What is with the Starz Blurry Instant Movies? :-(

I was excited to see some decent titles added to the instant movie collection only to find them so blurry I can't even watch them! :-(

Trust me when I say there is nothing wrong with my system or my Internet connection. They are just fine.

I wonder if there is a deal with Starz where the instant movies have to be copies of copies in order for Netflix to be able to show them? At any rate, if Netflix ever gets rid of the DVDs, I'm outta here!

sd

Tags: are, blurry!, instant, movies, starz

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Permalink Reply by Aces on October 12, 2008 at 9:53pm: Starz movies are blurry for me also and I haven't been able to watch them. I think Netflix is aware of it and hopefully working to fix it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on October 12, 2008 at 11:06pm: Here's a list of titles with issues that I'm actively updating and an employee of Netflix - Adrian - is also volunteering his time to let us know of updates.

I invite you to join the group and share all your titles with links that you've found to be a problem.

Also: Instant Watch Titles that will expire on X date. (May-December, 2008) - have a title in your Queue that is going to expire and is not already in the list? Then please post it so that it can be added.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RazorBot on October 12, 2008 at 11:52pm: If it says, "Watch this instantly from Starz Play" it's blurry. The list is too long to post here.

Please let me know when this has been resolved.

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Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on October 12, 2008 at 11:54pm: I suggest joining the group and following the discussion there.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by war6161 on October 18, 2008 at 4:38pm: I'm a fairly new member, and am completely unimpressed with netflix's 'watch instant'. Not only is the selection poor, but ALL video's are blurry. I do not have the fastest connection on the planet, but I can watch ABC's TV episodes in MUCH sharper clarity than anything on netflix. Between that and being sent several cracked disks, I'm at the end of my patience with netflix.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by not likely on October 30, 2008 at 4:15pm: goodbye!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on October 30, 2008 at 9:17pm: Ditto! I enjoy the Watch Instant very much! So all those complaining, join a group and complain amongst yourselves :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jason on October 13, 2008 at 7:18am: I've watched at least one starz play movie and didn't notice anything particularly wrong with it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RazorBot on October 13, 2008 at 8:03am: Well, I can't say I've watched all of the Starz instant views, but I would say at least 6 are not worth watching. Now if it says Starz, I just don't bother.

Try watching 'The One' with Jet Li. That's probably the burriest one I've seen so far.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tecmo SB Guy on October 13, 2008 at 12:12pm: Shift + B is your friend. :-)

Try Shift + B while playing it. There's a 2200 kbps stream you can switch to on the lower right. I just tried it with The One. It's much clearer than the default 1000 kbps stream.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RazorBot on October 13, 2008 at 12:28pm: Interesting. I'll give that a try.

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Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on October 13, 2008 at 1:41pm: And I assume using the force stream trick for the Roku box would help as well, except for the ones that are blurry even with the highest quality stream.; ▶ Reply to This