Thread: Are Lovefilm & Netflix a threat to Virgin?
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Old 11-01-2012, 21:05   #50
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Re: Are Lovefilm & Netflix a threat to Virgin?
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Originally Posted by Chad View Post
Not necessarily for all movie studios.
You're right, WB 2nd-TV window is exclusive to movie studios. I should have mentioned that last night but I was tired.

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I know it comes across that I'm just knocking the service but I simply don't see the appeal. For TV boxsets both seem to offer a good service but how can paying to watch 18 month old movies be appealing?
At the end of the day, I welcome the choice Netflix and Lovefilm potentially offers. If I want to want to watch say, The Expendables tonight in HD, I can. I don't have to search TV schedules for when its on Terrestrial TV. Sure, I could wait.....but why should I when there's a choice not to?

And lets not forget, quite a few movies available on Flimflex are old as well (and cost almost the same as an equivalent Lovefilm streaming only sub when watched in HD).

Horses for courses I guess . There's loads of other potential VOD apps which VM could be offering on TiVo, there's around a dozen such apps on my Sammy TV alone, along with apps on Xbox, PS3, Boxee, WDTV, Apple TV etc. TiVo shouldn't be standing still compared to devices like that.
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