Amazon Movies & TV Trade-In Beta
Amazon is currently beta-testing a Movies & TV Trade-In section on it’s site. It’s a pretty simple 3-step process.
- First, you go to this page and select the items you want to trade in.
- Then, you print a shipping label and packing slip and ship your trade-ins to Amazon.
- Finally, Amazon will deposit a gift card into your account when the get the trade-in items.
You can search for your items via title or keywords and Amazon will show you the trade-in value of each item so you know what you’re getting before shipping your movies off.
Netflix Launches App Gallery
Netflix launched the Netflix App Gallery earlier this month, which allows you to do all kinds of things with your Nexflix account.
Looking for a way to access Netflix on your phone? Choose from nine different mobile applications. Want to search for movies and add them to your queue from Twitter? We’ve got you covered.
Netflix also has put together a Netflix Developer Portal for the wizards who want to build Netflix Apps.
[via The Netflix Blog]
Better Recommendations via Star Predictions at Netflix
Netflix has reported an improvement its recommendation engine by deploying a new algorithm for star ratings. It should be a subtle overall change, but should also make a difference in the long run.
Members who rate movies will now receive better guidance on how many stars they’re likely to give movies they haven’t seen (aka “our best guess for you”). These star predictions influence the movies we feature on many pages of the Netflix website, in particular in the Movies You’ll Love area.
[via The Netflix Blog]
Microsoft and Netflix Enhance Movie and TV Watching on the PC
Latest content addition offers more than 12,000 choices of movies and TV episodes that can be watched instantly on a PC with Windows.
REDMOND, Wash. — May 20, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix Inc., the world’s largest online movie rental service, are now available to watch instantly on the PC using Windows Media Center on PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. This newest content addition builds on Microsoft’s goal to create a consistent experience on the PC for consumers to easily enjoy the entertainment of greatest interest to them.
With Windows Media Center, consumers no longer need to jump from Web site to Web site to find the TV shows, movies, sports and news they want to watch. Windows Vista customers who are also Netflix members can simply start Windows Media Center on their PC and then select the new Netflix tile under TV+Movies to begin streaming movies and TV episodes instantly. People can also search the entire Netflix library, manage both their instant and DVD Queues, and even filter searches by titles that are available to watch instantly. Windows Media Center takes advantage of the Netflix recommended category lists to make it even easier to quickly find the movies and TV shows that consumers want to watch. Conveniently, Netflix in Windows Media Center is also designed to work with any Windows Media Center-compatible remote control. Read more
