Ahh...the natural evolution of media right before our eyes. In this economy, wallets are tighter and maunufacturers need to find ways to keep their fingers in them. Assuming that HD will be available, this is defeinitely another obstacle that bluray players and media need to overcome. If this takes off and more television manufactureres do this, prices would need to drop on bluray movies in order to keep up. Why buy a bluray for $25+ when you can immediately stream that same movie instantly with as little as a subscription to Netflix? (audiophiles and videophiles excluded) Why have physical media delivered, some of which you may be on a waiting list for, when you can stream instantly. I thought the box was cumbersome, but having it all built into the TV....well, if the price is reasonable, that is a very very smart move.

Great competition for VOD services also. Competition is great. Morre please :)

I don't see this effecting BD Players anyone who has streamed video from Netflix knows the quality isn't enough to compete with a true full HD player besides the occasional pauses you go through before the stream buffer is working well.

This is a smart move by Netflix but for myself I really don't need another device to hookup to my VPN nor do I really want to pay $200 to $300 more for a TV with this technology, I would prefer a stand alone box but know we are talking the price of a BD player to play movies even in HD that are less quality then my BD player. So in the long run it just isn't worth if for me unless it is a feature added to my BD player lets say.

Are we ever going to see a clear universal subscription card system so people can buy their content and have it streamed in some form to their device?

Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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I don't see this effecting BD Players anyone who has streamed video from Netflix knows the quality isn't enough to compete with a true full HD player besides the occasional pauses you go through before the stream buffer is working well.

This is a smart move by Netflix but for myself I really don't need another device to hookup to my VPN nor do I really want to pay $200 to $300 more for a TV with this technology, I would prefer a stand alone box but know we are talking the price of a BD player to play movies even in HD that are less quality then my BD player. So in the long run it just isn't worth if for me unless it is a feature added to my BD player lets say.

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Yeah, I've only seen SD video from Netflix and wasn't impressed. But if the Netflix content offered was HD and it was comparable to ones HD TV signal, then one may be satisfied with it over buying external peripherals. As for the extra $300, do you think it would be that much? After all, Vizio and LG TV's are a lower class than say, Samsung, Panasonic and Sony. It seems to me that this may appeal to those of middle class with a tighter budget. Considering the cost of bluray movies, which may be the one thing that will make people hold off on buying a bluray player, even with sub-$200 players popping up.

I love Netflix and the direction they're going with their streaming video, but it's all poop until they deliver it with closed captioning for the hearing impaired. Are you listening, Netflix?

Originally posted by BobL:

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I love Netflix and the direction they're going with their streaming video, but it's all poop until they deliver it with closed captioning for the hearing impaired. Are you listening, Netflix?

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Or at least subtitle options. :X

DirecTV is working on streaming/on-demand video through a broadband connection, but offers nowhere near the amount of movies that Netflix does.

Netflix has already crushed the brick and mortar video chains. How long before they start eating into the cable/satellite providers' bottom line?

Originally posted by SProdigy:

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DirecTV is working on streaming/on-demand video through a broadband connection, but offers nowhere near the amount of movies that Netflix does.

Netflix has already crushed the brick and mortar video chains. How long before they start eating into the cable/satellite providers' bottom line?

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How awsome would it be if they could get TV channel feeds and sell them through their streaming service, I would take a quality hit to chose what channels I watch at a cheaper price....

I have netflix on my xbox. Netflix doesn't add movies that just release into watch instantly because IMO, they don't want other company to lose sales. If people were to watch instantly at home when new release movies after it came out, companies like microsoft, dish network, comcast, and local cable company would be piss.

Originally posted by khmernize:

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I have netflix on my xbox. Netflix doesn't add movies that just release into watch instantly because IMO, they don't want other company to lose sales. If people were to watch instantly at home when new release movies after it came out, companies like microsoft, dish network, comcast, and local cable company would be piss.

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It's a clever little thing Hollywood calls licensing. It's the reason why theater releases aren't on DVD the same day, and why you can't order PPV on demand for a DVD coming out today. I doubt Netflix is being "nice" especially if streaming on the street date would add to their bottom line. :)

And when you think Netflix was thought to be dead numerous times in the battle against Apple/Wal-Mart/BlockBuster, and now TVs are getting it built-in. Most likely they will improve selections/HD content and such. I doubt Netflix is just trying to stay ahead of the competition, but insted to crush it.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_39/b4051059.htm

Well there's defiantly one bottle neck to all these new streaming options, isp's throttling your bandwidth. The ability to stream netflix through my 360 is great at least while it's technically free. However it's still a crap shoot when it comes to getting decent quality video or even working at all. The only time that I can guarantee that streaming will work is 3 in the morning. It's one of two things, either XBL needs more servers or my isp is screwing me over... and there's no real way to tell. I doubt the problem is on netflix's end; after all they've been doing this for a while.

As streaming technologies becomes more widely used you can bet that isp's will begin to crack down on the lower tier packages and raise prices.

Streaming has a long way to go to get people to abandon dvds for it. I use Netflix streaming and it's horrible. It always says my internet is slow so it lowers the quality immensely.

I do like the technology though. Streaming is awesome but considering the Bandwidth issues this will face, who knows how it will turn out. If standard quality has issues being streamed how are they going to stream HD which would require more bandwidth?