Monthly Archives: March 2011

With all the brouhaha this week about Facebook being a credible Netflix competitor, Netflix-Login.com wanted to show a counterpoint to the story. While Goldman Sachs investment analysts think Facebook is a credible threat to Netflix, Bank of America investment analyst Nat Schindler disagrees: “Netflix’s huge increase in content has created a very high competitive barrier and with Netflix already a low cost service, we see few opportunities for an emerging competitor to pose a serious threat.” Nat argues that the Facebook deal is more of a threat to single movie rental, making it irrelevant to Netflix’s subscription business and a closer competitor to pay per view services from Comcast, DirectTV, and even Amazon. For now Additionally, people wan to watch movies on their TV, not their computer and Facebook has no connectivity in the living room!

If you’re having Netflix login issues check out the info below on Netflix errors and login issues. Netflix login issues can be common, especially on new devices.

The news media has been buzzing lately about the Warner Bros. deal with Facebook to let Facebook users watch the studio’s blockbuster, The Dark Knight, for only 30 credits, which is $3.00. This is a huge deal for both Facebook and Warner Bros., especially considering that Facebook has over 500 million logged in users compared to Netflix’s 20 million logged in users. The distribution potential that Facebook has is massive, and had a negative impact on the Netflix stock price, brining down the stock 6% on the news.

Goldman Sachs investment banking analyst, Ingrid Chung, commented on the news: ”Facebook’s foray into pay-per-view does not impact our Netflix estimates,” she said in a report. “However, Facebook represents a new potential entrant that few in the investment community were concerned with prior to this announcement, so we believe it does indeed represent an incremental negative for Netflix shares. ” She added that Facebook “could some day become a credible threat to Netflix.”

What’s our take on the news? Goldman Sachs is right not to lower revenue estimates for Netflix.  Netflix is monetizing customers effectively and continues to acquire millions of users. Also, Netflix has deals with hundreds of device makers to make their content available in homes across the US. Facebook, however, is generally confined to your mobile phone or laptop, making it a sub-par experience.

There are a ton of gaming consoles and other hardware that work really well with Netflix. Some devices are much easier than others. The most common examples of Netflix enabled devices are PlayStation, Wii, Xbox, Apple TV, Roku, and iPhone. Below are instructions for enabling Netflix via the activation URL, netflix.com/activate, so you can begin watching your movies.

Netflix for Xbox: If you’re a gamer this will probably be the best solution for you because you already have an internet connected gaming console.

1. Make sure you have a high speed internet connection
2. You’ll need to have an Xbox Gold LIVE membership to watch Netflix
3. You’ll also need an unlimited Netlix plan
4. If you have all of the pre-qualifiers for Netflix for Xbox listed above go to the Xbox video marketplace, then go to the activation URL, netflix.com/activate
5. You should be done after you enter your Netflix activation code

Netflix for iPhone: Netflix released their iPhone app back in August. The Netflix iPhone app is free and will let you instantly watch movies on your iPhone, iTouch, and even now the iPad.

1. Get the app for your iPhone, it’s called Phone Flix
2. Add movies to your queue with the touch screen
3. Watch your movies during the free trial
4. If you have a Netflix subscription you’ll have to enter your activation code in the setting area of the Netflix Phone Flix app
5. You don’t need to go to the netflix.com/activate URL on iPhone