Comments on: Why Netflix can still win

By: RKW

RKW — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:11:56 +0000

Streaming seems to be the “cool kids” solution, but the ISP’s are going to make that incredibly expensive down the road. I still vote for the quality of blue ray disks. I guess I am in the minority.

By: Wylie Coyote

Wylie Coyote — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:23:29 +0000

ATT DSL doesn’t have a data cap and the costs are less than other high speed.

By: Anthony Ortenzi

Anthony Ortenzi — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:33:11 +0000

One of the biggest threats to my Netflix subscription is the 250GB/mo data cap on my Comcast internet service. My 50Mbps service for which I pay dearly, which has the same cap as the slowest crap they offer.

By: Daniel Frankel

Daniel Frankel — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:00:07 +0000

Redbox’s incendiary Q1 earnings report — up nearly 40% in revenue — adds credence to your argument, hb.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:55:48 +0000

Dreamcast failed because Sega had made a lot of mistakes & consumers had lost faith (think Quikster), they lost content – most obviously EA (think Starz), they took huge losses they couldn’t swallow unlike microsoft or sony, both of which had bigger divisions outside gaming to carry them (think facebook, google, & most of all, amazon). There were new products in near time pipeline & many consumers were happy to wait (in the UK, Skys new platform)

Actually now I look at it, your detailed critique is spot on. Arf!

By: hb

hb — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:26:46 +0000

the dvd by mail still has legs for another 5 years as the internet has no where near the capability needed to stream blue ray quality content to the masses.

By: ssjmichael

ssjmichael — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:34:50 +0000

That’s an extremely poor analogy. You really have no clue about the demise of Sega in the hardware market, or why the Dreamcast failed.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:13:28 +0000

For just kids content, you can get Ameba for $3.99 a month. We watch it on our iPad and LG Smart TV.

By: claire

claire — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:38:26 +0000

Content is the key, NF has to compete to get it, and has to invest to make it in house.

Thats pretty simple. Now throw in who it is competing with for content & in a “how much money can you throw at this before dying?” fight. Google, Amazon, Facebook, BskyB… Its the late 90′s & NF is Sega, the big dog of console gaming (or Atari if you prefer) & its just gone to war with Microsoft & Sony. Hands up who owns a Dreamcast?

By: GenXerguy

GenXerguy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:21:56 +0000

No one ever mentions the kids content on Netflix. Just the loss of Starz which is not missed in my household. As a cord cutter for about a year, Netflix is a steal at $7.99 a month.