{"id":101,"date":"2008-12-15T03:54:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T23:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2008-12-15T04:07:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T00:07:30","slug":"netflix-tivo-ho-noes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Netflix + TiVo? Ho Noes!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Netflix!\"<\/a>

Netflix!<\/p><\/div>\n

We just received the latest TiVo update, and to our surprise (we live under a rock) it includes Netflix Instant Watch!\u00a0 What is Netflix Instant Watch you ask?\u00a0 I guess you live under a rock too.\u00a0 Basically, unlike other services, such as MovieLink, you don’t have to wait to start watching the media.\u00a0 It starts streaming moments after you click the play button.\u00a0 They even determine the quality of your network connection (your bandwidth) to provide you with the best quality video your connection supports.\u00a0 I’m sure, determining your bandwidth also helps speed up delivery of the media.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Well, unlike services (such as MovieLink) which will send you their high quality (large) media files, Netflix will stream something that matches your current <\/em>bandwidth.\u00a0 This means you can start playing (streaming) the media sooner.\u00a0 Unlike MovieLink, you’re not dealing with a 700 – 800 MB file.\u00a0 If you have to download 10-20% of 700MB before you can start watching, that’s going to take some time.\u00a0 Anyway, that’s just my hypothesis.\u00a0 What has our experience been so far?\u00a0 Read on to find out!<\/p>\n

So far, we’re really happy with the Netflix + TiVo service.\u00a0 We opted for the $8.99 [at time of this post] subscription which allows unlimited DVDs (1 at a time) + unlimited Instant Watch (PC\/TiVo) per month.\u00a0 Last night, we decided to watch Casablanca (yes, again, we live under a rock) and were impressed with the speed of the service.\u00a0 You have to add to Instant Watch<\/em> on your PC, then navigate to Video On Demand –> NetFlix<\/em> on your TiVo.\u00a0 Amazingly, I added Casablanca to Instant Watch, and withing 10-20 seconds, it was ready for viewing on the TiVo.\u00a0 It showed our network connection quality as nearly maxed out.\u00a0 The movie began playing immediately, and ran through without stuttering or pausing once.<\/p>\n

\"NetFlix!\"<\/a>

NetFlix!<\/p><\/div>\n

We’ve since watched several TV shows we needed to catch up on (Heroes, Red Dwarf), and are building up our DVD queue.\u00a0 Speaking of the DVD queue, if you are impatient like I am, you’ll be happy to know that while you wait for your DVD to arrive in the mail, you can watch Instant Watch media.\u00a0 However you should know that at first glance, the Instant Watch selection is limited.\u00a0 We can only hope they continue to add more items.\u00a0 It also looks like Instant Watch items are only available for a limited time before becoming DVD\/BlueRay only.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I would definitely recommend this service to anyone who owns a TiVo and is thinking of trying it out.\u00a0 $8.99 [at time of this post] for unlimited Instant Watch on your PC or TiVo!\u00a0 Plus: Unlimited DVDs (1 at at time) per month, for what is not available as Instant Watch.<\/p>\n

They also offer a $4.99 [at time of this post] subscription which limits you to 2 hours of Instant Watch per month.<\/p>\n

Worst case scenario, cancel it before your trial ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We just received the latest TiVo update, and to our surprise (we live under a rock) it includes Netflix Instant Watch!\u00a0 What is Netflix Instant Watch you ask?\u00a0 I guess you live under a rock too.\u00a0 Basically, unlike other services, such as MovieLink, you don’t have to wait to start watching the media.\u00a0 It starts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}