Wait, I can do what? (A study of Amazon and Netflix on-demand video services)
A $99 Roku digital video player and Netflix account (which a lot of people already have) is all you need to watch a ton of free movies and TV shows, on your TV, without needing to take the extra (often difficult, sometimes impossible) step of connecting a PC to the TV. You can also rent or buy digital video through Amazon Video on Demand and watch live baseball games through MLB.com.
This seemed like a pretty good deal to us so we thought we’d give it a try and also see what a few “ordinary folks” had to say. That’s just what we do…
People were impressed – but there were some issues (aren’t there always?). Download the report here. Or read it below.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
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November 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm
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November 4th, 2009 at 7:01 am
[...] Catalyst Group, a New York research company that studies how people use technology, inquired into this question. The company conducted extensive interviews in August with 11 people they introduced to the $99 [...]
November 4th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
[...] light of the results of our Roku Video Player study – and the pricing model offered by Netflix – it’s hard to see the Blockbuster [...]