HDTV Almanac - Netflix Opens the Kimono

[alfredpoor]

At the IP&TV World Forum in London last week, the VP of Business Development for Netflix, Bill Holmes, revealed some inside information about his company and its plans. You can watch his entire keynote speech at this link — which I recommend — but here are some highlights.
Perhaps the most intriguing fact of his presentation [...]

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[ccclvib]

And when you figure that a lot of people have ESPN Sports Center on whenever they are home,

Pretty telling statement! That means to me the "lot of people" are men, and their wives are not watching while that goes on. If that's true, Netflix has an audience to target - so long as the house where the Sports Center watching goes on has a second net-attached TV!.

[gartrste]

They are often amazed to learn that all it takes is a network media player that costs less than $100 to get your HDTV hooked up to the Internet and Netflix.

Not to mention all of the people that are going to be upgrading their DVR anyway, so why not get a BD player that has Netflix access built in...easy to find.

[alice]

For Me, these numbers just continue to
confirm that too many people are
comfortable with convienence, highly
compressed and dated material.

I watched Body of Proof on a geninue ABC
HD channel. The sound and quality of Picture
was superior to anything seen on Nexflix.

[ccclvib]

For Me, these numbers just continue to confirm that too many people are comfortable with convienence

This is a surprise? There has never been a lot of attention paid to both top-of-the-line picture quality and equivalent sound quality. And now that so many people have what they have, it's a little late. Those of us who know what we're trying to get are in the (very small, I think) minority. And we'll always be the ones on the defensive. I think, too, it will only get worse.

[gartrste]

For Me, these numbers just continue to
confirm that too many people are
comfortable with convienence, highly
compressed and dated material.

I watched Body of Proof on a geninue ABC
HD channel. The sound and quality of Picture
was superior to anything seen on Nexflix.

Maybe, but when I watch Netflix, I don't have to worry about my experience being ruined by a bunch of Citizens United-enabled lies from the right.

I find that makes the viewing experience much more pleasurable.

[alice]

It is not surprising in the Least considering that Media
Moguls see streaming as the new Cash Cow. Yet
it demands those of us in the minority be RELENTLESS
in our efforts to educate the Majority. Show them the
Beauty of a a system that has been Calibrated to
ISF standards for picture & studio standards for Sound.

[ccclvib]

I don't have to worry about my experience being ruined by a bunch of Citizens United-enabled lies from the right.

You don't have a DVR? I haven't willingly watched a commercial in a prime time program in well over ten years! I just record everything and watch it the next night. Both my DVR's (Tivo and AT&T Uverse) give me HD viewing and audio - plus closed captioning if I want it. Absolutely my first choice for any viewing. I do watch Netflix streaming on those occasions I have nothing else I want to watch, and there happens to be a movie on that interests me. The trouble with the "Instant Queue" is the fact I have to select the movie. Sometimes that gets very difficult, since I am pretty selective. A still better choice is Blu-ray discs from Netflix. The day they stop sending discs is the day I let my subscription lapse. Ain't no way I'll let myself be allowed only streaming for the money I pay them.

[gartrste]

You don't have a DVR? I haven't willingly watched a commercial in a prime time program in well over ten years! I just record everything and watch it the next night.

Your DVRs capable of automatically skipping the commercials, or do you have to sit there hitting the "FF" key on your remote all the time lest you risk that sales drivel or political propaganda working on your subconscious?

[ccclvib]

I use the "60-second skip", which just goes forward a whole minute of program time without showing anything in between. Usually five to seven hits of the button gets me into the next segment. I usually have to back up slightly at the point to get the the beginning of the segment. You don't see any commercials like that!