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Of course cable companies will raise rates next year. Raising rates is what cable companies DO.
Will Cable Companies Increase Fees Next Year in Response to Netflix Streaming Growth?
Bloomberg cites Craig Moffett, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, who predicts that a major cable company will move to usage-based pricing next year in response to the increased Netflix streaming usage by customers “As more video shifts to the Web, the cable operators will inevitably al...
Isn't Dish/Blockbuster free for a year with a certain level of Dish service?
Blockbuster Gains 500,000 Subscribers in Past Month
HomeMedia Magazine reports that Dish / Blockbuster has added 500,000 new subscribers in the past 30 days. I guess we know where some of the missing Netflix subscribers have gone...
News: Google Reader.
Weather... Well, I still have a TV with an antenna, though I almost never watch it. I wrote a script to fetch Weather alerts from NOAA and post them to GoogleClalendar, and have WeatherBug and MyWeather.com apps on my ipod touch that signal alerts, but that's pretty much it.
I probably should acquire a weather radio.
How Do You Get News & Emergency Information After Cutting the Cord?
Long-time reader RJEJR is worried about Hurricane Irene and is looking for good sources of information: About 1 week ago today I dropped to basic cable, and of course now a major hurricane is bearing down on my south shore Long Island home. I'm already going thru Jim Cantore withdrawal. I was w...
Birdemic: Shock and Terror.
"When sexy model Nathalie (Whitney Moore) and software guru Rod (Alan Bagh) head to a motel for an afternoon tryst, they are attacked by a flock of savage exploding eagles and other birds of prey in the first wave of an all-out avian war against humanity. As the lovers scramble to find food, water and safety, they team up with gun-toting campers to rescue a pair of orphaned kids. James Nguyen directs this low-budget indie thriller."
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Birdemic_Shock_and_Terror/70135299?trkid=2361637
Looks like it's available for streaming now, so you have nothing to lose except time, and a small piece of your soul.
Also, by the same director is "Julie and Jack".
"In this love story with Hitchcockian overtones, a computer chip salesman meets the perfect girl (a brilliant software developer) -- and then she disappears. After Jack Livingston (Justin Kunkle) finds Julie Romanov (Jenn Gotzon) through an Internet dating service, he's convinced life is perfect. But when she vanishes, he's left distraught and confused. Turning to Julie's mother (Hitchcock vet Tippi Hedren), he learns a startling revelation."
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Julie_Jack/70050035?trkid=2361637
While Birdemic tends to be terrible enough to be entertaining, Julie and Jack is just terrible.
What's the Worst Movie on DVD or Streaming at Netflix?
Super Booyah has complied a list of the 25 worst movies on Netflix Watch Instantly, and the list includes Titanic 2, Taintlight, Snakes on a Train, Transmorphers, and of course Gigli. The titles alone are so bad that at first I thought the list was a joke. If you're into watching horrible movies...
I've got a CR-48. I use it regularly, but given how it chokes on Hulu, I don't expect it to be able to handle Netflix.
The retail products presumably will perform better.
Netflix App for Chrome Notebooks on the Way?
Engadget reports that an alert user noticed a Netflix plug-in for Google Chrome, possibly signaling an upcoming release of the promised Netflix support (and one could wonder if Linux support is also in the works). Does anyone have a Chrome notebook?
Even though I primarily watch streaming video, I generally think of my netflix plan as a two-DVD plan with free streaming for $14 . It's irrational, I know. With the price of two DVDs + streaming going to $19.98, it doesn't really feel worth it.
I'll probably drop to one DVD on the September Bill Date, and feel slightly fleeced at $16. I'll also probably churn through as many DVDs as I can before the hammer comes down.
Netflix Announces New DVD-Only Plans & Pricing for Combined Plans
On the Netflix blog Jessie Becker announced several important changes for subscribers and new customers: Official announcement of the DVD-only plans: $7.99 for one-out and $11.99 for 2-out, unlimited (dvd.netflix.com). The DVD & streaming unlimited plans are now separated into two $7.99 plans, ...
You can send and receive email at dialup speeds, or over cellular or satellite internet.
Dialup is way too slow to stream Netflix, and cellular and satellite tend to be slower than wireline, as well as having data caps that make streaming video extremely undesirable, and there are still many places in the US where the only option is one of those three.
Netflix Quietly Offers $7.99 Per Month DVD-Only Unlimited Plan
Ryan Lawler at NewTeeVee reports that Netflix is offering a $7.99 per month DVD-only plan that does not include streaming. You can see the new plan at dvd.netflix.com, and it's an interesting option for customers not interested in streaming. This plan is different than the $4.99 DVD-only plan th...
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