http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
The US has the most impressive internet coverage, when you think about the massive feat it is to have any coverage.

I've got 20 mbps, which is more than enough for great video streams. But this isn't South Korea. It's hard to connect the majority of the US population with the highest speeds. This kind of thing is not a waste because it pushes consumers to pay for better service.

Not pretending the US is perfect, but it's not this disaster, either.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
My bandwidth isn't pathetic. I live outside of Chicago have/ pay for 20mbps. I pull Netflix HD without a hitch now. I can't wait! ]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
id consider a super fast connection speed to be pretty important.

i've always wondered what it would be like to have a 20mbps connection... instead of the 2 i have]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Your wrong, the US isn't behind but the US is in a recession. There for people dont pay for the fastest internet they pay for the fastest and the cheapest. I have Comcast High Speed and it is amazingly fast.]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
no, North America is behind, has nothing to do with the recession. ]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Who cares what YOUR bandwith is? You're not the entire country.]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
US bandwidth relies on competition.

If you live in a market with no equally competitive players there is no reason your local ISP will upgrade to a faster speed. And with most states having cable monopolies and with them the only option for anything above basic DSL is one company, progress doesn't happen.

If you have FiOS you are lucky, because not only do you get their service as an option, but every cable company in the area will scramble to upgrade their services to try and hold on to customers.

If you don't have FiOS or similar ... you are fucked.]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
@others...WTF does any of this have to do with the US economy or government? Last I checked, the US Government didn't run Netflix nor did they run all of the ISPs nationwide.]]>Feb 8th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/The same number of people that care what YOURS is.]]>Feb 8th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
No, I have Comcast. No FiOS in Chicago. We have Dial-up, AT&T DSL and Comcast High Speed up to 100mbps I believe.
20mbps is fast enough for 1080p HD download. I don't see a need for faster.

@Parias
The UNITED STATES is a country and not a Internet provider. Your comment doesn't make sense. ]]>Feb 8th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
And that's because you are a) in major city Chicago and b) you have Comcast, who are upgrading their network to DOCSIS 3.0 to better compete with fiber-optic and VOD.

Outside of those areas, you are as I said, fucked.]]>Feb 8th 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Check the update. ]]>Feb 9th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
At least my blu-ray player does Netflix so I won't feel so stupid once Netflix renders BDs obsolete.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Resolution and bitrate are a completely different beast. You can have a 1080p video compressed to all hell and still call it 1080p, that doesn't exactly mean the quality is the same. That's also ignoring the HD audio streams that are on Blu-ray discs. None of our connections are remotely fast enough to start streaming true Blu-ray quality let alone render them obsolete.

Still great news for streaming movies when you just want to watch something and don't care if it's the absolute best quality.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Beat me to it :)]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/No shit, I'm just assuming that this won't be the last update Netflix does to its streaming format.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
"Still great news for streaming movies when you just want to watch something and don't care if it's the absolute best quality."

agreed.... except its netflix (which honestly applies to every streaming service out there) meaning there are only a handful of movies that will be available.

i just dont get the mpaa... license it. let them stream it for a fee. i would GLADLY pay $30-40/month to have streaming access to even 80% of the movies i can rent or buy on physical media. instead... i have to play the "find it" game when i get an instant urge to see a particular flick. open up netflix... not there... open up itunes... not there... turn on the xbox... not there... check redbox... nothing... so then i have to make a decision to either sit and wait on a disk from netflix, or find a torrent. either way means i dont get to see it, when i want it. ]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Old men running a business they don't understand while they have their assistant type up a letter to send on somethin they heard called teh emails. Change comes slow when people resist and fail to conceptualize the future. ]]>Feb 8th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Well, with my internet, at least.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 9th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Me too. I don't see the point of having 1080p if the 720p already looks like crap. Most of the movies I stream off Netlix look worse than DVDs.]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 9th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 9th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
Currently the Roku has HD capability but the PC does not. ]]>Feb 9th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/
I'd +1 you but Engadget doesn't want to count my vote. :( ]]>Feb 8th 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Its absolutely true, I've seen quite a few local movie rental stores being closed up. The internet is just too convenient.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/1080p-5-1-surround-sound-coming-to-netflix-watch-instantly-in-2/Feb 8th 2010 6:32PM