http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/ Engadget Comments for Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
O_o]]>Feb 11th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Now if they stop renting HD-DVDs, I will move completely back to DVDs. I hate when companies (bribed by Sony) stick the overexpensive format into my throat. So I am not going to buy Blu-Ray player or PS3 until they hit $100 mark (that's how much I paid for my HD-DVD player).

And by the time Blu-Ray players hit $100, the movie downloads would be widespread, and I will buy Apple TV or something like that and just forget about discs.

In the meantime, guys, you are welcome to support Sony, support RIAA, support DRM, support Blu-Ray...
Thank you, I will skip.



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Unless your service is Pirate Bay....]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Yeah, it's been a dirty format war, but it's been so on both sides.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 18th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Go kiss your Sony! :))))]]>Feb 11th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/]]>Feb 11th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
You heard Warner Bros. They said they WISHED Sony paid them but they didn't. They chose Blu-ray because that's where the money's at. ]]>Feb 11th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 14th 2008 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Thank god for Netflix and Blockbuster ..I could enjoy a new Blu-ray or Hd-dvd movie every other day for the price of one double-cheese burger meal and animal style fries. ]]>Feb 14th 2008 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Exactly right.]]>Feb 11th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
While BD renters are split between Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, and Netflix, HD DVD renters are almost all Netflix customers. This will lose them a significant number of customers.]]>Feb 11th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/]]>Feb 11th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Here's a crazy idea - don't assume.

I don't rent movies. I do own both an HD DVD and a Blu-ray player. I was simply pointing out that no matter how small of a revenue stream HD DVD provided, Netflix will see a significant permanent defection of customers over this.]]>Feb 11th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Funny, but I would have thought that a business in the business of providing entertainment to their customers would make it their business to keep those customers happy. Unhappy customers = no customers. It's not as if they are in the business of unblocking your drains and you pay up grudgingly even if customer service comes with a low priority.

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I'm not saying there aren't any. My grandmother was that way with BetaMax. She stocked up on players and tapes so she would never have to use VHS. In 1990 she was pretty much alone in her stubbornness with her BetaMax. By 2000 she was using VHS.]]>Feb 11th 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
How about defecting to that? To be fair I didn't buy the HD-DVD player (it was a gift) but the only HD DVDs I've ever watched were via Netflix. I really just used the thing as an upconverting DVD player (which it is fine as). Now I have the AppleTV for that and as iTunes rentals expand that should meet my needs. ]]>Feb 11th 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Nope, you're not the only one. I have both a BR and HD-DVD player and rent both formats via Netflix. Every BR movies has arrived in perfect condition. I haven't even seen a scratch on the discs. That coating they put on those things is fantastic. HD DVD discs, OTOH, arrive in the same condition as any DVD. Unless the disc is brand new you can count on the thing being covered with scratches. Most of the time the movie will still play, but I did get one HD DVD that I had to return because it wouldn't play. Actually, it played for about half the movie and then quit. ]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
I don't think the defection of customers will be significant. Most people will just switch to BluRay, or maybe even already have. The only person I know who rents HD-DVDs from Netflix also has a BluRay player, maybe a lot of them are like that.

Few are likely to drop their subscriptions out of spite I think. Yes, I'm sure some will, but I doubt it'll be significant.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
If HDDVD are not as popular, then they can reduce the number of each title that they carry, they already use this system with DVDs.

If it's a matter of having redundant inventory (same title in HDDVD & BluRay), then they could choose to only carry what they consider to be the more popular format.

But there are many people out there who have HDDVD players, including (obviously, just from the above comments) some of their current customers. Why alienate a current or potential customer?]]>Feb 11th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
Because unlike the HD-DVD fanboys here, they see the writing on the wall. People who have already purchased a HD player are obviously early adopters that care alot about video quality. Thus I don't think Netflix would be crazy to assume that those same people will then grudgingly move on to the other format. You really think tens of thousands of HD-DVD Netflix subscribers are just going to cancel their accounts and NEVER adopt blu-ray HD movies? HA. Except for the members of the Nfinity/Truth Teller cult, most people are quite rational and will move formats just as Beta people did 20 years ago.]]>Feb 12th 2008 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
"You really think tens of thousands of HD-DVD Netflix subscribers are just going to cancel their accounts and NEVER adopt blu-ray HD movies?"

Actually, yes. That is a realistic viewpoint. Clearly there will be some who make the change. But an equal number of people may feel that they have already been screwed over by one format, and won't want to purchase yet another player.

I personally get the feeling that this is like the second coming of the laserdisc. By the time they get the players into the price range where the average person is able to afford it, there will be a better solution. With the growing number of broadband subscribers, that is probably going to be downloading/streaming content.

With (according to the HDDVD camp) over a million players on the market, I still don't understand why Netflix (who already has lost market share) would risk losing more customers to Blockbuster or other competitors.]]>Feb 12th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/
if you're using VGA or HDMI: "DVD - Upscaled as high as 1080p resolution and all others."

kthxtho]]>Feb 11th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/netflix-picks-blu-ray-good-luck-renting-an-hd-dvd-soon/Feb 11th 2008 9:05AM