Comments on: Netflix has big plans for the second screen http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/netflix-second-screen/ Sat, 18 May 2013 20:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leon Nicholls http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/netflix-second-screen/#comment-1097193 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:27:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=574344#comment-1097193 Able Remote for Google TV already lets you pick which Netflix videos to play from a second screen device.

]]> By: Chris Taylor http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/netflix-second-screen/#comment-1088457 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:02:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=574344#comment-1088457 Second screen is the new black. We’re going to be seeing more of this as the current players try to keep startups from disrupting the market. We wrote about this here:

http://successfulworkplace.com/2012/10/13/television-is-head-for-a-cliff-thanks-to-social-tv-and-the-second-screen/

The best part? The second screen isn’t an innovation from Silicon Valley. It is a natural outgrowth of how people want to be entertained. Very interesting stuff.

]]> By: stephengigaom http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/netflix-second-screen/#comment-1088320 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:44:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=574344#comment-1088320 that’s pretty neat.

]]> By: thenewdanger http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/netflix-second-screen/#comment-1087734 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:28:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=574344#comment-1087734 Why do this when a set top box or a TV’s dedicated remote is an exponentially more efficient way of controlling NetFlix? I tested this using my phone to control NetFlix through my PS3. I also have the standard Sony Bluetooth remote. There is no comparison. You can only do a fraction of the functions of the set top box or TV’s remotes using the NetFlix app. Replicating dedicated remotes’ capabilities in an app on a smartphone needs to be completed by the set top box and TV OEMs. Getting excited about one singular service being controlled through counterintuitive means is like taking bottled water for cleaning to a water treatment facility. The solution already exists! It’s the remote that comes with the TV! Until Sony, Samsung, LG, etc develop Android, iOS, Windows Phone apps to control their corresponding set top box or TV with the ability to FULLY control them PLUS the integrated Netflix, Hulu, etc just like the customary included physical remotes, it makes me jump for no more joy than when YouTube released the YouTube remote app. I’m not wasting phone battery life just to watch a show unless I am watching it on the phone. The physical remote “just works.”

]]> By: Ty http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/netflix-second-screen/#comment-1087655 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:06:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=574344#comment-1087655 Youtube already has an amazing control setup for phones and the PS3.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/pair on your phone. Pull up the Youtube app on your PS3 and go to the Pair option. Enter the code that the PS3 gives you on your phone. Now enjoy starting Youtube videos on your TV from your phone. You can even browse the youtube site and add other videos to the queue while it is playing videos.

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