The TWAIN blog

This is a two-fer day. Two blog posts for the price of none.

It took me a long time to move to NetFlix. Moving to a town with few choices in the local mega-video rental stores helped. I like to watch the independent films mixed with my blockbusters. The reason I was against going online to rent a movie was because I am an instant-gratification shopper. I only go to rent a movie because I want to see it at that moment. I can’t stand to wait for it. But this past year, I challenged myself to watch the American Film Institutes‘ classic movies. I signed up on Netflix to receive in order a variety of films recommended by AFI.

I like Netflix because I made my list and totally forgot what I put on there. Each time I send a movie back, I get a new one sent to me that is a complete surprise! But….I miss the instant gratification of having the video when I want to see it.

I recently visited some friends who are video-techies. They have a media room in their home complete with projector, surround sound, DVD, Blu-Ray, Archos systems, and a remote control system that looks like a Star Trek Tricorder. Their newest addition was an AppleTV and they showed me how instant their gratification had become.

Download a movie from iTunes in HD or Standard format directly to the box.

That’s it.

No DVDs. No cases. No envelopes. No format issues.

Download to the box. Stream from the box. And if you travel – take the box with you. All your movies available on the box that is not bigger than a portable DVD player.

I like Apple. But I found a box that does the same for half the price called VuDu. And VuDu works with Netflix to where I can download movies directly to the box. Plus….an iPhone app makes it easy to download as well.

So…goodbye DVDs and Blu-Ray muckity-muck. I’m back to instant gratification.

Now I just need a media room with a projector and home theatre system!

Or I just need this! VuDu connected to MyVu – personal media viewer!