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- PhoneFlix 1.3 (Mobile)
- With PhoneFlix your iPhone can add and remove movies from your Netflix Queue, change the position of a movie in your Netflix Queue, search and browse through Netflix's catalog of over 100,000 titles including new releases, classic movies, and TV favorites, and view your recent activity, recommendations, and reviews. PhoneFlix...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Mobile, Next Mobile Web, PhoneFlix 1.3, TVs, Smart Phones, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-07-02
- Popcorn Hour C-200: Hot, buttery media streamer
- Streaming media devices for your home theater are quickly becoming a dime a dozen, so any company that doesn't already have a big name needs to stand out in order for anyone to pay attention. Popcorn Hour certainly has a moniker that's easier to recall than...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Dolby Digital, HDMI, Video, Popcorn Hour C-200, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- LG begins shipping first HDTVs with built-in Netflix capabilities
- LG begins shipping first HDTVs with built-in Netflix capabilitiesG10 not networked???By "networked" do you mean having an ethernet port to allow access to the web/web content? If so, the Panasonic G10 does have that feature. Although, instead of Netflix, it currently has access to Amazon's library of media...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, NetFlix Inc., G10, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV
- Discussion threads 2009-06-14
- LG begins shipping first HDTVs with built-in Netflix capabilities
- Streaming media devices are a good idea, but a better idea is baking those features straight into your TV. While TV manufacturers have been pretty slow about integrating online services with their sets, they've finally started figuring out it's not too tough to add an Ethernet...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Plasma, built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Streaming Media Device, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Web Technology, Managed Hosting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-06-14
- Microsoft struggles with Xbox vs. Windows Media Center positioning
- Microsoft struggles with Xbox vs. Windows Media Center positioningUnacceptableI am hoping they will change this. Media Center is a good product. I do not want to have to hook my laptop to my TV just to watch a movie. If this is the direction they are going with their 3...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Game players, Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Consumer electronics, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, positioning, Microsoft Corp., NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Medi
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- Amazon finally adds HD titles to its Video On Demand service
- Amazon finally adds HD titles to its Video On Demand serviceIt's about time! I tried Amazon's non-HD service before...... and it was quite good. Hopefully the HD service will be equally good (We missed one disc of 24 so we decided to use Amazon last time).It's wonderful that...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., NetFlix Inc., VoD
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Amazon finally adds HD titles to its Video On Demand service
- After letting Netflix have the jump on offering high-def titles as part of its video-streaming service for subscriberson home video players as well as PCsAmazon has finally rolled out the first 500 HD movies and TV programs for its Video on Demand service. Among the initial films Amazon is offering...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., VoD, Streaming Video, Amazon.com Inc., Video, HD, HD Movy, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, TVs, Web Site Development, Home Entertainment, Web Technology, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-ray player
- In almost every standalone Blu-ray player we review, you're likely to find a comment about its disc-loading speed and how it inevitably doesn't compare with the Sony PlayStation 3. For once, that's not the case, as the Samsung BD-P3600 is flat-out faster than the PS3 at loading most movies and...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray disc, Samsung BD-P3600, NetFlix Inc., Pandora, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-04-02
- Panasonic DMP-BD60
- From our perspective, the Panasonic DMP-BD35 was a landmark for the Blu-ray format, as it was the first standalone player we could wholeheartedly recommend, earning the Editors' Choice award. The Panasonic DMP-BD60 is the successor to the DMP-BD35 and it keeps everything we liked about last year's model, including Profile...
- Tags: Portals, Video on demand (VoD), Web technology, TV & Home Theater, Flash memory, disc tray, playback button, VieraCast, Panasonic DMP-BD60, Panasonic, NetFlix Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-03-27
- Top movie sites: IMDB, Yahoo! Movies, NetFlix, MSN Entertainment
- Top movie sites: IMDB, Yahoo! Movies, NetFlix, MSN EntertainmentBollywood movie sitehttp://www.moovyshoovy.com has a huge collection of online movies, which are very well indexed, so its very easy to find the film you are looking for. The site has a good search feature which allows you to find movies by actors,...
