24.Oct.2011 It’s Easy to Kick Netflix
I own Netflix! Well, at least a handful of shares. I’ve bought more over the last few weeks. It’s been easy for commentators to kick Netflix this last month. Necessary but unpopular changes went into effect with (to the average user) little warning. Unnecessary changes (Qwikster) were announced and dropped. This is the usual bag [...]
28.Sep.2010 Movie Studio Fail
It’s now been three months since I dropped DirecTV. I started with them to watch some Rugby. I had to sign up for a premiun package in order to add the $12 Setanta Sports channel. It all came to $80 or so. My wife and I didn’t get into much else; Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, [...]
07.Jan.2010 Squeeze 6 – No, But Yes
After a few weeks testing with Sorenson Squeeze 6, I can say that I will upgrade my licenses. I can’t say that it’s worth the money charged for an upgrade, and I’m not interested in the new “features.” They fixed one bug that had made me crazy with the Main Concept H.264 codec. They’ve zipped [...]