Netflix
Pap...@webtv.net
Can I download the movies?
Just wondering. TIA...
Andrew Rossmann
Pap...@webtv.net says...
>
> Got a subscr. for Xmas.
> Can I download the movies?
> Just wondering. TIA...
You cannot download or save movies. You either get DVD or BluRay, or
STREAM movies using your computer or compatible device.
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movies?
Paul Heslop
I think it means to watch as you download, possibly that you can't
save the movies to your computer but have to watch them live
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Andrew Rossmann
Pap...@webtv.net says...
>
> What's a stream? I have the capacity to D/L on my Dell p/c. Why no
> movies?
Streaming means the data is sent to your computer or other device while
watching, and buffers up to several minutes worth of data, but you
CANNOT save the whole thing permanently.
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wrote:
>On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:18:15 GMT, Paul Heslop
><paul....@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Pap...@webtv.net wrote:
>>>
>>> What's a stream?
>>
>>I think it means to watch as you download, possibly that you can't
>>save the movies to your computer but have to watch them live
>
>
>We went to a lot of trouble to get the Netflix streaming service;
>buying a new DVD player that had the built-in internet receiver thing,
>and running 50 feet of ethernet cable thru walls and up to our TV.
>
>After fussing with our ISP about why we barely had enough bandwidth to
>get the movies, and only at certain times, I looked on Netflix's site
>and discovered: only a small portion of their collection is even
>available for download. The vast majority are still "rent-the-disc"
>only.
>
>the quality of the downloaded movie sucked, for us. Pixelated at
>times... granted, that could have been our crappy ISP and bandwidth.
>But you get no extras with it, no sub-titles, no nothing.
>
>we took the DVD player back and I have no real interest in it... yet.
>Hopefully one day Netflix will improve the service and have a larger
>portion of their movies available for download.
NetFlix has been steadily increasing their instant view library. It
is still primarily older movies and certainly no hot-new-releases.
As a TWC customer, we've never noticed any bandwidth issues, so the
picture quality is, for the most part, very near DVD quality. We only
use the PC to view and I've found no HD of any kind during occasional
searches. We've currently got about 40 titles in the instant queue.
Most have sat or will sit there for months until we feel there's
nothing else on hand that we'd like to watch:-(
The service's utility comes from sampling videos we might think
watchable and quickly dismissing a few dozen that turn out not to be.
That's the only problem with physically moving the discs between them
and us, there are so many that just don't have watchable content
despite decent scores on "critic" web sites and viewer opinion polls.
Andrew Rossmann
mr_rc_...@gmail.com says...
> We went to a lot of trouble to get the Netflix streaming service;
> buying a new DVD player that had the built-in internet receiver thing,
> and running 50 feet of ethernet cable thru walls and up to our TV.
>
> After fussing with our ISP about why we barely had enough bandwidth to
> get the movies, and only at certain times, I looked on Netflix's site
> and discovered: only a small portion of their collection is even
> available for download. The vast majority are still "rent-the-disc"
> only.
>
> the quality of the downloaded movie sucked, for us. Pixelated at
> times... granted, that could have been our crappy ISP and bandwidth.
> But you get no extras with it, no sub-titles, no nothing.
>
> we took the DVD player back and I have no real interest in it... yet.
> Hopefully one day Netflix will improve the service and have a larger
> portion of their movies available for download.
Netflix is working on expanding the library. Just don't look for 'new'
movies to show up immediately. Netflix recently made an agreement with
Warner to offer more titles for streaming, BUT, all new Warner movies
will be delayed 28 days from their sale date until they are available
for rental or streaming.