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Netflix suffers biggest outage ever
Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc (NFLX.O)on Thursday worked feverishly to fix the most severe outage in its history, as disc shipments to a third of its 8.4 million customers came to a halt due to a shipping system problem. Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc (NFLX.O)on Thursday worked feverishly to fix the most severe outage in its history, as disc ship... more
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Is your Netflix queue destroying the environment?
My family just got Netflix, and the first DVD we rented was An Inconvenient Truth (really). As we watched the film, I started getting pangs of regret: The movie was surely sitting on the shelf at my local video store, and here we were getting it delivered from hundreds of miles away. Is my Netflix queue destroying the environment?
You can rest your conscience: Renting a DVD by mail is probably a greener choice than going to your local video store. To understand why, let's chart the journey a DVD takes before it arrives in your living room.
Up until the last few miles, your disc's trip is pretty similar no matter how you get it. A Netflix DVD is initially delivered to the company's main distribution center in Sunnyvale, Calif., and then sent by truck with thousands of other discs to one of 53 regional distribution centers across the country. From there it's sent as part of a daily delivery to a nearby U.S. Postal Service hub, and regular mail carriers take over. Meanwhile, a DVD destined for a brick-and-mortar Blockbuster store first goes to the company's McKinney, Texas, facility, where it's repackaged into a Blockbuster-sanctioned plastic case and trucked to your local store. (Blockbuster now offers a rent-by-mail service as well.) My family just got Netflix, and the first DVD we rented was An Inconvenient Truth (really). As we watched the film, I started getting ... more -
Not Homeless but an Urban Outdoorsman
This is an amazing story.
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Netflix comes to XBox 360 FOR FREE!
Later this year Xbox 360 will finally be streaming movies from your Netflix account...FOR FREE!!! It's about time!
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Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player
Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen—you already have everything you need. Using the free Windows Media Center plug-in, vmcNetflix, you can turn your Xbox 360 into a Netflix Watch Instantly box. Here's how. Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netfl... more
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Toshiba Prepares for HD-DVD death
Toshiba, the creator of HD-DVD, is beginning to acknowledge the end of HD-DVD is near. After the move for Netflix to Blu-Ray only, and the 1/2 sales going on in stores and in Amazon.com, things do not look good. Betamax, anyone? Toshiba, the creator of HD-DVD, is beginning to acknowledge the end of HD-DVD is near. After the move for Netflix to Blu-Ray only, an... more
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Netflix Partners With LG to Bring Movies Straight to TV
Netflix, the DVD-by-mail company with more than seven million customers, has a new strategy that may one day make those red envelopes obsolete.
The company wants to strike deals with electronics companies that will let it send movies straight to TV screens over the Internet. Its first partnership, announced Wednesday night, is with the South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics to stream movies and other programming to LG?s high-definition televisions.
The partnership will extend a novel feature from Netflix, announced a year ago, that allows paying subscribers to watch any of 6,000 movies and television shows on its Web site free. But that service can be accessed only with a personal computer. Netflix, the DVD-by-mail company with more than seven million customers, has a new strategy that may one day make those red envelopes ... more -
How to make Netflix work to your advantage
There's a lot of hype about Netflix, and some people love it while others hate it. The people who love it time it right - the people who hate it, well, I guess they just do it wrong. This shows how to time it right and make the most out of all that money you're paying for the subscription. There's a lot of hype about Netflix, and some people love it while others hate it. The people who love it time it right - the pe... more
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Netflix-box
Netflix has announced plans for a set-top box from LG to be able to download movies and watch them on your computer. They already offer a certain numbers of hours of online viewing per month with existing subscriptions, so this takes that one step further. But would you actually buy the box to do this, especially since most cable carriers already offer on demand movies? Netflix has announced plans for a set-top box from LG to be able to download movies and watch them on your computer. They already off... more
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Say Goodbye to Blockbuster
It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the company is finally spiraling out of control.
Sad as it is, the end is near for Blockbuster, and all that pressure it has been placing on Netflix will be lifted.
And in the end, Netflix will be left standing to fight another day.
Although Blockbuster tried everything it could to create a compelling reason for us to use the service, the company could not overcome its downfall. For years, it was hated by those people who saw it as a monolithic organization that enjoyed charging exorbitant late fees and had little or no care of what the customers wanted most. So when Netflix offered an entirely new service, the dynamics of the industry was inexorably changed, and Blockbuster was left playing catch up. It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the compan... more -
iTunes Movie Rentals
Could be $2.99 for 30 days. Hot, I say.
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Blockbuster Gimps Total Access Plan, Now Only 5 Free Exchanges a Month, $1.99 Each...
They clearly put their customers first. This come just as Netflix announces you watch movies online on demand now, will be curious to see how it shakes out.
And when is someone gonna buy Netflix already? They clearly put their customers first. This come just as Netflix announces you watch movies online on demand now, will be curious to... more
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