news.cnet.com - 12/17/2008
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If you're a Netflix customer who's paying an extra $1 a month to rent movies on Blu-ray, you might have noticed that the discs aren't being delivered as quickly as DVDs. Josh Lowensohn, one of my colleagues here at CNET News, was complaining that he's had Futurama: Bender's Game , in his queue ...
open.neurostechnology.com - 12/18/2008
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open.neurostechnology.com —
The concept of an open set-top box is
new and a place that Linux has a very...
favorable opportunity. Unlike the desktop, where compatibility with legacy applications and peripherals is a serious impediment, the set-top box simply has to play today's ...
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zatznotfunny.com - 12/23/2008
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zatznotfunny.com —
Since the news broke on Friday , I’ve
been obsessively diligently instructing my Roku Netflix box to...
check for the version 1.5 software update. While my serial number or region hasn’t yet been cleared for the upgrade and I’m ...
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Roku Netflix Box Now Streaming HD (For Some)
newteevee.com - 12/21/2008
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newteevee.com —
It looks like Roku made its first moves
to go beyond being just the Netflix player this...
weekend. Firing up the ole Roku box this afternoon brought up the new home screen instead of immediately jumping directly into the Netflix streaming queue like it ...
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Roku Adds HD, Updates for Expansion [NewTeeVee]
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Netflix's Blu-ray selection ships more slowly than DVDs
Obsessable News Feed —
... If you're a Netflix subscriber and you rent Blu-ray movies, you might have noticed that you're paying one dollar per month extra to get those high definition discs. That's Netflix trying to deal with the extra cost, but it's apparently not enough. A representative of the company says that part of the blame lies with the movie studios, who also aren't stocking up enough. He also said the company would dedicate more resources to Blu-ray once the demand increases. But isn't the demand already higher than the supply? ...
Poll: Are your Blu-ray Discs taking forever to ship from Netflix?
Engadget HD —
... We've beaten this bush down before, but it seems that the issue is cropping up once more: Blu-ray Discs are taking ages to ship from Netflix. A recent CNET piece on the quandary took a closer look at why we're all paying more ($1 per month ...
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zatznotfunny.com 10/31/2008 —
Netflix Week continues (and we’re not even done yet)…
This morning, the New Xbox Experience (NXE) was delivered to my console. After quickly creating a non-representative (i.e. slender) avatar, I jumped right into Netflix. Unlike ...
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Blockbuster VOD Going to Blu-ray Players
newteevee.com 12/1/2008 — Hot on the heels of releasing its own set-top box , Blockbuster said it will expanding its on-demand video rental service into Blu-ray players in the first quarter of next year, as the company goes toe-to-toe with Netflix over direct delivery of ...
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crunchgear.com 11/18/2008 —
Looks like the NXE is out for those who signed up for a preview account and Netflix has confirmed that there will be 300 HD titles in the new streaming system. Looks like Christmas came early!
Instead of adding another 10,000 people to the ...
Netflix Raising Prices For Blu-ray, Not For Streaming
businessinsider.com 3/30/2009 — DVD rental service Netflix (NFLX) is bumping prices up again for the roughly 10% of its subscribers who rent hi-definition Blu-ray movies. Instead of a $1-per-month flat surcharge, Netflix will charge extra based on the movie rental package you ...
Netflix reaches 9 mil. subscribers as streaming interest grows
onetrak.com 12/15/2008 — Sometime this quarter, Netflix added its 9 millionth subscriber. Sometime in the future, it hopes to make money on its movie-streaming service. The gap between the current success of the Netflix DVD-by-mail business and the uncertain but promising ...
Netflix Subscribers See Red Over Cracked Blu-ray Discs
blog.wired.com 4/19/2009 —
Red Alert! Netflix Blu-ray disc subscribers may want to inspect their red envelopes a little more closely before popping the discs into a player.
Hundreds of subscribers to the company's movies-by-mail service say they have received ...
Netflix HD Streaming Coming to the Roku Box by Year's End [NetFlix]
gizmodo.com 11/3/2008 — Roku's lovely $99 Netflix Streaming box , equipped with HDMI and optical outputs from day one, is getting Netflix HD streaming support by "the end of the year," according to the company. With the software update users can expect access to Netflix's ...
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