TiVo + Netfilx = Streaming Movies

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BooST

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Well, TiVo and Netflix are teaming up, despite what looked like to be troubled waters about a month ago. Read more here
 
It'll be interesting to see what kind of pricing/viewage plan they introduce. Could you for example have 3 dl'd movies availble at any one time on the basic plan? I'm guessing it would dl a new movie overnight (how long does it take to dl 7-8GB on broadband?)
 
Mercutio said:
Bleh. DVDs are undoubtedly easier to steal.
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True, but this is basically movies on demand. No more waiting for the mail. Now you don't even have to goto the mailbox, let alone the video store.
 
Again I say "bleh."

My Tivo doesn't have a digital output. My bandwidth it reserved for porn other porn things porn. I'm NOT analog-capturing a movie off a Tivo if I can get the same thing from a real DVD with alternate soundtracks and decent surroundsound options.
 
BooST said:
True, but this is basically movies on demand. No more waiting for the mail. Now you don't even have to goto the mailbox, let alone the video store.
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It won't really be a movie on demand unless they can compress the hell out of it. Even if it were 500 MB's, it'll take a long time to buffer before you get a skip-free playback.
 
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