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Thank you for separating out the streaming releases! I hope you continue to do this.
Netflix New Releases for June 7th, 2011 Plus Miramax on Streaming
Click here for the full list of new release this week. Interesting DVD & Blu-ray titles include True Grit, The Company Men, The Big C, A Matador's Mistress, Shadows and Lies, Another Year, In Her Skin, Harlem Blues, Pros and Ex-Cons, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Who Does She Think She Is?, Ca...
The best interface I've seen is vudu on the ps3. You get rotten tomatoes scores, review summaries, wiki, etc. You can watch trailers and preview the first 2 minutes of any movie they have available (though it kinda sucks that this is often mostly opening credits). Plus the a/v quality is outstanding.
Dan Rayburn Compares Top Netflix Streaming Devices
Dan Rayburn from The Business of Online Video posted his seminar on Netflix-ready devices from the Streaming Media Conference. Rayburn compares the Apple TV, Roku, Xbox, Boxee, Google TV, and more. The takeaway from my presentation is that Apple TV is the weakest box on the market today and the...
stopped watching at the demos but it's unfortunate he didn't talk about netflix 5.1 audio support on the ps3 which is a pretty huge factor for anyone with decent audio gear.
Dan Rayburn Compares Top Netflix Streaming Devices
Dan Rayburn from The Business of Online Video posted his seminar on Netflix-ready devices from the Streaming Media Conference. Rayburn compares the Apple TV, Roku, Xbox, Boxee, Google TV, and more. The takeaway from my presentation is that Apple TV is the weakest box on the market today and the...
Didn't we just have this topic like a week ago?
Was Your Streaming Queue Randomly Reordered?
MC writes, "I've been watching a bunch of stuff on my Instant queue today, and I noticed that several hours ago that it was in a different order than how I had set it. Kind of a pain in the ass as I keep it ordered so I can find things easier. I know I don't really "need" an Instant queue anym...
what is party movie watching?
Starz on Xbox Streaming Supports Parties
Reader Chris discovered that Starz on Netflix streaming finally supports party movie watching.
Yeah this is super annoying. I use a browser extension to be able to highlight a movie title and right click > search netflix for it and this started happening to me on the first search recently.
Strange Netflix Website Behavior
Reader Mark writes, "If you have not been to the Netflix web site for a couple of hours and then use a shortcut, you will often land in one of the Netflix web site home pages instead of where the URL points to. If that happens, clicking on the shortcut will take you to the desired spot. Also, i...
I've had similar issues and gave up trying to manually organize my (300 title) instant queue. I now use a chrome extension called Netflix Queue Sorter to one click resort in various ways.
Are You Having Queue Troubles with TV Shows?
I've had a number of reports of queue problems, and reader Mike writes, "My instant queue has now surpassed my disc queue, which means that my instant queue grows increasingly more complicated to organize. So, I tried to move all tv series to the top as a way to give some order to the mess. Then...
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