Heroes posts later on Netflix

Heroes is a show that I like, but the NBC 24|7 player pauses on me and makes it hard to watch. I have discovered that Heroes also plays on Netflix "Watch Instantly", so I am back to watching it. I noticed yesterday that Heroes does not post to Netflix on Tuesday like it does on the 24|7 NBC site, but sometime on Wednesday. What time on Wednesday, I don't know, but I know that it is posted now, so I just might have to watch it now and catch up on this week's episode.

Heroes

Ok, I think I need to change this blog’s format. All that linking is a pain in the neck, so instead of not talking about internet TV and just linking to what I watched, I am going to switch it up. I am going to talk more about what I watched and do less linking. Maybe that will make it easier to post.

So, with that said, let’s talk about a show I was finally able to watch.

Heroes!

As I reported a couple of posts ago, I was having trouble watching Heroes on the official NBC site. Basically, I have a slow connection and it seems that the NBC player does not stream enough into its queue to prevent it from pausing. It was very annoying! For every 5 seconds of video, it would pause for 1 second. Totally frustrating and we clicked it off after less than five minutes.

So, what is a Heroes fan to do?

Watch the show on Netflix of course! Yes, Netflix “Watch Instantly” has THIS season of Heroes for your streaming pleasure. This is really great, considering that if you want to watch the DVD of season two, you have to wait for it to come out.

I am now caught up on Heroes. Yep, I watched all three episodes on Netflix this weekend. Boy, that is a good show and it looks like this season will be great. Watching Heroes on Netflix is even better because there are NO commercials. On the official NBC site, Heroes has short commercials, so it is better than the broadcast version. Watching Heroes on Netflix is even better than that, as no commercials are better than the 30 second ones they add to the streaming site.

What I watched 10-7-07

Well, it has been a little while since my last post. That is ok I guess since not too many folks have been checking out this blog.

I did watch stuff on my Sansa this last week. I even got a bit of geek envy on the bus I think. I was watching stuff and this business man sat next to me. Pretty soon he busted out his blackberry, and tried to do fun things, but no video. He checked his email and read some webpages, but still no video. Haha!

All the while, I watched..

1)Ask A Ninja, Question 55 "Celebrity Weapons"

2)Bicycle-Sidewalk 303rd Post - The girl, the light, the shoes - Fukuoka Tenjin Japan

3)Boing Boing.TV Boing Boing tv: same old BB, but with talkies.

4)Boing Boing.TV Trailers From Hell/Lobotomy

5)Better Bad News REPORTS OF NEO-CON MILITARY COUP UNLIKELY IN US MEDIA

6)Geek Entertainment TV Halo 3 Launch Eve

7)The GigaOm Show - Silcon Valley's Own Microsoft

We also watched some internet video on the television. We watched some ABC shows. We watched some Ugly Betty and also checked out the new show Pushing Daisies. ABC has the best player hands down. It looks great and streams even better.

We would have been watching more internet TV, but we got sucked into some DVD action via Netflix. We watched The Real Housewives of the Orange County. That show is addictive. Growing up in Orange County 20 years ago, I see things have not changed much. Yes, this stuff really happens.

What I watched 9-24-07

Today I was on the bus, so I watched my Sansa. I watched…

1) Washington Post - Back of the Pack

2) Vlog Flux - Burning Man 07

3) Brickfilms.com Latest Films - Greatness

4) The GigaOm Show - Listen Up Entrepreneurs!

5) Spices of Life - Unlocking the Secrets of Tea

Last night we watched an actual DVD from Netflix, so nothing to report on that front. If you are curious, we watched Rx For Survival. It was a PBS show narrated by Brad Pitt. I guess he is all about helping out the poor countries now.

What I watched 9-21-07

Since it is the weekend, I did not take the bus, so I did not watch anything on my trusty Sansa. That Sansa is pretty cool. It comes with software that translates most kinds of video so you can watch it on the Sansa. Of course, the ipod has no such translation software, so you are at the mercy of finding ipod compatible M4V and MP4 videos.

Last night we watched some Netflix, Watch Now. We watched "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff". It was nice and light hearted, just what the doctor ordered! Since we have been watching "Watch Now", we have not been watching as many Netflix DVDs. This means that Netflix does not have to pay for our postage, and that makes them happy!

What I watched 9-19-07

Today I watched...

On my sansa.

1) Ask A Ninja: Ask A Ninja, Question 53 "Bob's Destiny"

2)Jimmy Craichead: Sailing to Annapolis Maryland

3)Dotboom: iTunes is taunting me

4)Violet Blue: los angeles erotic film fest 2007: altporn panel intro

5)Webb Alert: September 18, 2007

6) Webb Alert: September 19,2007

And last night we watched an totally amazing documentary on Netflix Watch Now. We saw "the great happiness space". The more we use Watch Now, the more we like it. Yes, the quality is not anywhere near the DVD versions, but the fact that you can watch it right now is really cool.

Videos for 9-18-07

Welcome to the first post! It might take me a couple of times to figure out the final format of these things, but until then, let's see what I have been watching.

I watched some small clips on my Sansa mp3 player while I was on the bus today. I watched...

1) Wallstrip: Weight Watchers

2) Rocketboom

3)Webb Alert

4) Rosie O Donnel's video blog

5) Vlog Soup: Dyann Bakes

Last night we watched Netflix, Watch Now. Watch now is a service from Netflix that lets you watch streaming video. The quality is pretty good and the experience is very enjoyable, even on my 100 mbps connection.

We watched The Human Face with John Cleese