Comments on: What the NetfliXbox Numbers Don’t Mention

By: Netflix Streaming Coming to Sony TV Sets

Netflix Streaming Coming to Sony TV Sets — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:48:23 +0000

[...] of other consumer electronics companies carrying Netflix including LG, Vizio, Samsung along with Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Speaking of the Xbox, noticeably absent from the Sony announcement is streaming to the PlayStation [...]

By: Web-to-TV Streaming to Hit $2.9 Billion

Web-to-TV Streaming to Hit $2.9 Billion — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:21:45 +0000

[...] of the drivers of this transition will be game consoles, which, as we saw from the 1 million Xbox subscribers who activated their Netflix streaming earlier this year, are proving to be a popular way to access [...]

By: Netflix Passes 10 Million Subscribers « NewTeeVee

Netflix Passes 10 Million Subscribers « NewTeeVee — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:34:20 +0000

[...] this month, Netflix announced that one million of its subscribers had downloaded and activated the Netflix streaming service via the Xbox [...]

By: netflix on your tv

netflix on your tv — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:25:46 +0000

"Hulu is predominately enjoyed on a laptop"

Au contraire. We're experiencing month over month growth in PC to TV cable sales and will launch a new product this month. More and more folks are watching Internet content on their TVs. PCTVCables.com

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:10:13 +0000

The netflix service for XBOX360 Live on Verizon FIOS is outstanding. Always have 4 bars of HD quality, and the upconversion to 1080p rivals OTA, Bluray, and HD-DVD quality on the same 62" set. Some titles do still have lower quality and compression artifacts, but Netflix has stated they will be updating many titles to HD and most of the problems with artifacts may have been visible on the original source material as well. As subscriptions go up the many titles that are already available (more is added every week) will only rise (again officially stated by Netflix). This policy will only help their bottom line in the long term. I watch Netflix nearly every day on the Instant Watch queue, and even though I order Bluray discs through the mail, I don't rush to watch them as much as I rush to watch the Instant queue. I have been wishing that they would raise the limit on the Instant Queue to over 500, or possibly allow browsing through the xbox application to find unique content on a whim.

On the XBOX front, I bought the live gold service just to have the native Netflix app, but I have found myself purchasing game content through the new xbox experience. I'm by no means a Microsoft shill or fanboy, as I prefer to use Linux daily as an operating system, but the XBox services just keep getting better for me. I'm sure other movie enthusiasts like myself wish only to see more features through Netflix and Native viewing of Hulu/Youtube (HD Please) as well. This type of on demand service is much more convenient than waiting for physical media or "buy/renting" digital downloads.

I think we're at the beginning of a game changing business model, and it is now Netflix's lead to lose. I wouldn't be surprised if they bought out a Hulu or similar to expand their business model and options.

Anyhow, love the service. Love the integration with XBox 360. Here's to Netflix continuing to improve their on demand service.

Best regards, Jon

By: idl3mind

idl3mind — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:00:23 +0000

the Netflix service on my TiVo series3 locks up a lot. it's flawless on my Xbox though. I've probably watched over 50 movies (mostly horror, comedies, and indy films) since November '08

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:40:14 +0000

Yeah, but averages are tricky. And we don't know how many heavy users there are (or how heavily they use the service). I love the Netflix streaming service as well, but after an initial rush of watching I tapered off.

By: Weldon Dodd

Weldon Dodd — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:06:03 +0000

25 hours per user appears to make the possibility of front-loading and diminished usage less important. I think the novelty would have worn off after one or two movies, not 14 or 15.

I'm thrilled with Netflix and the streaming service. It works great with my TiVo HD. I'm sure that I will be renting fewer movies (probably just new releases) and spending more time browsing the instant watch queue.