I see what they keep to keep it stupid simple for novices on the main page but they really need to add advanced testing for experts if they want to get support of the service.
"This is from Netflix, it downloads Netflix content and reports the speed back.
This is important because unlike your average Internet speed test (which ISPs take pains to optimize), there's a very real possibility that your ISP is happy to let your Netflix experience suffer - assuming they don't throttle it outright".
It's not for deep network testing, it's just to see if your Netflix is being slowed down or not.
Every video on demand service I've used (Netflix, Amazon, etc.) streams the video. This is all well and good, but it requires an uninterrupted connection for about 2 hours if I'm watching a film. Or it requires the service to buffer for at least as much time as any outage may last - something which appears not to happen. Are there any competitors that can guarantee me a nice, interruption-free experience like a good old dvd provides?
Yes, there is, the most famous nowadays being DVD.com, which is the original Netflix: http://dvd.netflix.com/ There are also several companies who rent DVDs on physical locations.
If it makes you feel better, pay and then "pirate".
As long as Netflix & co keep giving the frankly ridiculous excuse of preventing piracy as the reason I can't stream 4K content with mpv, I'm going to remain very reluctant to give them my money. (I'd be much less reluctant if their anti piracy efforts actually worked, but they don't and they never will)
Netflix pays fixed licensing fees, giving them money certainly isn't going to do much to help those lighting technicians and sound engineers very much.
Perhaps those lighting technicians and sound engineers should just leave the industry that insists upon making it ridiculously difficult to give them money, if I want to get a high quality digital copy of a movie or TV series the only option is logging into BTN or PTP and grabbing a bluray remux.
Hell, often these communities have content available at a significantly higher quality than any of the official releases. See DIMENSIONs 20GB mad men episodes for example.
I personally just frequent the cinemas, and try to pay for the few TV series that I can, despite it often being impossible here.
I don't see what's wrong with that, nor do I understand why you seem to be so upset over it. People having multiple accounts here is hardly a new thing (throwaways are all over the place), nor does it seem to be frowned upon unless abused. Hell, even pg had multiple accounts.
Anyhow, we should probably continue this conversation over email instead, there's an address on my profile.
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 51.3 ms ] threadI see what they keep to keep it stupid simple for novices on the main page but they really need to add advanced testing for experts if they want to get support of the service.
It may well be of a cost magnitude for it to appear in a future SEC filing.
(This is all conjecture - I have no knowledge of the situation, nor is this financial advice, etc)
"This is from Netflix, it downloads Netflix content and reports the speed back. This is important because unlike your average Internet speed test (which ISPs take pains to optimize), there's a very real possibility that your ISP is happy to let your Netflix experience suffer - assuming they don't throttle it outright".
It's not for deep network testing, it's just to see if your Netflix is being slowed down or not.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11722775
Also, Google Play movies has an offline option, which is not the same experience as DVD, but seems to fit you bill: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2851696?hl=en
If it makes you feel better, pay and then "pirate".
As long as Netflix & co keep giving the frankly ridiculous excuse of preventing piracy as the reason I can't stream 4K content with mpv, I'm going to remain very reluctant to give them my money. (I'd be much less reluctant if their anti piracy efforts actually worked, but they don't and they never will)
Why do that, when you already give the creators exposure? Surely an lighting technician and a sound engineer can pay for groceries in exposure, right?
Perhaps those lighting technicians and sound engineers should just leave the industry that insists upon making it ridiculously difficult to give them money, if I want to get a high quality digital copy of a movie or TV series the only option is logging into BTN or PTP and grabbing a bluray remux.
Hell, often these communities have content available at a significantly higher quality than any of the official releases. See DIMENSIONs 20GB mad men episodes for example.
I personally just frequent the cinemas, and try to pay for the few TV series that I can, despite it often being impossible here.
Oh cool, nice sock puppet.
Anyhow, if you find my behaviour disagreeable may I suggest shooting an email to hn@ycombinator.com
If you never vote with this account or on anything posted by this account then... what's it for?
Anyhow, we should probably continue this conversation over email instead, there's an address on my profile.