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My PS3 Netflix doesn't work with US content anymore. Apparently they updated the Netflix app on PS3 to ignore your DNS settings and use some other servers to get the fastest speed, so when I try to play something it gets an "aip" error
still working for me.
If we could just get the same stuff, then no-one would be farting about with DNS settings to get what we want.
We are obviously willing to pay for the content, we already are yet the publishers still want to mess us around. It really makes no sense at all.
If we could just get the same stuff, then no-one would be farting about with DNS settings to get what we want.
We are obviously willing to pay for the content, we already are yet the publishers still want to mess us around. It really makes no sense at all.
Yeah, incidentally there was a bit on BBC's Click yesterday where they were talking about Bittorrent and how it's declining, in the US at least, mainly due to Netflix. Apparently 30% of nighttime internet traffic in the US is Netflix.
The other thing I don't get is, why do the film studios still care so much about cinemas? These days most people can't be bothered since they have HD TVs and a lot of people have 5.1 home cinemas. Cinemas are usually dirty and have rip-off snacks, so I would rather watch films at home these days. I only go to IMAX if I really want to watch a movie on a big screen.
I thought studios would be scrambling to get a Steam style setup going so they could bypass the cinemas and reach a far larger audience of people who wouldn't usually go to the cinema.
Maybe they make more money on a stacked model of first cinema, then DVD/Bluray then finally TV networks, but I think they would get loads more from people who would usually pirate it since they don't want to wait for the DVD/Bluray.
I was having a similar conversation with my mrs a few months back and we came to the conclusion that even if they put out a rental service for new films like iTunes, but at the same time as the cinema release (which isn't done atm), they'd have no control over how many people actually view it, giving them less money. If you could watch a film at home, you'd only technically buy "1 ticket" worth of pricing, even though more than 1 person might be watching, making them lose that extra revenue per person.
Even though I love the idea of simply renting a film to watch as soon as its released to enjoy on my state of the art home cinema equipment, it just doesn't make that much financial sense to the greedy film studios and corporations.
how good is it for recent releases.?
In a word, rubbish.