Netflix Streaming Thread 2.0

Iron Man 2 is very good. Not as good as the first, but still good. Salt wasn't great, but is worth a watch as it was still fairly entertaining.
 
Has anyone tried watching Ghost in the Shell 2.0? I've been interested in watching it, but for the past couple months I always get the the error: "can't start playback." I'm not sure if it's my account or my 360 acting up though. Everything else plays fine.
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Iron Man 2 is very good. Not as good as the first, but still good. Salt wasn't great, but is worth a watch as it was still fairly entertaining.[/QUOTE]

sweet, iron man 2 has been in my queue for a while, but always gets bumped for something else. so now i can take it off and watch it whenever.
 
I am getting really annoyed with all these new movies being SD only...god damn it Netflix stop being so cheap and give us HD! Also I do like the fact that Spiderman the 1990's series is hitting netflix.... where the hell is the DVD release!?!?!
 
If anybody else has a slower internet connection (i.e. DSL) and has been irritated to no end with the performance of Netflix on the Xbox, well, I can verify now that the problem is the Xbox Netflix client. it sucks royally. I've started using my iPad 2 to play Netflix (plugged into our HDTV) and it plays completely hiccup free, unlike the Xbox. The quality isn't as good, no, but it is still pretty good (and HD, just a bit more compressed looking) and it never has those horrid, jarring hiccups which are far, far worse then a bit more compression. Basically the thing properly scales to the connection, again, unlike the Xbox. I really hope the Xbox client gets improved to handle such connections better, but so far no update for it has ever brought any improvement, so I don't have my hopes up. I'm probably going to pick up a refurb Apple TV now, since I know the iPad does such a good job of it and I'm hoping that's true of the ATV as well. Though if there were a Netflix app remote app, if you will, (an app for iPhone or iPad that could control Netflix on another iOS device) I wouldn't need an ATV or any other device. I don't think that exists, unfortunately.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']If anybody else has a slower internet connection (i.e. DSL) and has been irritated to no end with the performance of Netflix on the Xbox, well, I can verify now that the problem is the Xbox Netflix client. it sucks royally. I've started using my iPad 2 to play Netflix (plugged into our HDTV) and it plays completely hiccup free, unlike the Xbox. The quality isn't as good, no, but it is still pretty good (and HD, just a bit more compressed looking) and it never has those horrid, jarring hiccups which are far, far worse then a bit more compression. Basically the thing properly scales to the connection, again, unlike the Xbox. I really hope the Xbox client gets improved to handle such connections better, but so far no update for it has ever brought any improvement, so I don't have my hopes up. I'm probably going to pick up a refurb Apple TV now, since I know the iPad does such a good job of it and I'm hoping that's true of the ATV as well. Though if there were a Netflix app remote app, if you will, (an app for iPhone or iPad that could control Netflix on another iOS device) I wouldn't need an ATV or any other device. I don't think that exists, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]

So wait a second. You admit that the xbox is higher quality (meaning requires more bandwith), but you think it should function the same as a lower quality (lower bandwith) device?

Basically what you are saying is that you have a feature request: To be able to dictate that the xbox only use a lower quality stream. That's something some people want, and hopefully they release it.

Either way - I see very few hicups on my netflix.
 
If anybody else has a slower internet connection (i.e. DSL) and has been irritated to no end with the performance of Netflix on the Xbox, well, I can verify now that the problem is the Xbox Netflix client. it sucks royally. I've started using my iPad 2 to play Netflix (plugged into our HDTV) and it plays completely hiccup free, unlike the Xbox. The quality isn't as good, no, but it is still pretty good (and HD, just a bit more compressed looking) and it never has those horrid, jarring hiccups which are far, far worse then a bit more compression. Basically the thing properly scales to the connection, again, unlike the Xbox. I really hope the Xbox client gets improved to handle such connections better, but so far no update for it has ever brought any improvement, so I don't have my hopes up. I'm probably going to pick up a refurb Apple TV now, since I know the iPad does such a good job of it and I'm hoping that's true of the ATV as well. Though if there were a Netflix app remote app, if you will, (an app for iPhone or iPad that could control Netflix on another iOS device) I wouldn't need an ATV or any other device. I don't think that exists, unfortunately.
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In streaming netflix for 2 years or however long it's been around on Wii, I've had hicups less than 5 times on 1.5M DSL.
 
I've hardly ever had any hiccups with Netflix on the 360 and I've been using it since day 1. But I've always had fast internet since then though ranging form 6-12mbps depending on where I was living.
 
