Thursday
Oct302008
Just when I was thinking about stopping my NetFlix subscription
TIVO keeps on getting cooler and cooler:
Odd, and sad for Netflix that somehow in my mind I am giving psychological credit for this new benefit to Tivo.
Odd also that essentially this says I am willing to spend an EXTRA $9 on my monthly Tivo bill to get at this huge collection of movies. Wait, am I, really???
"Netflix said it will begin testing a service Thursday that lets users with TiVo's latest DVR models access movies and television shows from an online library of 12,000 Netflix titles. The service will be available at no additional charge to subscribers of Netflix's DVD rental service, as long as the Netflix customers are on rental plans that cost at least $8.99 a month." (from WSJ)
Odd, and sad for Netflix that somehow in my mind I am giving psychological credit for this new benefit to Tivo.
Odd also that essentially this says I am willing to spend an EXTRA $9 on my monthly Tivo bill to get at this huge collection of movies. Wait, am I, really???
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 3:12PM 
Reader Comments (2)
TiVo has really turned around on the whole digital media front -- a few years ago I thought they were in danger of dying because of the horrible (but free) DVRs that all the cable companies are giving out. Amazon Unbox (now Video on Demand) was a big step forward, and so is this.
It's enough to make me consider getting a Netflix subscription again, especially if they will stream HD! That's my big complaint on Amazon VOD today. Have you noticed that Amazon is doing $0.99 specials on movies lately?
Yes I have. The problem I have with Amazon VOD is that the catalog isn't at all deep. Netflix has a really deep catalog. Then again, we don't know the subset of netflix movies that will be available on Tivo...