netflix: Clutch Cargo Lips

Glad I waited and didn’t go out and buy a Roku. This fall Netflix “watch instantly” material will be available through our Xbox 360. Glad my son bought one… I guess we’ll need to contribute to his Gold membership now. Or not. Shhhh, don’t suggest it to [...]

No more Netflix Profiles

Netflix just sent me an email:
Important News Regarding Netflix Profiles
Dear Dona,
We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008.
Each additional Profile Queue will be unavailable after September 1, 2008. Before then, we recommend you consolidate [...]

Netflix’s New Set-top Box

As computer savvy as some people think I am, I have not been able to hook up a computer to our flat-screen television to watch streaming Netflix movies yet. Not that I’ve really tried — we have enough to watch on our TVs as it is, and I recently bought a decent sized computer monitor [...]

Netflix adds Instant Queue. Yay!

I logged onto Netflix today to watch a video while filing some papers at my desk. I was delighted to see a new feature: Add to Instant Queue.
I’d noticed several movies or television programs I thought I’d like to watch instantly, but never remembered them when I sat down to actually watch something on Netflix. [...]