: Netflix Instant Watching

alpenglow

Netflix Instant Watching

Sep 23, 2007 01:05

We used Netflix's Instant Watching streaming feature tonight for the first time (we watched "The Breakfast Club" and the first few minutes of "The Matrix" on the Media Center PC hooked up to our TV). It's not quite DVD quality, but it's close, and entirely watchable on a large screen. The audio is only stereo, not 5.1, which is a bummer and a ( Read more... )

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jrstraus September 23 2007, 13:58:36 UTC

Yeah, the selection kind of stinks, and sadly, our download time is SLOOOOW. I'm glad you reminded me of this feature, though. Now I don't have to wait for Hobie's movie to be returned before I can watch a new one! And Breakfast Club sounds just about right.

_beal_ September 23 2007, 17:19:57 UTC

So is it compelling enough to divert users from bittorrent?

Beal out.

alpenglow September 23 2007, 20:08:01 UTC

The quality is better than most DVD rips on BitTorrent. As the name implies, it starts playing virtually instantly, instead of having to wait hours or days for it to download. And, if you're already a NetFlix subscriber (which in the US, everyone in our demographic seems to be...), then it's as free as BitTorrent.

And it's guilt-free, if one is plagued by such things.

(of course, the selection on NetFlix is still problematic)