I'd watched pretty much all the Marvel/DC animated stuff they had on instant streaming, but I don'tt hink I've seen any of the new Marvel additions from 4/29. I have great memories of the 90's X-Men series as well as bits of Spider-Man and Iron Man from that time, so fuck to the yeah. Thanks Scorch!
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']I am getting really annoyed with all these new movies being SD only...god damn it Netflix stop being so cheap and give us HD! Also I do like the fact that Spiderman the 1990's series is hitting netflix.... where the hell is the DVD release!?!?![/QUOTE]

There should be 2-3 episodes of this series missing.

There's a 2 parter near the 2nd season with Vulture & Scorpion that involves/is too similar to the the Twin Towers attack. For the entire run of SPIDER-MAN on ABC Family/Toon Disney/Disney XD, this two parter never aired (Shriek Of The Vulture / The Final Nightmare).

This is a little different than the missing Tick episode, which did appear regularly during the airings then disappeared.

Some other edits to look for:
http://drg4.wariocompany.com/spdeleted.html

In other news, if you're watching the SPIDEY series in order, the wrap-up of the Neogentics story and the cliffhanger for Season 3 are all lost. Yup.

This is probably why the show isn't on DVD... nevermind that annoyance of having the entire run of the series on DVD myself aside from THOSE *two* episodes. Bah.

Edit: Series can be had on the UK version of Amazon for those with region free players: http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spiderman-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B0027ISIZC It also includes the banned episodes, but then again --- this was released abroad 2 years ago.
 
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[quote name='thrustbucket']So wait a second. You admit that the xbox is higher quality (meaning requires more bandwith), but you think it should function the same as a lower quality (lower bandwith) device?

Basically what you are saying is that you have a feature request: To be able to dictate that the xbox only use a lower quality stream. That's something some people want, and hopefully they release it.

Either way - I see very few hicups on my netflix.[/QUOTE]

No - the iPad Netflix app does HD. What I'm saying is that it adjusts to the available bandwidth, and does that well, unlike the Xbox, which is completely inept at it in my experience - it tries to push a stream that my connection isn't capable of sustaining.

Edit: well, since I don't have Fios or the like, it's hard for me to say if the quality would ever rival the Xbox over such a connection. I'll have to try it at my sister's house - she has Fios. In the end, though, the experience is infinitely better then the Xbox on my DSL, and that works for me. I can either look at an especially pretty picture that gets interrupted every 15 to 20 minutes by a jarring black screen, or I can look at a good picture that plays flawlessly. I'll take the latter.
 
Like I have said in here before, I have Verizon's cheapest DSL package and I get full bars/HD almost all the time with titles that offer it on both the 360 and the PS3, and that's via a wireless connection. Wii doesn't do HD, obviously, and I have never tried streaming Netflix to my PC.
 
Not all of the April 29 shows are live yet. It is only season 4 of fantastic 4 and astonishing x-men, spiderman and others still say DVD only. Anyone know why?
 
[quote name='Javery']Not all of the April 29 shows are live yet. It is only season 4 of fantastic 4 and astonishing x-men, spiderman and others still say DVD only. Anyone know why?[/QUOTE]

The early morning of April 29th they were available to add to instant streaming queues. I added them to mine, went to bed, and when I went to watch Spider-Man Unlimited later on none of the Marvel stuff was in my queue, and was changed to DVD only.

They show up if I attempt to watch on my PC but will not show up on Xbox, PS3 or my TV's Netflix queue.

I hope this is not a new direction for Netflix, taking this shit into Hulu "web only" territory.
 
That would suck. The reason everyone loves Netflix is because it it simple to navigate and it works across all devices. If I have a subscription I want access to all content on all of my stuff. Who watches on a PC anyway? That is the absolute last resort after the 360, PS3, iPad and even the iPhone.
 
[quote name='Javery'] Who watches on a PC anyway? That is the absolute last resort after the 360, PS3, iPad and even the iPhone.[/QUOTE]

I'll be god-damned if I'm gonna sit in an office chair and watch a movie. I'd rather watch it on the couch.
 
[quote name='Javery']Not all of the April 29 shows are live yet. It is only season 4 of fantastic 4 and astonishing x-men, spiderman and others still say DVD only. Anyone know why?[/QUOTE]

I was streaming Fantastic 4 this morning through the 360 and now it says DVD only. WTH? My son is so disappointed...
 
[quote name='Javery']That would suck. The reason everyone loves Netflix is because it it simple to navigate and it works across all devices. If I have a subscription I want access to all content on all of my stuff. Who watches on a PC anyway? That is the absolute last resort after the 360, PS3, iPad and even the iPhone.[/QUOTE]


HTPC ?

