# NETFLIX to TV

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-to-tv/603456>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-to-tv/603456 "2011-11-19T15:04:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-to-tv/603456/41 "2011-11-22T16:14:27Z")

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> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> As you can see from the site posted above, it is documented. Though, I guess you could say that by becoming cable-lite (and raising costs far more than the last round of increases), they could expand content.

The article quoted doesn’t prove what you said. It just proves they need more money. After all Blockbuster works with a similar system. Netflix need to increase their subscriber base so they can sweeten their pot. I think Starz is hopeless, but they have other options, if they have enough money.

Of course, we are talking a battle to the death with the cable companies, who want to control the distribution. I suspect Netflix will end up having to charge separately for new movies and pass the fee back to the content providers. I hope they end up with a deal like redbox and you only pay a dollar to watch a new movie.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-to-tv/603456/42 "2011-11-22T17:39:51Z")

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Just adding a data point: TiVo can stream Netflix movies. Not sure if you can use TiVo outside the US, though.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-to-tv/603456/43 "2011-11-22T21:13:57Z")

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If you happen to have an iPod, an AppleTV does a nice job with Netflix streaming and lets you play your iTunes music and videos on a TV. IMHO, the AppleTV does Netflix much better than my Samsung BD player.

It’s worth noting that neither device will let you manage a DVDs by mail queue, and my BD player doesn’t even let me search and find streaming videos - it would only let me pick from whatever I had put into queue via a computer. This is from before when they split DVDs by mail and streaming into two separate services, but I have no reason to expect Samsung has written new firmware for the player to allow searching.

A Wii can’t put out 1080p. I think it’s limited to 480p, and that’s only if you buy a component video adapter for it.

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