Comments on: Netflix's on fire http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/02/05/netflixs-on-fire/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Victor Rossi http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/02/05/netflixs-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Victor Rossi Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:01:21 +0000 http://www.blog.webtomic.com/?p=178#comment-90 I completely agree - Netflix has gotten it right. They have been pretty impressive in keeping up with a changing market. I also like your point about how they can now quickly reach that 10% of the market that is outside of their fastest distribution range. If one way is not working - find another - and that is exactly what Netflix has done in this case. And the great thing is, they simultaneously improved upon what WAS working as well. I completely agree – Netflix has gotten it right. They have been pretty impressive in keeping up with a changing market. I also like your point about how they can now quickly reach that 10% of the market that is outside of their fastest distribution range. If one way is not working – find another – and that is exactly what Netflix has done in this case. And the great thing is, they simultaneously improved upon what WAS working as well.

]]> By: Brian Beckowski http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/02/05/netflixs-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Brian Beckowski Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:34:18 +0000 http://www.blog.webtomic.com/?p=178#comment-89 @Matthew- This is a great idea. If there is a movie I really want to see and don't want to wait for the Blu-Ray copy to arrive, I can stream it through my PS3 to my TV. I really think this is going to hurt physical DVD sales of new releases, even though it will only be available as a stream. As a person who does not buy DVD/Blu-Rays though...I love this. @Matthew- This is a great idea. If there is a movie I really want to see and don’t want to wait for the Blu-Ray copy to arrive, I can stream it through my PS3 to my TV. I really think this is going to hurt physical DVD sales of new releases, even though it will only be available as a stream. As a person who does not buy DVD/Blu-Rays though…I love this.

]]> By: matthewvb http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/02/05/netflixs-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-88 matthewvb Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:40:09 +0000 http://www.blog.webtomic.com/?p=178#comment-88 @Brian - My understanding is the Netflix plan is to stream for the first 28 days before sending out the discs. This is WB only right now, but I'm sure in the upcoming 3-5 months it'll be extended to other movie houses. @Brian – My understanding is the Netflix plan is to stream for the first 28 days before sending out the discs. This is WB only right now, but I’m sure in the upcoming 3-5 months it’ll be extended to other movie houses.

]]> By: Brian Beckowski http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/02/05/netflixs-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Brian Beckowski Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:06:35 +0000 http://www.blog.webtomic.com/?p=178#comment-87 Hey Matthew....thanks for the quote. I feel so special..... Thanks for posting that information about the Netflix Prize. I was not aware that they were running a contest like this to improve on their rating system until I read your blog. Gotta love the way in which they use their consumers to improve the site. I saw that they are planning for a Netflix Prize 2 that is going to present a harder problem in a shorter time frame. Not sure when they are releasing the requirements for that one. It'll be interesting to see what they focus on this time. Do you know if Netflix plans to stream its NEW RELEASES for 28 days before taking them to DVD? That would be awesome, because sometimes I have to wait a month or two to get a new release on Blu-Ray. Plus, the play instant movies are usually 6 months to 1 year old at best. Even though the quality of Blu-Ray is better than streaming video right now, I can see that changing in the future with faster networks. Not sure what will happen when you can get the newest release on Blu-Ray quality through streaming video. Only reason to buy a DVD/Blu-Ray then would be if you really loved the movie and wanted to own it. Otherwise, I'd just stream it everytime I want to see it. Consumers would now have an infinite video library that didn't need to take-up shelf space in their living rooms. Hey Matthew….thanks for the quote. I feel so special…..

Thanks for posting that information about the Netflix Prize. I was not aware that they were running a contest like this to improve on their rating system until I read your blog. Gotta love the way in which they use their consumers to improve the site. I saw that they are planning for a Netflix Prize 2 that is going to present a harder problem in a shorter time frame. Not sure when they are releasing the requirements for that one. It’ll be interesting to see what they focus on this time.

Do you know if Netflix plans to stream its NEW RELEASES for 28 days before taking them to DVD? That would be awesome, because sometimes I have to wait a month or two to get a new release on Blu-Ray. Plus, the play instant movies are usually 6 months to 1 year old at best. Even though the quality of Blu-Ray is better than streaming video right now, I can see that changing in the future with faster networks. Not sure what will happen when you can get the newest release on Blu-Ray quality through streaming video. Only reason to buy a DVD/Blu-Ray then would be if you really loved the movie and wanted to own it. Otherwise, I’d just stream it everytime I want to see it. Consumers would now have an infinite video library that didn’t need to take-up shelf space in their living rooms.

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