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Netflix once again screws over its customers
RayB:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 13, 2011, 01:25:17 pm ---Oh yes, the look on my dad's face when he came over to watch the Cowboys on my coat hanger antenna.... priceless.
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Ah yes. I'm building one of those this weekend. I can get 2 OTA HD channels at the moment using just a pair of rabbit ears and the clarity of the image is an absolute improvement over the compressed image I had with my cable provider. Sure, I'll only get about 20 channels once I put up a UHF antenna, but it will be enough to satisfy me. Beats paying $60/mo when I watch just 3 or 4 shows.
Samstag:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on July 13, 2011, 01:13:42 pm ---How is it better? Its all digital?
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Higher bit rate. 1080i broadcasts aren't worth a damn if low bandwidth causes pixellation when there's any action on the screen. I use U-verse and get decent bit rate most of the time but if I'm going to watch something live that I can get over the air, I'll switch to my antenna ever time.
A good OTA antenna will get you a higher bit rate than most cable or satellite providers.
Edit: And to keep my reply on topic:
The Netflix plan changes made me realize that I don't watch the streaming more than a few times a month, and often only watch 1 or 2 bluray/DVD rentals per month. For $13 it was worth keeping for the times I wanted something to watch, but for almost $20 (after tax) I'd rather keep that in my pocket.
SNAAKE:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 13, 2011, 08:31:34 am ---your ps3, which is about as secure as a cardboard box with a paper lock on it.
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do you even have a ps3 or you are just....saying things??
you dont need a credit card to make a psn account. all you need is an email. and netflix worked fine even when psn was down.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: SNAAKE on July 14, 2011, 12:36:50 pm ---you dont need a credit card to make a psn account. all you need is an email. and netflix worked fine even when psn was down.
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Yeah, I don't know about the Xbox 360 version, but the PS3 is quite a fine machine for handling Netflix. And the quality is better than fine by me.
But on topic: this whole price change isn't bothering me. I only subscribe to streaming and never had any desire to add $2 to my bill. I actually like their selection of TV shows and obscure older movies. I scanned what they have, add it to my queue and watch when I have an hour or two to kill. Meanwhile, we hardly watch DVD's/BluRays in our house anyhow. Between the streaming, our cable's on-demand and all the channels, we have more than enough to choose from. And if we really need a new release, we have nearby Redbox kiosks.
And this price-hike doesn't surprise me. The way I see it, Netflix may want to be downplaying the whole "DVD's-by-mail" model. It just seems far more profitable to stream everything than shipping out a million individual discs everyday.
hypernova:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 13, 2011, 08:31:34 am ---Thus you should get cable and promptly ignore satellite assuming both are available in your area. Also you might get a good deal if youa re one of those cheap people that only get the bare minimum channels, but once you put bundles and premium channels into the equation direct tv cost about as much as a similar cable package only due to the wireless signal and lower bandwidth you are getting an inferior image. That is nothing new, it was that way from day 1.
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Price being equal? Maybe if you're talking about DirecTV. Dish has a lot lower base packages. Cable in our area is high compared to satellite, especially Dish for comparable programming. Or at least the programming that our family needs, which is basically a few kids channels like Nick, the main sports channels, and Comedy Central and pther big name channels that come in every basic package regardless of provider.
I do have cable internet, though. The DSL in our house wasn't working correctly. Gave the phone company numerous chances to figure the problem out and fix it. Never could, so we had to switch.
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