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Netflix became the past year's best performer on the S&P 500.
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January 6th, 2014 at 4:59:20 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I tried Prime for a month before Netflix, and it absolutely sucked. Sucked big. Hard to navigate, not nearly as many movies or shows, Netflix is 1000% better. I have zero complaints about them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 7th, 2014 at 6:47:28 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | I can't find the subtitles on my menu. I have a ROKU 1, so maybe that is the problem. |
January 7th, 2014 at 12:13:30 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | It may be subtitles are not always avilable. Try a non-English film or show, if there is one, and see whether that comes with subtitles. For the record, unless I forget I plan to bring the Chromecast along to Vegas next Spring (if I go, there are still some questions on that score). I heard something about some company or group making WiFi freely avilabale at Fremont Street. If so, it's worth a try. If not, I surely will rent the hotel's WiFi a day or two. BTW hotels advertise "iPod ports" in their alarm clocks. They could advertise "Chromecast ports" in their TVs ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
January 8th, 2014 at 6:05:16 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Main Street always had free WiFi in some parts of the casino, and so did Krispy Kreme |
January 9th, 2014 at 3:23:06 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18213 |
My only gripe about Netflix is I cannot figure how to browse by genre. It will suggest "gritty crime movies from the 1980s" but I cannot find a list of how to find genres. The President is a fink. |
January 9th, 2014 at 3:56:58 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Oh, you find free, or at least unsecured, WiFi all over Las Vegas, but not in your hotel room (unless it's included in the resort fees). That was good enough to check email and even do some web browsing on my brick of a phone, and would be even better with the Nexus 7. But it's no good for watching Netflix in your room. Now it seems there's free WiFi on Fremont St, provided by the city in order to get bragging rights or something. It's supposed to be good on a one mile radius, so it may cover every hotel room Downtown. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
February 17th, 2014 at 7:55:58 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | HBO revenue was $4.9 billion for the entire year (2013). Netflix's numbers are actually pretty close, as the streaming company posted sales of $4.3 billion for the year, despite having fewer customers than HBO worldwide. HBO's operating profit is $1.7 billion for the year, Netflix's profit came in at $228 million all year. So for right now, HBO is clearly more profitable, and is unlikely to make a break from cable in the near future. However, Netflix is still growing faster, and to compete HBO/GO may still break away from cable and survive as an on-demand virtual streaming product. Of course if the merger of Time Warner and Comcast is permitted by regulators, the new bosses may be more likely to want to keep HBO wedded to cable. |
February 17th, 2014 at 9:24:48 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Remember all those annoying popup windows... why won't customers boycott bad marketers? |
February 18th, 2014 at 12:02:37 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | As for myself, I use Netflix every day and haven't subbed to HBO in years, I enjoy Netflix far more than any other thing I've found online in the last 20 years. Its a movie junkies dream come true. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
February 18th, 2014 at 2:38:39 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | It would be interesting to know precisely why HBO is more profitable. I suspect that they have less infrastructure to worry about. Since they have the ability to ride on RF technology developed a half century ago, their infrastructure cost is developing HBO-GO. But that is still a small percentage of their users. Netflix, on the other hand, has to push everything through digital media. That means they must be investing in a lot of technology that they are giving to the cable company. When Reed Hastings launched Netflix in 1997, his idea didn't make sense to a lot of people. DVD players had only been on the market for a few months, and many families were still using VHS tapes to watch movies. In spite of that, Netflix's movie inventory consisted exclusively of DVDs. Naysayers also doubted that people would want to wait for home delivery when video rental stores seemed to be everywhere. |