For my TECH friends.

[goGopherBill]

I live .."out there"

I have only Wild blue Sat for INTERNET.

I was thinking about doing the new NET FLIX View now..but my band width is limited under my $49 value pack.

So Even if I went pro with wild blue I would still exceed limits because netflix movies use 3 GIGs ?

There seems to be a huge battle brewing because some have HULA,You Tube and now Net Flix wanting to compete with My Direct TV.

Which sucks.

Anyone use these services and know how they operate?

My Direct TV Buy movies ..Suck
$3.99 For a very limited selection.
What a joke....sell for $ 1. and watch viewership explode.

Pay for view ..like showtime ..SUCK....movies that came out 4 years ago and you pay to see them?

Net Flix..I have the middle plan..except it has a 3 day turn around due to our slow mail service in the sticks.

Gee wouldn't ..Watch now be great with Net Flix?
Cancel the direct TV down to minimum...
Increase band width with some of the money saved from direct TV bill.

But not if doesn't work?

what am I missing?

-24 this morning

[rhinovb14]

In Buffalo, Time Warner kills us. Verizon Fios isn't much better. We get the basic high speed internet with a wireless modem for Laptop use, A DVR so I can record 24, Family guy, etc., basic cable with the university sports package, no movie channels. We pay around $136 a month. It's absolutely ridiculous. We use Redbox for movies. Our supermarkets have them. New movies for $1 a day. Best deal going.

[Not Me]

I use an Apple TV and occasinally buy/rent movies through iTunes.

Mostly download stuff through bit torrent. It's a bit of a pain because you have to convert the files before using them in ATV. (most torrents are .avi, which ATV doesn't use.

[IdahoBoy]

I've used lots of services.

Netflix is great if you have more than 1200Mbps bandwidth. Great selection to download and watch movies plus the mail delivery for the bigger movie nights.

iTunes rental is another Apple service that is overpriced, but it seems to work ok.

We canceled our cable and decided to just stick with the internet streaming feeds. Direct TV is not required. We can spend hours being entertained through the internet alone... no need for the corporations to beam us our signal (although, it's arguable they're still doing it on internet).


FWIW... I can stream movies off the 3g phone network, but not lower than that through my phone... if you have 3g cell coverage might consider a data plan...