I can rip, record, stream, game, DJ, slideshow, BitTorrent and do netflix?!?

/trolling
 
[quote name='xycury']HTPC ?

I can rip, record, stream, game, DJ, slideshow, BitTorrent and do netflix?!?

/trolling[/QUOTE]

I do use my htpc for Netflix, among other things. It was a nice little investment.
 
[quote name='xycury']HTPC ?

I can rip, record, stream, game, DJ, slideshow, BitTorrent and do netflix?!?

/trolling[/QUOTE]

yeah, I'll give you that... it's in my future at some point but probably 99% of households don't have them.

I noticed that Fantastic 4 can be streamed on the iPad so the only device I can't watch it on is my TV. Sucks. My son is totally going to drop the iPad eventually.
 
[quote name='Javery']yeah, I'll give you that... it's in my future at some point but probably 99% of households don't have them.

I noticed that Fantastic 4 can be streamed on the iPad so the only device I can't watch it on is my TV. Sucks. My son is totally going to drop the iPad eventually.[/QUOTE]

W7 makes that easy, but yeah not everyone.

I've had winxp mce then skipped vista and went straight to 7

Think you might need a FW update for your Tv? And why Netflix is ignoring it?
 
[quote name='2DMention']I'll be god-damned if I'm gonna sit in an office chair and watch a movie. I'd rather watch it on the couch.[/QUOTE]

Yep. Same reason (one of many though) that I never got into PC gaming.

I don't need one hooked up to my TV (and can't do that currently as my TV lacks a PC input) and I'm not sitting at a desk (or with laptop on my lap) spending more time on a damn computer after working on a computer all day.

If I'm at home my entertainment is coming from my home theater or my iPad. Laptop pretty much only gets used for forum posting and when I'm working from home.
 
I guess I hadn't paid much attention to the SNL episodes on Netflix, but it really sucks how much they've been cut up. Some episodes are nearly 50 minutes long and others are over before I realize that they're less than 30 minutes long.
 
[quote name='xycury']Think you might need a FW update for your Tv? And why Netflix is ignoring it?[/QUOTE]

Oh, it's not my TV that streams Netflix - I use my Xbox 360. The Marvel stuff was showing up as DVD only (including Fantastic Four which was working yesterday but not as of this morning).

[quote name='HydroX']Marvel stuff is showing on my Xbox now.[/QUOTE]

Sweet! I hope it's all good when I get home tonight...
 
I'm annoyed by the fact that some of the shows and movies that I had in my queue have gone from HD to SD, which sucks. Ong Bak is a perfect example.
 
Watching Astonishing X-Men: Gifted reminds me how great the stories are in comics, and makes me regret that I stopped reading them. I'm really diggin' these motion comics.
 
I didn't recall most of the third season of Phineas & Ferb being DVD only when Netflix consolidated most TV shows into one title, but that and the fact that the last episode you can stream is a clip show was annoying.
 
That was the last new episode. The rest is not available on there because they haven't been released. But kudos on someone else watching it.
 
[quote name='Indecisive Rattle']I thought Kick-Ass was supposed to come out today. I was looking forward to watching it tonight...[/QUOTE]

I was, too.

A quick check on the Netflix website: "Availability: DVD and Blu-ray (Streaming from 5/6/11) "
 
Didn't Breaking Bad used to be available on Instant Queue? Looked for it just now and couldn't find it anywhere...was hoping to re-watch it ahead of the new season this summer. Maybe I'm losing it, I could've swore I watched a few and left it in my IQ.
 
[quote name='Gden']That was the last new episode. The rest is not available on there because they haven't been released. But kudos on someone else watching it.[/QUOTE]
It would be nice if they mention that since it only says the rest of the season is DVD only like they're holding out on them.
[quote name='Indecisive Rattle']I thought Kick-Ass was supposed to come out today. I was looking forward to watching it tonight...[/QUOTE]
I just found it via search, so you could try that.
 
[quote name='XxFuRy2Xx']I'm annoyed by the fact that some of the shows and movies that I had in my queue have gone from HD to SD, which sucks. Ong Bak is a perfect example.[/QUOTE]

Any others or any reason given for why they would do such a thing?
 
I don't know when it was added, but I've been watching season 5 of Doctor Who. This is great because I just finished the 4th season earlier in the year.
 
Someone name a good TV series that is available from start to finish on Netflix instant. I already watched Battlestar and Roswell and a couple of others but I'm up for some suggestions...
 
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