Finally true, well priced, on demand movies.

[Chadwick]

So, i set up amazon on-demand with my new blu-ray player and i love it. The prices are 10-20% better than playstation store and being we dont watch movies like we used to i think we will end up dropping netflix and using this. Getting any movie i want to watch when i want to watch it without discs etc is amazing.

I am glad we are finally at the stage where we can get this reliably.

Plus there are plenty of places doing this now so i am betting prices will drop to about $3-4 for an HD full movie.

I foresee netflix going the way of blockbuster and being left in the dust if they don't set up something similar soon.

[Klaus]

Honestly, how is the quality on your big screen? I found PS3 and netflix to be kinda pixelated on some movies.

I have been using Redbox Blu-Rays ($1.50) but hope a decent streaming service comes out to avoid the trip to McDonalds to return BR.

[Jomama]

I foresee netflix going the way of blockbuster and being left in the dust if they don't set up something similar soon.

:confused: I've been streaming movies from netflix for almost a year?

The PS3 stuff didn't work well for me, but I've had zero problems with netflix...

[Kyrillian]

Does Amazon have new releases though? I hate that stuff doesn't go to Netflix until it is over a month on dvd.

[Klaus]

I think it's just Netflix and Redbox that have the 20day wait period.

[Kyrillian]

I just checked out Amazon real quick. So it's $3.99 to rent a movie to watch instantly? Is that in HD, it wasn't clear.

Can I get this on my TV through the PS3? Right now I stream Netflix through my PS3 and use the home media sharing to watch stuff off my PC.

[Chadwick]

:confused: I've been streaming movies from netflix for almost a year?

The PS3 stuff didn't work well for me, but I've had zero problems with netflix...

The netflix movie selection for streaming is horrible.

Amazon, PS store, et. al. all distribute on-demand video in 720p AFAIK.

It still looks quite good. Sure there are movies i will get on blu-ray to get in full 1080p, but i watched ironman 2 through amazon on-demand and at the time could not even tell it was not 1080. As far as i could tell they have all the new releases.

The HD prices are $4.99 for a movie

You do need a pretty fast connection to truly get it "on-demand". I had probably done a dozen "rents" through the playstation store but they were $6-7 for 1 rent.

[Kyrillian]

I have an uber FioS line for super fast speeds! I'll check it out. I'm probably still stuck with Netflix because Arda likes to stream Family Guy to her iPad in the bathtub. Yes I realize how ridiculous that sounds.

[Jomama]

I think it's just Netflix and Redbox that have the 20day wait period.

In exchange for more access to new releases online... Not sure what deal Amazon negotiated to get more access to new releases, but I'm not surprised they're in a much stronger position than netflix being a major distributor and all that....



The netflix movie selection for streaming is horrible.



"horrible" is quite an exaggeration imo... Its not like they don't have new releases, or that its not getting better..... They have had some level of early availability... Star Trek, District 9 come to mind...

Some of the netflix stuff is HD, and I have to say, I don't even notice when it is in SD.....


If you only watch 1 or 2 movies a month its appears to be a wash or better to go with Amazon from what I can tell (although it doesn't look like it works to a PS3, so i'm out right there)...


But if you watch 5+ movies/month, on a per-price basis netflix still pwns.. I've even got to watch a few series that I never would of seen if not for netflix having them avail online (Rescue Me in particular)...

Its really the studio's controlling the access, not these guys..

[Jomama]

Scott, do you know if there is a reason this is avail on Xbox but not PS3?

[Klaus]

Currently the only way to do it I think is to install "Play On" service on your computer which then streams the Amazon movie to your PS3.


PlayOn is a streaming software that lets you stream Hulu, Netflix CNN, CBS, YouTube, ESPN and now Amazon VOD and Revision3 online content sources to your XBox 360, PS3, Popcorn Hour and many other players.

Two week free trial (I tried it last year and it was very good)
http://www.playon.tv/playon/


This just hit too:

Rejoice, PS3 owners, your Netflix streaming experience just got vastly better than anything else on the market. Starting October 18 Netflix on the PS3 will no longer require a disc, and it'll stream some content with 1080i resolution and / or 5.1-channel surround audio, while everyone else will be stuck with a max of 720p stereo for the time being. Oh, and you'll get subtitles on some content as well. Netflix is partnering with Dolby on the audio side, and the surround format will be Dolby Digital Plus, which is the same codec used by the VUDU HDX streaming service -- we're guessing it'll require a tiny bit more bandwidth but the results should sound pretty great. Netflix says 5.1 will come to other platforms "over time," so we'll see how long that takes -- and given that the PS3 is now disc-free and the company's eschewed the SRS surround features baked into its Silverlight-based platform, we're guessing Microsoft's exclusivity period has now completely run its course. Video and PR after the break.

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[Chadwick]

But if you watch 5+ movies/month, on a per-price basis netflix still pwns.. I've even got to watch a few series that I never would of seen if not for netflix having them avail online (Rescue Me in particular)...

Its really the studio's controlling the access, not these guys..

So are there two different streaming options from netflix because when you use the disc in the ps3 it seems like they have maybe 300 titles tops?

I think we will probably keep netflix for the TV series' alone. You are right, that is hands down the best way to do the TV series' on DVD.

[Jomama]

So are there two different streaming options from netflix because when you use the disc in the ps3 it seems like they have maybe 300 titles tops?

Not afaik (and as Scott posted, we don't need the disc anymore as of last week, just need to install the software, I haven't got around to it yet so no feedback about that yet...)

But there are absolutely way more than 300 titles available (granted, there is a lot of crap, but there are thousands, and they're adding to it weekly)...

Question for you? Are you using the search/browse feature while logged into the PS3? That may be your prob, i've never browsed in the PS3, I use the website search and add them to my on-line list. I think I read it was pretty klunky, but it would get better with the PS3 software fix.




I think we will probably keep netflix for the TV series' alone. You are right, that is hands down the best way to do the TV series' on DVD.

Yep, I just got caught up on Sons of Anarchy.:D

[Shortkross]

Yup! I just watched all of Arrested Development on netflix