keggerz Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 http://www.netflix.com/HowItWorks (for plans $8.99/mo and up) http://www.informationweek.com/news/showAr...cleID=205604459 I am not sure how or if this will work with the use of my PS3 but I am going to find out. The DVD rental company bucks the market trend and increases its on-demand services starting at $8.99 a month. By K.C. Jones InformationWeek January 14, 2008 12:38 PM Netflix customers can now rent as many movies and television shows as they want. The company announced Monday that its 7 million unlimited rental subscribers can stream as many movies and television shows as they want, with no additional charge. The unlimited rental plans start at $8.99 a month. Netflix offers more than 6,000 titles for streaming. Last year, the company expanded its rental service to allow streaming video on PCs. Until now, subscribers could view an hour a month of free streaming on their PCs for every dollar spent on their subscriptions. "Unlimited has always been a very powerful selling point with our subscribers and a large part of what set us apart in the marketplace," Leslie Kilgore, the company's chief marketing officer, said in a prepared statement. "In talking with members about our streaming feature during the past year, it became clear that, as with DVDs, the idea of streaming unlimited movies and TV episodes on a PC resonated quite strongly. And we're now in a good position to offer that." The company rents more than 90,000 DVD titles. Netflix said it continues to expand its libraries. In the first year of streaming video, hit TV series Heroes, The Office, and 30 Rock proved the most popular, along with the following full-length movies: The Sum Of All Fears and The Italian Job and Academy Award winners Pan's Labyrinth and Letters From Iwo Jima. Subscribers who pay for just two DVDs a month, at a rate of $4.99, will have access to two hours of streaming video for free. While Netflix is expanding its services, the video-streaming business model has not been profitable for its competitors. Wal-Mart last month decided to discontinue its video download-only merchant store services because the market for paid video downloads did not perform "as expected." Download sales equaled about 1% of the $24.5 billion in DVD and home video sales and rentals in 2006, but industry experts expect downloads to grow to 10% within a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I've been using it for awhile now. I hook my laptop up to my tv, and it's pretty close to DVD quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 I've been using it for awhile now. I hook my laptop up to my tv, and it's pretty close to DVD quality. what connection are you using to go from your laptop to TV? My laptop has SVideo Out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I am not sure how or if this will work with the use of my PS3 but I am going to find out. it won't without some sort of serious workaround, because as of now the netflix player plugin only works with IE6. no mozilla, no ps3 browser. did we have this discussion on the huddle or was i researching it on my own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 what connection are you using to go from your laptop to TV? My laptop has SVideo Out You can use either that or RGB cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 what connection are you using to go from your laptop to TV? My laptop has SVideo Out I use the VGA output into the tv's VGA input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffraff Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 External monitor connection + headset audio cable out. All laptops have them. Pretty simple. I watched TV series seasons this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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