Your movies arrive in one of three resolutions, depending solely on the speed of your broadband Internet connection. In the Basic version (for slow connections), the image is blurry and somewhat unsatisfying, like bad VHS. At Good, the picture looks about like regular TV. At High, you’d swear you’re looking at a DVD: razor-sharp image, superb color and shadows, perfect smooth motion. (Note to geeks: the Basic, Good and High versions correspond to minimum broadband speeds of 0.5, 1 and 1.6 megabits per second.)CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Streaming movies on Netflix
David Pogue of the New York Times takes a look at the new Netflix movie streaming service:
