Comments on: Netflix Preemptively Takes On Apple: Unlimited Online Movies

By: Apple TV 2.0 vs. Netflix Unlimited: This Will Be Interesting | TechConsumer

Apple TV 2.0 vs. Netflix Unlimited: This Will Be Interesting | TechConsumer — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:13:57 +0000

[...] Netflix recently announced that subscribers will have unlimited access to movie viewing online. It used to have a quota/hours system in place, which was based upon how much you paid for your mail-in DVD plan. But that isn’t the only Netflix announcement recently. Netflix has partnered with LG and is creating a cable-like box that will allow you to watch movies on your TV via Netflix streaming. More importantly, Netflix hopes to partner with videogame console makers. [...]

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:09:55 +0000

Jason,

I’m with you… But I’m not holding my breath. As sexy as Apple is, they often stop short of giving me exactly what I want.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:04:13 +0000

From my tech blog, posted Dec. 27th. Mostly about apple’s rentals, but is still relevant – as I feel that 3.99 is WAY to much for a rental, and netflix may have more of a success (even if not as sexy as apple) with their offering:

So, this is 1/2 tech wish and 1/2 apple rumor (sorry for the rumor half). Rumor part: Apple to offer movie downloads as RENTALs You can read a Wall Street Journal article about it (HERE). Now, the good WISH part: WISH 1: Please, please, please let us pay $20 a month for unlimited rentals. Be the digital netflix and everyone will love it. If I have to pay 1.99 per rental (and especially if it’s more) I’ll use it occassionally, and apple would maybe make $100 off me during the year. BUT – if I could pay $20 a month for unlimited rentals, I’d sign up right away and apple would have $240 of my cash. No problem. WISH 2: Sync this to the freakin iPhone and iPodTouch. If I rent a movie, let me do it wirelessly via my iPhone too. Particularly if I’m paying 1.99 per rental (which is just a price I’ve made up – btw), I want iTunes to remember that I rented it on my desktop, and let me also download it to my handheld device/whatever without paying for it again (and vice versa). If you make iTunes remember where I stopped watching it on my machine, and then let me download it to my iPhone while I’m at the coffee shop & it remembers where I left off – well, hell, you’d almost have my faith in Apple won back over again.

By: HD DVD Price Drops while Blu-ray Screws Early Adopters | TechConsumer

HD DVD Price Drops while Blu-ray Screws Early Adopters | TechConsumer — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:39:33 +0000

[...] 3* Check out the latest Netflix news of unlimited online movies, which supports the theory that we may be moving toward digital content before a new format (like [...]