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CCM:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 13, 2011, 08:31:34 am ---



You've got three options essentially.   Your Wii, which forces you into standard def land, your 360, which adds an additional 50 bucks a year to your bill seeing as how you'll need a gold account and your ps3, which is about as secure as a cardboard box with a paper lock on it. 

 

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Hmmm, only 3 options, you say? 

How about Netflix ready TV's, blu ray players, TIVO, mobile devices, home theaters and streaming devices? 

http://www.netflix.com/NetflixReadyDevices?cid=HDTV

gabe:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 13, 2011, 08:31:34 am ---Netfilx particularly annoys me in the sense that they've tricked people into paying for the service.  To be sure 7.99 isn't very expensive but the quality isn't so great and your options to stream it to your tv add to the cost significantly.  You've got three options essentially.   Your Wii, which forces you into standard def land, your 360, which adds an additional 50 bucks a year to your bill seeing as how you'll need a gold account and your ps3, which is about as secure as a cardboard box with a paper lock on it.  
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Or... A custom built HTPC. That is what I'm using.

I've been on a streaming only plan with Netflix for a few months now, so the change doesn't really bother me. The price/convenience of Netflix streaming is currently unrivaled - even when piracy is considered as a valid option. Until that changes, I will gladly give them a couple bucks a month. When I want physical media, Red Box happily fills the void.

Malenko:
I called them up because they are charging me sales tax. I live in Delaware, we don't have a sales tax. The guy said he'd take care of it and then I got an email asking me to send them a tax exemption form.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: CCM on July 13, 2011, 09:38:46 am ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 13, 2011, 08:31:34 am ---



You've got three options essentially.   Your Wii, which forces you into standard def land, your 360, which adds an additional 50 bucks a year to your bill seeing as how you'll need a gold account and your ps3, which is about as secure as a cardboard box with a paper lock on it. 

 

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Hmmm, only 3 options, you say? 

How about Netflix ready TV's, blu ray players, TIVO, mobile devices, home theaters and streaming devices? 

http://www.netflix.com/NetflixReadyDevices?cid=HDTV



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Yeah, we use a Roku box in the bedroom and love it.


--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 13, 2011, 08:31:34 am ---What if I don't watch anything one month?  That's 8 bucks down the drain.
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I watch Netflix more than I do cable. That's way more money "down the drain".

Dartful Dodger:
It got me thinking about how much I really use Netflix.

I get one DVD at a time, and I watch about 3 DVDs a month.  The streaming I use about once a week and it's got such a poor selection that it takes me an hour just to find a movie and I usually just settle on something that I really didn’t want to see.

The email I got said my plan will change in September. I'll see if their download content improves and is worth keeping for $8 a month, but as far as the DVDs go, 3 movies a month through RedBox will cost me $3 and I'd get the movie I want as soon as I want it.

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