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Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:31 pm
by Ishmael
Netflix now has Andre Techine's Les Voleurs available for instant viewing. I don't think this has ever been on DVD in R1, which makes its availability pretty sweet. This a great movie; it's up there with Wild Reeds among Techine's work. I haven't checked out the transfer, but I'd expect VHS-quality P&S.
Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:00 pm
by jesus the mexican boi
It's part of the Starz! Play package. Not sure if it was shot 1:85 or 1:66, but this is definitely cropped to 1:33 and is fair quality. Luckily, subtitled and not dubbed.
Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:21 pm
by Ishmael
jesus the mexican boi wrote:It's part of the Starz! Play package. Not sure if it was shot 1:85 or 1:66, but this is definitely cropped to 1:33 and is fair quality. Luckily, subtitled and not dubbed.
Yes, when I wrote P&S I should have written that's it probably just open matte. It's been a couple years since I saw it, but the tape I saw it on was full screen and I don't remember seeing any strange lateral cutting or video-generated pans. It's good to know that the quality of the instant viewing copy is acceptable. I'll have to revisit this.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:14 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Re: Netflix
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:25 pm
by essrog
The apparently little-used profile feature is a godsend -- I can see why the people who use it went apeshit when Netflix said it was going to discontinue it. My wife and I have the three-out-at-a-time plan, and we set up separate profiles for movies I alone want to see, movies she alone wants to see, and movies we plan to watch together. Now I can't complain about her unwatched
Gossip Girl, she can't complain about my unwatched
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and we have only ourselves to blame for the unwatched
Atonement. The only problem is that it's slowed progress through the huge number of unwatched movies in my queue (dare I say, my Webyip? Netyip?)
Re: Netflix
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:19 pm
by Matt
Grrrrrrrr.
Netflix wrote:Dear Matt,
You are receiving this email because you added unlimited Blu-ray access to your account for $1 a month. The number of Blu-ray titles has increased significantly and will continue to do so. As we buy more, you are able to choose from a rapidly expanding selection of Blu-ray titles. And as you've probably heard, Blu-ray discs are substantially more expensive than standard definition DVDs.
As a result, the monthly charge for Blu-ray access is increasing for most plans and will now vary by plan. The charge for monthly Blu-ray access on your 1 DVD at-a-time (Unlimited) plan will increase from $1 a month to $2 a month. The price of your 1 DVD at-a-time (Unlimited) plan is not changing and remains at $8.99 a month.
The new charge for Blu-ray access will be automatically added to your next billing statement on or after April 27, 2009 and will be referenced in your Membership Terms and Details.
If you wish to continue unlimited Blu-ray access for $2 a month, you don't need to do anything. If not, you can remove Blu-ray access anytime by visiting Your Account.
If you have questions about this change or need any assistance, please call us anytime at 1-888-923-0898.
-The Netflix Team
Why doesn't Netflix use their clout to get Blu-ray prices lowered? The studios have a vested interest in getting the format to mainstream, and price differentials is not the way to do it.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:25 pm
by swo17
Mine went up to $3 a month for just the 2-at-a-time program. Of course, this increase only amounts to the cost of 1 Criterion DVD in a year, but it's still sort of annoying.
This is also still way less expensive than paying DISH Network something like $100 a month just so the wife can watch Project Runway in HD.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:11 pm
by Matt
Ah, I see.
It scales based on your plan. And I guess it makes sense to charge only those who use Blu-rays for the cost of purchasing more Blu-rays instead of hiking rates across the board. I guess I'm just a little miffed because so few of the titles in my queue are actually available on Blu-ray.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:24 am
by nsps
swo17 wrote:Mine went up to $3 a month for just the 2-at-a-time program. Of course, this increase only amounts to the cost of 1 Criterion DVD in a year, but it's still sort of annoying.
This is also still way less expensive than paying DISH Network something like $100 a month just so the wife can watch Project Runway in HD.
I thought the reason to do that was TCM (minus the HD).
