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06-29-2011 , 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by citanul
Microbet,

The DRM chips that have never been available in Android phones until the absolute latest phones is the *only* explanation I've ever heard for the unavailability of Netflix on Android. As far as I know, the latest Android phones (the ones with the DRM chip) have been demonstrated running a Netflix app.
Yeah, this is the real reason from everything I've read.
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06-29-2011 , 02:43 PM
I don't even know what a drm chip is. What I've read is that pretty much any phone made in 2011 can not run netflix.

netflix set this up to only work on the older models for whatever reason and they will be getting around to the newer models eventually.

I simply an unable to even download or install the app on my thunderbolt. This is the case with everyone unless you root it and then go to this one guy's site who gives instructions on how to trick netflix into thinking you aren't actually on a thunderbolt.

These are the phones netflix will work on according to their site:

* The Netflix app runs on these phones:
- Casio G'zOne Commando C771 with Android 2.2
- DROID X by Motorola with Android 2.3
- DROID by Motorola with Android 2.2
- HTC Incredible with Android 2.2
- HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3
- HTC G2 with Android 2.2
- HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2, 2.3
- LG Revolution with Android 2.2
- Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3

You can even go to the netflix regular site on your phone (the non-mobile site) and try to download it from there and it simply will not let you.


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As soon as the news hit Twitter, Facebook and offices across the country, a large number of users quickly went to the market on their
newphones
like the HTC ThunderBolt, Droid Incredible 2, Motorola Atrix 4G and the LG G2x only to find out that their phones don’t work with the Netflix app. In fact, only one of our Top 5 Android smartphones will work with Netflix and as of right now none of the Top Upcoming Android phones for this summer are supported
As it turns out, the Netflix app only works with the older devices like the original Droid Incredible, Evo
4G
, Nexus One, G2, and Nexus S. Most of these devices were released so long ago that owners are almost ready to upgrade to a new phone, but doing so will result in a loss of Netflix. Losing access to a new app when you upgrade to the latest device? Crazy, but true. Even crazier, the HTC ThunderBolt is incredibly similar to the EVO 4G in terms of specs, but it can’t watch Netflix Instantly.
The problem isn’t that Netflix want’s to play favorites, but rather that Google still hasn’t been able to offer a standard streaming video application. Instead Netflix has to test and develop for every single Android device on the market. As you can expect this is a slow process which means early adopters, and practically anyone who has purchased a
phone
released in 2011 can’t use the Netflix Android app.

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Roughly two weeks ago, netflix announced the availability of its mobile application for a series of mobile phones powered by Google's Android operating system, with some high-end devices out there left out of the equation.

HTC ThundrBolt is one of them, with users still waiting for it to receive the Netflix application, which should prove great on Verizon's 4G network, one should agree.

While no formal solution on this emerged, ThunderBolt owners have now the possibility to get video[COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]streaming
on Verizon's LTE airwaves in an unofficial manner.

[/COLOR][/COLOR]However, the process is a complicated one, and would involve the rooting of the phone, and the installation of an [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]custom [COLOR=#0054A6 !important]ROM[/COLOR] on it, which might not appeal to many.

But, first things first. A patch that enables support for the Netflix app on more [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]Android [COLOR=#0054A6 !important]devices[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] than those announced two weeks ago was recently released into the wild, but it works only on Gingerbread-based handsets.

However, a Gingerbread ROM is already available for [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]download[/COLOR][/COLOR] for ThunderBolt. Not the official release, although we might have wanted it to be, but it would still do the job.

To get ThunderBolt running under Android 2.3 Gingerbread, users would have to head to this post on the XDA-Developers forum to learn more on rooting their devices, and to find a [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]download[/COLOR][/COLOR] link for the said ROM.

Keep in mind that rooting a mobile phone would void warranty. Users would be doing this at their own risk, and the same applies to loading unofficial ROMs on the handset.

As soon as the leaked ROM is up and running on Thunderbolt, one would have to download the aforementioned patch. Just keep in mind that this is not the Netflix application itself, but only a hack to enable support for it on the mobile phone.

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When we posted on the work-around for enabling the Netflix app on unsupported devices, more than a few of you weren't thrilled to hear that the fix didn't work on the Thunderbolt. We knew a fix would come eventually, and now we're happy to report that the developer community has delivered; they've found a way to get the Netflix
app
working on the Thunderbolt. Unfortunately, there is a bit of bad news, too: it only works on devices that are rooted and running a Gingerbread ROM.
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06-29-2011 , 02:49 PM
drm is digital rights management

netflix can only allow it's app on phones where it can be certain there's no way to capture the stream and save it as a video file
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06-29-2011 , 02:55 PM
I thought social network was going on stream


also saw the documentary we live in public. never heard of the guy before.
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06-29-2011 , 03:19 PM
well youve definitely come to the right place then
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06-29-2011 , 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MicroBob
Just learned that Netflix WI is finally available on Android devices now. Didn't see any news of this potentially coming when I checked around in March or April and then I guess it happened in May.

But one of the more media-friendly Android devices out there, the Thunderbolt, is somehow not compatible with the Netflix app. Big WTF there and pretty annoying. I can't imagine it should be difficult for them to make it compatible with thunderbolts since I can watch other video media on it without a problem.
There may be some exclusive deals going on. I picked up a LG for Verizon last week that does Netflix and was told none of their non-LG droid phones support Netflix. The rep may have been full of it, but said it was due to a deal between LG and Netflix.
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06-29-2011 , 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jetto
I thought social network was going on stream
Yeah I definitely recall them putting a "Coming Soon" for the instant watch category. They seem to do that sometimes and then remove it a few days later which I find rather odd.


