It is easier for me to go to netflix.com and then go to my mailbox (which I go to everyday anyways) and put the disc in the player.
Than it is for me to.
Search a newsbin site find a movie, create an NZB, open it in NZBdrop, wait 45 minutes while the 8GB downloads over my 20Mbps connection, then launch Mac Par and wait 20 minutes while it checks/repairs and assembles the downloaded files. Then copy it over to my Vista Media Center.
Then assuming it plays, I can't fast forward through it because VMC will only let you skip through files that aren't DVR-MS. I'm not complaining though, as with my Apple TV and TiVo, I had to transcode it before I could watch it at all.
Then after all that, it may not be that good of a download and the audio might be messed up or the English subtitles missing.
So yeah, Netflix is easier and well worth the $20 a month.
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Ben @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:57PM
Oh, if only it were that easy.
It is easier for me to go to netflix.com and then go to my mailbox (which I go to everyday anyways) and put the disc in the player.
Than it is for me to.
Search a newsbin site find a movie, create an NZB, open it in NZBdrop, wait 45 minutes while the 8GB downloads over my 20Mbps connection, then launch Mac Par and wait 20 minutes while it checks/repairs and assembles the downloaded files. Then copy it over to my Vista Media Center.
Then assuming it plays, I can't fast forward through it because VMC will only let you skip through files that aren't DVR-MS. I'm not complaining though, as with my Apple TV and TiVo, I had to transcode it before I could watch it at all.
Then after all that, it may not be that good of a download and the audio might be messed up or the English subtitles missing.
So yeah, Netflix is easier and well worth the $20 a month.