Category Archives: NetFlix

Blockbuster vs Netflix: Online Movie Rental Plans Compared

By Dave | Published: 02/20/10
As streaming high-quality video becomes quicker and less expensive, we’re enjoying more and more choices for renting movies via the web. Still, for the widest selection of movies and TV rentals, odds are that to some extent, we’ll still depend on DVDs for easy access. And it’s no surprise that the places with the widest [...]
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Netflix Watch Instantly on Xbox Experience

By Dave | Published: 10/19/09
We listed our potential improvements wish list for the Netflix interface on Xbox Live a while back, and it’s encouraging to see the results that came with Microsoft’s Xbox Experience upgrade.
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Roku Adds More HD Content

By Dave | Published: 01/10/09
The folks at Roku have been busy lately. When the first Netflix-enabled set-top Roku Digital Video Player debuted last June, its singular focus, easy interface and $99 price tag made it a popular early choice for getting internet video on the big screen. As more and more people are turning to the internet to [...]
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Netflix on Xbox Live

By Dave | Published: 11/25/08
With the new Xbox Live release, Netflix brings instant online movie access to the masses. Now anyone with a Netflix “unlimited” memebership and Xbox Live can quickly and easily stream movies on demand to their TV.
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Blockbuster vs Netflix: Online Movie Rental Plans Compared

By Dave | Published: 04/06/08
It’s been a couple years since we started renting movies over the web at our house. And while we’re having fun playing in the early stages of the full-video-access-over-the-web revolution, renting DVDs via the mail will probably be a vital part of our home entertainment world for a while to come. And even though the [...]
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Side by Side: Apple TV and Vudu Compared

By Dave | Published: 01/30/08
With Apple TV’s new upgrade and features, including online movie rentals and lower pricing, it’s getting easier than ever to bring high quality and high def movies from the web to your TV. And as much as we like Apple, we like to see a robust, competitive marketplace even more. Netflix recently announced their plans [...]
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