JFK is going off instant watch on Friday which makes me sad because I really want to see it again in all of its greatness, but don't really feel like committing 3 hours.
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06-29-2011 , 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DocForbin
There may be some exclusive deals going on. I picked up a LG for Verizon last week that does Netflix and was told none of their non-LG droid phones support Netflix. The rep may have been full of it, but said it was due to a deal between LG and Netflix.
these were the first batch to be supported, so I'm gonna go ahead and say he's full of it:

HTC Incredible with 2.2+
HTC Nexus One with 2.2+
HTC EVO 4G with 2.2+
HTC G2 with 2.2+
Samsung Nexus S with 2.3+

the incredible is on Verizon
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06-29-2011 , 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Bastard
I've been watching News Radio. It's pretty good so far. Phil Hartman's character alone makes it worth watching. I especially liked season 1 episode 3 where Phil's character tries to quit smoking.
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Bill McNeal is incredible.
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Originally Posted by tyler_cracker
hartman (rightfully) gets a lot of credit but his character would not be nearly so good without a terrific ensemble to support that character, especially khandi alexander and dave foley.

that said, you can stop watching newsradio after hartman's murder. jon lovitz is a funny guy (see "the critic") but greater men than him would have struggled to fill phil's shoes.
NewsRadio is an all time classic. Hartman was the greatest(dont forget abt all the Simpsons voices)
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06-29-2011 , 11:22 PM
I watched Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans the other day on streaming and liked it but it's definitely pretty ****ing weird at times. Was surprised how much it was liked by critics (near 90% on RT) but it's worth a watch.
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06-29-2011 , 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by qwertyu121

JFK is going off instant watch on Friday which makes me sad because I really want to see it again in all of its greatness, but don't really feel like committing 3 hours.
The time will fly by. Re-watched last month intending to split it up halfway, but just ended up viewing the whole film in one sitting.
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06-29-2011 , 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Boobaloo
NewsRadio is an all time classic. Hartman was the greatest(dont forget abt all the Simpsons voices)
Steven Root the boss from News Radio and of Office Space fame is also the voice of Bill Deautrive and Buck Strickland from King of the Hill.
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06-30-2011 , 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Jetto
I thought social network was going on stream


also saw the documentary we live in public. never heard of the guy before.
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Originally Posted by qwertyu121
Yeah I definitely recall them putting a "Coming Soon" for the instant watch category. They seem to do that sometimes and then remove it a few days later which I find rather odd.


JFK is going off instant watch on Friday which makes me sad because I really want to see it again in all of its greatness, but don't really feel like committing 3 hours.
The Social Network I think was a casualty of the Sony, Starz, Netflix debacle.
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06-30-2011 , 12:41 AM
stephen root confirmed boss. plus, the dude's imdb page is as long as my... well it's long.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740535/
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06-30-2011 , 03:57 PM
Not sure if someone here recommended it or I just found it, but Carlos the miniseries was really good. Sick portrait of a sick egomaniac terrorist. Really well made 6 hr long biopic.
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06-30-2011 , 05:03 PM
wtf, the show "Louie" was available, I watched a couple episodes, and now it's not available.

FWIW, 1st two episodes were great.
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06-30-2011 , 08:18 PM
dunno if i got the rec from here or how it was on my queue but

Trinity and Beyond was a great documentary. i think it might be the scariest film i've ever seen tbh

watching declassified footage as humans just continued to upscale their nuclear weapons and keep on blasting off.... US conducted like 320 detonations between 1945-62.


if there are aliens in the universe who are aware of us, they must have been watching this planet like.....what, the ****, are these guys doing?
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06-30-2011 , 11:53 PM
Or they could have been saying "Nuclear weapons, lol that is so 9xck7szd002"
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07-01-2011 , 12:47 AM
Might be a repost but You Me and Everyone we Know is on WI.

If you want a reason to watch it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoJo81lujk
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07-01-2011 , 02:12 AM
So I just learned the hard way. If you have a 1 dvd plan you can only stream on one device at a time
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07-01-2011 , 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by wesrwood
So I just learned the hard way. If you have a 1 dvd plan you can only stream on one device at a time
Ive never had a problem with that. Im able to stream on two, but no more than that.
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07-01-2011 , 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by yowhatsup
Or they could have been saying "Nuclear weapons, lol that is so 9xck7szd002"
ahahahaha
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07-01-2011 , 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by CCuster_911
Might be a repost but You Me and Everyone we Know is on WI.

If you want a reason to watch it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoJo81lujk
Please tell me this scene is incredibly weird just because its out of context and makes a lot more sense in the general tone of the movie.
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07-01-2011 , 04:55 PM
Watching Battlestar Galactica and I'm part way through season 1. It's really tilting how they somehow have basically no way to tell cylon from human. They are traveling through space and can "hyperjump" faster than the speed of light but somehow can't do an x-ray. I mean, the cylon's must have some mechanical internal parts. How can they NOT detect this? ******ed.

There have actually been many other instances just like this where the humans lack pretty basic technology that is even widely available today, let alone well into the distant space-traveling future, for the sake of some dramatic plot line.


EDIT: Just realized in the episode I'm watching they actually have a dead cylon just sitting in a morgue on their ship. No one has even MENTIONED the idea of cutting him apart to examine him inside & out. For the people that have watched this show: should I just continue to ignore these ridiculous plot holes or what?

Last edited by It's Brandt; 07-01-2011 at 05:08 PM.
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07-01-2011 , 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by master3004
Please tell me this scene is incredibly weird just because its out of context and makes a lot more sense in the general tone of the movie.
Which would you prefer? The whole movie is about pooping back and forth or its not?
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