In response to Netflix's recent price increases, I've decided to change my viewing patterns, not so much because I don't want to pay the money, but more because I don't think it's worth the price.

The new pricing model puts unlimited streaming at the same price level as "1-DVD-at-a-time" for by-mail DVDs. You might be thinking that I disagree with the cost of the streaming, rather, I disagree with the exceptional cost of the DVD by mail price. I personally feel that Netflix should charge users what it costs them to run their streaming business with DVD rental as a bonus.

Netflix may still see that DVD rental is a large part of their business, but in reality, everywhere I look, the physical media business is done. Any type of content that is intellectual property now deserves to be primarily virtual, and secondarily, physical. In three to five years, streaming will become the primary means for people to watch content on any device.

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My television has "motionflow". No, that's not a new kind of optically-induced laxative. It's a technology that allows the TV to repeat/inject frames into the stream of images to create up to 120 frames/sec from a 24 frames/sec or 30 frames/sec source. What results is a "smoother" picture much like you'd see on video or live sports broadcasts.

There's been quite a debate going on since this technology's inception and it basically boils down to how much you (as the viewer) want to change the way you watch content vs the way the original content was meant to be seen.

If you're the kind of person that never watches the Director's Cut of a movie, you should really stop reading right now and go back to your Full-Frame version of Spy Kids 3D.

However, if you've ever seen the difference between the pan-and-scan version of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and you were horrified at the end gunfight's presentation, you already know that sometimes, the original director and cinematographer's intent sometimes are paramount to enjoying a scene.

For most non-sports film and TV content, I recommend nothing less than watching movies in the original format, low tech frame rate and all. I feel the viewer should embrace the entire experience of watching the film, even if some sub-par decisions were made at the time because of technological limitations. No one would fault silent filmmakers for inter-titles. However, if you try and convert a silent film into a sound film by using voiceovers on the images which were meant to be silent, you're likely to get a hilarious experience. As such, leave the image and sound alone, trust the director. The act of watching is appreciating the art created, however low-brow it might be.

If you're a sports junkie, I say go nuts with the motionflow and other image and sound processing technologies. This kind of content can't be said to have an original director or auteur behind it so the viewing experience is really a cooperative witnessing experience. As such, anything goes!