Comments on: Are One in Five Netflix Subscribers Watching Online?

By: purple motes » some data points on network cost

purple motes » some data points on network cost — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:09:36 +0000

[...] for $0.25 to $0.50. That’s cheaper than U.S. postage. Hence streaming video probably offers cost-savings for Netflix and other movie rental businesses. Tags: cost, [...]

By: Weekend Update, 1.31.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:39:36 +0000

[...] on television. On an ongoing (and presumably growing) basis, though, numbers suggest that almost 20 percent of Netflix’s (NFLX) subscribers are using the company’s streaming service to watch [...]

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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:56:44 +0000

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By: Lindsay Broughton

Lindsay Broughton — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:06:28 +0000

It’s really easy to hook your laptop to your HDTV. On my Mac Book, I just bought a MiniDVI to HDMI cable and connected the two (I also had to run a cable from my head phone jack to my receiver). The quality isn’t HDTV, but it is close. We’ve dropped our cable back to just basic local channels. We use Netflix for movies and Hulu.com, Joost.com, tv.com, etc… for even more content.

By: David Sarno

David Sarno — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:57:57 +0000

Yes Peter that seems pretty specific. Don’t forget TiVo too. I just set mine up to stream Netflix the other day and was surprised how easy it was to get it working.

The portion of their catalog that is stream-ready is still quite small and missing most of the best titles (imo). But I can really see it catching on once they bulk up the library.

By: Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:51:49 +0000

I thought about too, David. But here’s Reed Hasting’s prepared remarks, via Seeking Alpha. He’s quite specific:
“in just the last month millions of our subscribers got more value from their Netflix subscription by streaming.” I don’t see how you see that as anything less than 2M subs. Only caveat would be if he assumes that each sub has multiple people watching, but that seems like a real stretch.

By: Stan Froud

Stan Froud — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:42:30 +0000

The niftiest way to get streaming Netflix movies is via Tivo.

Tivo also lets you download still jpg photos from your computer for viewing on your great big flat panel screen, and to listen to music from your computer on your serious sound system.

By: David Sarno

David Sarno — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:33:16 +0000

Peter – do you think they’re pulling a fudgesicle by conflating millions of users with millions of *uses*?

It’s kind of like the whole YouTube viewing hooey — 10m views means absolutely nothing about number of unique viewers, but it’s often trumpeted as proof of broad viewership…