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Little Boxes
- By sandv blog
- Posted June 13, 2008
Lots of little boxes, all lined up on your television set. All the little boxes you need to download movies from the Internet, satellites and cable systems, and none of them talk to each other. What is it going to take to get one source and one format for all the movies you want to watch?

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Netflix Nixing DVD?
- By sandv blog
- Posted May 29, 2008
News from the Netflix Investor Day was quite interesting. The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, said that the DVD-by-mail business will peak in as soon as five years. What? That's not going to inspire confidence in investors, will it? Good news for Wall Street, though.

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Netflix on TV
- By sandv blog
- Posted May 20, 2008
So, you've got a great home theater setup. The best display your money can buy. Speakers that sound so good they make you cry. Yet, you still watch your streaming Netflix movies on your crappy computer — with a coffee-splattered screen and speakers the size of a floppy disc. What's wrong with you?

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Netflixynicism
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 24, 2008
Netflix just announced they'll soon begin charging an extra premium to subscribers who want access to Blu-ray rentals. Now, I'm a Netflix fan from way back — one of the first to write about it in the mags. Still on the 4 disc/month plan (and my family uses the [poop] out of it). But charging a premium for BD? The height of cynicism.

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Who is Building Boxes for Netflix?
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 23, 2008
How's this for a logical reasoning puzzle? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during his company's earnings conference call earlier this week that Netflix is working with four companies to build devices that will play streaming video on a TV screen.

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Netflix-to-Xbox Movie Rentals Coming Soon?
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 26, 2008
Snail-mail DVD rental company Netflix hasn't officially said it plans to allow downloads of movies via Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console, but all clues point in that direction. Let's add them up, shall we?

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Hey Mister, Wanna Rent a DVD?
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 4, 2008
If it seems lately that some of your jumpy Netflix discs have been around the block a few times, maybe they have.

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Blu-ray Win Could Sting Netflix Renters
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 4, 2008
Blu-ray's victory over HD DVD in the high-definition format war has given owners of Blu-ray players a sense of smug satisfaction and the right to infinite I-told-you-sos.

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More Blu-ray on the Way
- By sandv blog
- Posted February 29, 2008
Now that it's a Blu-ray world in high-definition video discs, expect to see a lot more product available on both the hardware and content sides. That gives you a wide range of options when it comes to allocating your bucks.

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