- Tags: movie site, movie, MSN Entertainment, NetFlix Inc., entertainment, MSN, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Netflix could have an open field as rival Blockbuster struggles
- Netflix, which has already proven to be recession resistant, could find itself with an open field of growth ahead as its primary bricks-and-mortar competition struggles. Throughout its history, Netflix has competed with Blockbuster. And its rival has sometimes made Netflix's profit margins shrink. But now the viability...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Bankruptcy, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Newegg, Amazon, Netflix lead e-tail customer satisfaction; eBay hits all-time low
- Newegg, Amazon, Netflix lead e-tail customer satisfaction; eBay hits all-time lowUsually when someone gives me a spreadsheet like thisI'll tell them to hide columns E-J since all they do is take up space.Good maybe ebay is getting the message. They have issues.The system is getting so complicated it harder...
- Tags: Sales channel, Retail, eBay Inc., credit card, e-tail, Newegg.com, NetFlix Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Newegg, Amazon, Netflix lead e-tail customer satisfaction; eBay hits all-time low
- Consumers report more customer satisfaction with goods and services, but e-commerce results were mixed as e-tailers like Amazon and Newegg remained strong but online broker scores dropped. The American Customer Satisfaction Index ACSI ticked up to 75.7 in the fourth quarter, up 0.9 percent from a year...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Newegg.com, Customer Satisfaction, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., American Customer Satisfaction Index, E-tail, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- News to know: Stimilus bill, Twitter Twestival, Microsoft stores, Netflix, Facebook value
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Andrew Nusca: Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus bill Sam Diaz: Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Retail, Personal Finance, Microsoft Outlook, Taxes, E-mail, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Management
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Netflix adds 600,000 subscribers since Jan 1; Tops 10 million subscriber mark
- Netflix is adding subscribers at a rapid clip. The company said Thursday that it has added 600,000 subscribers since Jan. 1 to pass the 10 million subscriber mark. Judging from Netflix's latest subscriber additions statement you can conclude: Distribution deals via Roku, Microsoft's Xbox...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Corporate Communications, DVR, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Tax Refund Special: Home theater
- If you wind up with the average household tax refund this year, you can set up a nice little home theater for around $2,500. Here's how I would configure it with that budget. HDTV ...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Home Theater, Blu-ray, Kuro PDP-5020FD, Home Entertainment, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- 1 million Xbox LIVE members activate Netflix
- 1 million Xbox LIVE members activate Netflix1 million activations - but how many cancellations?I was one of the folks that was excited by this and took advantage of the free trial offered by Netflix.That excitement disappeared rapidly, and I wound up canceling the trial within 24 hours after signing up.Now,...
- Tags: Game players, Cable, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox Live
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- 1 million Xbox LIVE members activate Netflix
- Microsoft and Netflix today announced that 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold members have downloaded and activated the Netflix application since it launched in November. In less than three months, the Xbox LIVE community has watched 1.5 billion minutes of movies and TV episodes. The...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- 2Wire MediaPoint Digital Media Player w/ Blockbuster OnDemand
- Blockbuster Video has had a rough transition to the 21st century, thanks in large part to Netflix. That flat-fee, subscription-based DVD-by-mail concern became the first major challenge to Blockbuster's once lucrative brick and mortar storefronts--a business model that was based largely on profits derived from late fees. Then, just as...
- Tags: TVs, Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, Media players, Wi-Fi, on-demand, media player, 2Wire, Blockbuster Inc., NetFlix Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-01-28
- Netflix bucks trends, beats for Q4
- Netflix, considered by some on Wall Street to be recession proof, beat analysts estimates for its fourth quarter, reporting an adjusted net income of $22.7 million, or 38 cents per share, on revenue of $359.6 million. Analysts had been expecting income of 34 cents on revenue of $354 million. Revenue...
- Tags: Revenue, NetFlix Inc., Recession, Net Income, Analyst, Vudu, GAAP, Operational Accounting, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Financial Accounting, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-26

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