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Netflix Outage Leads to DVD Shipment Delays

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 15th 2008 at 10:38AM


We fully understand that we're a few days late in posting this up, but seriously, we figured Netflix would have fixed whatever's been ailing its shipping system well before now. Days after we heard the first reports of users getting an atypical warning when viewing their queue alerting them of possible shipment delays, tips are still flowing in from frustrated users.

The message asserts that the company is "still experiencing issues with its shipping systems," though it gives no estimated time for a fix to be implemented. Have you been bitten by the Netflix delay bug? Have your titles continued without so much as a hiccup? Let us know in comments below.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Most Americans Think In-Store Movie Renting is Dying

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 9th 2008 at 10:17AM


Even we would agree that digital downloads aren't apt to siphon away a significant amount of physical media market share in the immediate future, but a recent survey conducted by CinemaNow (read: your skeptic hat should now be firmly in place) suggests that the vast majority of Americans feel otherwise.

As a matter of fact, 87% of those surveyed agreed that "renting DVDs at the video store or through mail service will become a thing of the past," and 94% of those same folks reportedly felt that movie downloads were just "better for the environment." Not like the average joe / jane understands how much energy is consumed by warehouses full of drives, gigantic air-conditioned server rooms and legions of PCs sucking down content, but yeah, these results are totally representative of the truth. [Source: Widescreen Review, I1
mage courtesy of Street Knowledge]
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Roku Netflix Player to Stream Content From Other "Big Name" Providers

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 5th 2008 at 11:20AM



Roku's Netflix Player got off to a hot start after launching just over a month ago, and apparently its creator has big plans for the plainly designed $99 box. According to a recent report over on Forbes, Tim Twerdahl, Roku's vice president of consumer products, has affirmed that a routine software update would be hitting later this year to enable content to be fetched and streamed from other "big name" providers. Regrettably, the conversation ended there, so there's absolutely no telling which "providers" he's referring to. Still, we're certainly intrigued by the idea of this thing becoming more versatile in the coming months, but wouldn't the name have to be tweaked at the very least? [Via Silicon Alley Insider]
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'The Godfather Collection' Hits Blu-ray on September 23rd

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 1st 2008 at 2:19PM


Catching 'The Godfather' on HD VOD is one thing; catching the famed trilogy on remastered Blu-ray is another. On September 23rd, Paramount will (re)release what's sure to be a holiday favorite in 'The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration.'

The package will be available in both DVD ($72.99) and Blu-ray ($119.99) formats, and videophiles will be elated to know that director Francis Ford Coppola oversaw the restoration process himself. The four-disc BD set will be presented in 1080p with Dolby TrueHD, and extras junkies should find plenty to love as well. For a rundown of what to expect on each disc, check out the read link below. [Source: The TMR Zoo via Electronic House]

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