Re: Netflix
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:29 am
by swo17
Yes, but that's not as good of a punchline.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:28 am
by Antoine Doinel
I'm really surprised the studios aren't pressuring NetFlix to abandon this plan. With the economy the way it is blah blah blah, it only makes the prospect of going HD less attractive.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:01 pm
by Matt
swo17 wrote:This is also still way less expensive than paying DISH Network something like $100 a month just so the wife can watch Project Runway in HD.
Your good lady wife will be happy with
this news, then.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:09 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Curse yourself now for not
adding the BluRay of
Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist to your queue.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:13 pm
by kaujot
Just a note to anyone in the Austin area:
If you use Time Warner as your ISP, they've stupidly (and, somewhat maliciously) decided to meter your bandwidth usage starting in April, so if you stream Netflix often, I suggest you switch ISP to someone else (and AT&T is also going to start doing that in Austin, too, the fuckers).
Re: Netflix
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:25 pm
by swo17
Matt wrote:swo17 wrote:This is also still way less expensive than paying DISH Network something like $100 a month just so the wife can watch Project Runway in HD.
Your good lady wife will be happy with
this news, then.
Ah, if only that were the only show on Bravo that she required to sustain a pulse. Plus, as was mentioned earlier, it's worth it just for the SD feed of TCM, right? Right?
Re: Netflix
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:14 pm
by jesus the mexican boi
kaujot wrote:Just a note to anyone in the Austin area:
If you use Time Warner as your ISP, they've stupidly (and, somewhat maliciously) decided to meter your bandwidth usage starting in April, so if you stream Netflix often, I suggest you switch ISP to someone else (and AT&T is also going to start doing that in Austin, too, the fuckers).
I'm in the Austin area, too, kaujot, and saw this news. Who's left? Verizon?
Re: Netflix
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:34 pm
by kaujot
jesus the mexican boi wrote:I'm in the Austin area, too, kaujot, and saw this news. Who's left? Verizon?
I checked Verizon's site today, and as of now, they don't offer FiOS service in my area (relatively near UT's campus). The only other non-metering service that I'm aware of is Grande Communications, which is supposedly pretty good. According to my boss, who used them years back, they had good service and speed. They also offer tv, if you're worried about losing that from TW, too.
Their reasoning is complete bullshit, anyway.
Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:31 am
by swo17
Original post updated with a handful of new and expiring titles.
Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:14 am
by Cash Flagg
swo17 wrote:Carol Reed's Odd Man Out, which is unavailable on DVD
Though there is a
R2 Network disc available.
Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:56 am
by swo17
Thanks for that, though for future reference, when I say "unavailable on DVD" in the context of this thread, I mean through Netflix.
Re: Netflix Instant Viewing Log
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:46 pm
by tartarlamb
Emir Kusturica's Arizona Dream seems to be available, but several people are complaining about an audio glitch that makes it unwatchable. Haven't tried it myself.
Edit: Have tried it. Looks and sounds like you're watching the film from the wing of an airplane. What a shame.
Edit 2: I was crazy/stupid enough to actually watch the entire film last night, with the audio chopping out a small bit every few minutes. It is watchable if you're dedicated -- a lot of the lines that are ruined because of the audio problems are Vincent Gallo's, which some may even consider a bonus. Alas, some Jerry Lewis bits are mutilated.
And, hey, all of the digital distortion looks a bit like confetti at times, which makes the film even more fun.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:08 pm
by Matt
I got a disc from Netflix the other day, cracked clean through. So I requested a replacement of the same title. I got the replacement today--from a different distribution center--and it too is cracked, almost identically to the first. In fact, I thought at first that maybe they just sent me the same disc again, but that wouldn't be possible. I never receive damaged discs from Netflix, so two in a row (of the same title) is a pretty odd occurrence. The last damaged disc I got was in January '08, and the one before that was in August '07.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:17 pm
by swo17
That exact same thing (two cracked in a row)
happened to me once too. You didn't happen to rent
L'Argent, did you?
Re: Netflix
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:26 am
by Cash Flagg
swo17 wrote:That exact same thing (two cracked in a row)
happened to me once too. You didn't happen to rent
L'Argent, did you?
Ditto, but it was
Blondie: Behind the Music for me.
Re: Netflix
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:54 am
by knives
It happened with Wild at Heart for me this week.