Cinesift, a movie rating aggregator and competitor to Rotten Tomatoes, has an awesome service that will tell you which quality films are available on Amazon Prime and Netflix. If you’re bored and the lesser dregs of Netflix will not satisfy your viewing needs, try their new search features to find a film worth watching that’s … Continue reading “Frustrated with Netflix? Check Cinesift!”
Cinesift, a movie rating aggregator and competitor to Rotten Tomatoes, has an awesome service that will tell you which quality films are available on Amazon Prime and Netflix. If you’re bored and the lesser dregs of Netflix will not satisfy your viewing needs, try their new search features to find a film worth watching that’s available now!
The Netflix streaming catalog isn’t accessible to non-subscribers and even subscribers will find it a hassle to browse so Instant Watcher was created by a third-party developer to make that process less of a chore. The site’s design makes it look like a front for a pirate site but it’s purpose is nothing more than … Continue reading “Video hack: Use InstantWatcher to browse Netflix streaming titles”
The Netflix streaming catalog isn’t accessible to non-subscribers and even subscribers will find it a hassle to browse so Instant Watcher was created by a third-party developer to make that process less of a chore. The site’s design makes it look like a front for a pirate site but it’s purpose is nothing more than to improve the Netflix users’ experience and direct new business to Netflix by enabling the non-subscriber to see the streaming offerings before signing up. Joe Bob says: Check it out!
For the moment, Netflix will NOT be spinning off it’s DVD delivery service.
[This Blockbuster is located at 410 8th Street, SE Washington, DC ] Now that spotting an open Blockbuster location is a novelty that merits a double take, and scores of other video rental chains have vanished, movie fans who want to rent some DVDs for the road have had to change the way they operate. … Continue reading “DC is now down to one Blockbuster”
According to a Washington Post trend story, the lack of DVD rental stores complicates road trips. Noting that D.C. is now down to its last Blockbuster, the reporter talks to renters who lament the changing times.
How Netflix viewing habits reflect on students’ use of course materials. Discouraging EDU lessons from Netflix streaming
How Netflix viewing habits reflect on students’ use of course materials.
Hulu announced today that they will now be streaming films in the Criterion Collection through Hulu Plus for only $7.99/month. These fils will include the cool special features often found on Criterion Collection DVDs. Read Hulu’s announcement here. Hulu has created a page where one can easily browse the titles that are currently streaming. http://www.hulu.com/criterionSoon … Continue reading “Criterion Collection Now Streaming on Hulu Plus”
Hulu announced today that they will now be streaming films in the Criterion Collection through Hulu Plus for only $7.99/month. These fils will include the cool special features often found on Criterion Collection DVDs. Read Hulu’s announcement here. Hulu has created a page where one can easily browse the titles that are currently streaming. http://www.hulu.com/criterionNetflix is offering streaming-only service in Canada and they’re starting to heavily push that option in the US. Whether they can ramp up the selection of streaming titles without raising subscription costs precipitously is a big question. Will instant access trump the loss in quality and occasional network glitches inherent in streaming video? Will a … Continue reading “Netflix at a crossroads. The costs of mailing DVDs vs. streaming content.”
Netflix is offering streaming-only service in Canada and they’re starting to heavily push that option in the US. Whether they can ramp up the selection of streaming titles without raising subscription costs precipitously is a big question. Will instant access trump the loss in quality and occasional network glitches inherent in streaming video? Will a major shift to streaming content consume so much bandwidth that it clogs the internet? According to Sandvine, a company that analyzes internet traffic, Netflix already accounts for 20% of the downstream traffic in the US during peak times and that’s with their current assortment of mostly non-premium content.
Fresh off its invasion of Canada, Netflix recently announced a deal with NBC/Universal that will add a bunch of the entertainment company’s network and cable TV offerings to Netflix’s streaming service. Starting this week, Netflix Watch Instantly users will have access to * Episodes from every season of Saturday Night Live, including day-after broadcast of … Continue reading “Netflix/NBC Deal Allows Streaming of The Office, SNL, and Many More!”
Fresh off its invasion of Canada, Netflix recently announced a deal with NBC/Universal that will add a bunch of the entertainment company’s network and cable TV offerings to Netflix’s streaming service.
Starting this week, Netflix Watch Instantly users will have access to
* Episodes from every season of Saturday Night Live, including day-after broadcast of the upcoming 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons plus hundreds of episodes from the first 35 years of SNL.
* More than 75 prior season episodes of Battlestar Galactica, as well as prior seasons of Destination Truth and Eureka.
* Every episode from the last season of 30 Rock, The Office and Law & Order: SVU, as well as earlier seasons of those shows renewed for streaming from Netflix under the current deal.
* All prior seasons — and eventually next year’s final season — of Friday Night Lights.
* All prior seasons of USA Network’s Psych, In Plain Sight, as well as all seasons of Monk.
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Battlestar Galactica Season 1 – Season 4.5 – HU DVD 6601 – 6625
The Office Season 1 – Season 5 – HU DVD 4011 – 4028
SNL: Saturday Night Live The Complete First and Second Season – HU DVD 5051 – 5066
The New York Times website has a great interactive map of Netflix data which shows the popularity of various movie rentals across zip codes. They’ve mapped twelve major urban areas including DC. The maps reveal unexpected patterns. Why does I Love You Man, the Paul Rudd tour de force, stand out in zip code 20057 … Continue reading “Netflix- window to our souls”
The New York Times website has a great interactive map of Netflix data which shows the popularity of various movie rentals across zip codes. They’ve mapped twelve major urban areas including DC. The maps reveal unexpected patterns. Why does I Love You Man, the Paul Rudd tour de force, stand out in zip code 20057 as the top rented movie here but nowhere else? Is Georgetown University full of Rudd fans?
Turns out, they are fairly clear of bacteria and disease… Full article here: http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2009/11/how-clean-are-the-netflix-dvds-and-mailers.html
