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Thanks Ed...I enjoy streaming everyday. Got in some Breaking Bad and Mad Men last night. Enjoy Boardwalk.
HBO Survey Asks Customers About Netflix Price Increase
NewTeeVee posted screen captures from a recent HBO customer survey that asks several questions about Netflix, starting with "Are you aware that Netflix recently increased its prices on September 1?" The survey goes on to ask customer how they feel about Netflix after the price increase, and fina...
When will we get it on the xoom?
Official Netflix Android App "Now Supports All 2.2 and 2.3 Devices"
DroidMatters reports that the Netflix app for Android now supports all 2.2 and 2.3 devices, and posted a screen shot of the app description: It looks like there might be a problem with LG Thrill, but it's great that Netflix is now able to support almost every current Android device (with the p...
I get my info from Facebook.
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...
My streaming worked fine today on Xbox.
Netflix Still Having Intermittent Streaming Problems - Update: Fixed
Update: NetflixHelps reports that the problems have been fixed. NetflixHelps reports that some Netflix customers are having streaming problems: Is streaming working for you?
I have a netflix hub here in my hometown. I sent a movie back yesterday and I get an email today and my new movie tomorrow...normally...this is the first time it has not happened. No email that it was received today and a new one is sent out.
Netflix Experienced Another Multi-Hour Outage Tonight
Netflix experienced another multi-hour outage tonight, as confirmed by NetflixHelps on Twitter. ReadWriteCloud reports that the outage was caused by a disruption in Amazon's Web Services. It appears that Amazon Web Services has suffered another outage tonight. The AWS Service Health Dashboard c...
I got through an ep of Mad Men around 9:30 eastern but after that I did start getting connection messages telling me to reconnect with my server. Each time I did it connected fine but would only last about 30 seconds back in Netflix before the error came up again. Haven't checked it since.
Netflix Experienced Another Multi-Hour Outage Tonight
Netflix experienced another multi-hour outage tonight, as confirmed by NetflixHelps on Twitter. ReadWriteCloud reports that the outage was caused by a disruption in Amazon's Web Services. It appears that Amazon Web Services has suffered another outage tonight. The AWS Service Health Dashboard c...
I'll be sticking with streaming but dropping dvd's. My wife and I get to watch 1 dvd per month for the most part. It will be cheaper doing Redbox or renting from my cable company for $4 per movie than pay $8 every month. Hopefully netflix will introduce a pay by rent service so we only get charged a 3 or 4 dollar fee when we have a movie sent out.
Report Suggests That 2 Million Will Quit Netflix over Price Increase
The MSNBC Technoblog cites a study by The Diffusion Group of 500 Netflix subscribers that predicts 12-15% of Netflix subscribers will quit the service. But now, this targeted report from TDG appears to show some compromise on the part of Netflix members, while still registering their disappoin...
I had problems with xbox live the last few days. Lots of interruptions, reloads, etc. This seemed to be an xbox problem as I could not get into online gaming as well. Working fine as of this morning.
Anyone Having Trouble Streaming on the PS3 or Other Devices?
I received a couple of reports of problems streaming on the PS3 earlier tonight, and I'm wondering if anyone else is having trouble with Netflix streaming tonight?
I'd like to see Breaking Bad as well. Not sure if this contract for Mad Men is with the production company or AMC...or are they the same?
Mad Men Coming to Netflix Streaming on July 27th
Reader Jeremy notice that Mad Men now shows an available date of July 27th, so grab your smokes and a glass of scotch and get ready to follow the adventures of the ad team at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to the show, and seasons 1 - 4 will be availabl...
My credit said it would be on my $7.99 streaming bill eventhough I have both that and 1 dvd now. Changes do not go into affect until September so shouldn't my credit be for my current $10.79 fee?
Netflix offers 3% Credit for Sunday's Streaming Outage
Netflix offered a 3% credit to customers impacted by Sunday's service outage. Thanks to Zack and others for sending this in.
Down on my Roku, Xbox 360, and Android.
Netflix Streaming is Down Tonight (Sunday) - Fixed
Update: NetflixHelps announced around 2am EST that the streaming issues have been fixed. Netflix streaming was unavailable for about 8 hours for some customers. Update: (12:36am EST): NetflixHelps and Netflix on Facebook confirm the outage: For those of you having difficulty streaming tonight, ...
I just read about the increase in the paper this morning. I have been with netflix for over 10 years and we have been getting a nice deal. This increase works for people who do lots of dvd and streaming while many posts note a favoritism to one or the other. My family does more streaming than anything else so sticking with that works for me. I can't justify the price for 1 dvd at a time though. In a working family with 2 kids, my wife and I are lucky if we can sit down to watch a rented dvd once per month. It would be nice if they offered a rental per dvd charge at $3 or $4. That way, I may get charged that price for a movie but only get charged again when we get another dvd which could be 2 weeks or 6 weeks down the road. Until then, Redbox will be a better option for me to rent movies.
New Pricing Poll: What Are You Going to Do?
I'm wondering how you will react to the new pricing: With The New Netflix Pricing I'm Going to... As per a suggestion from the last poll, I've randomized the order of the questions.
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