Netflix Is a 'Chimp', Not a 'Gorilla'

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Never at a loss for stupid things to say, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes called Netflix a "200lb chimp, not a 800lb gorilla" during an interview with CNBC.

As Netflix continues to increase its presence in the media landscape, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes doesn't consider the online DVD subscription and streaming service company as a threat.
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The fact that he even has to comment on it shows that it is. ;)
 
An adult chimpanzee can still rip Bewkes limb from limb.

They are not the cute little animals they appear to be. Those are the baby chimps :p
 
A 200lb chimp is strong enough to rip your arms and face off. It is also more intelligent and grooms itself better than a gorilla.
 
chimps go for your balls, drop and cover them when you see one.
 
Heh, everyone already beat me to the punch.

200 lb chimp or 800 lb gorilla, it'll still fuck you up. Good luck, TW.
 
judging by the number of late model movie theaters closing of late, Mr. Bewkes is either in denial or simply trying to spin things as best he knows how
 
I agree, Netflix is a chimp, not a gorilla. They could be challenged by any half-competent competitor. Blockbuster's challenge is/was incompetent. The last time I investigated Blockbuster's service, their website told me me that my browser and/or operating system was incompatible with their service. I was using Chrome and Win7. It said I needed IE and XP. What morons.

The only thing that's really keeping the competition away from Netflix so far is the shrinking disk mailing aspect of the business.
 
Stone Cold said:
The only thing that's really keeping the competition away from Netflix so far is the shrinking disk mailing aspect of the business.
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That part is mostly history now though. It would appear the majority of their business comes from streaming now.
 
Streaming does not have the PQ that the dvd has especially blu-ray. I still prefer backing up movies to my hard drive and watching on my TV.
 
Kind of reminds me how people will deny they have a problem in an effort to avoid having to do anything about it.
 
I wish everyone thought that. But I know they don't. All the haters will find a way to make netflix less appealing some day.
 
I'm still paying for Netflix, and have been for years. I cancelled Time Warner two years ago. That shows what I think of their respective services! Of course, now I pay for Uverse, and I think AT&T probably dislikes Netflix about as much. I still don't get why the ISPs hate Netflix so much... they're one of the reasons I pay extra for faster internet service! If you push Netflix out of business, I'll drop down to a lower tier and you'll be getting less money too.
 
dr.stevil said:
nonsense.


It's obviously dependant on the movie, but most netflix titles look much much better than a DVD (with exception to STARZ movies)
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Not that I have seen. Just streamed a concert and it looked terrible. Got the same concert on Blu-ray and it was awesome.
 
If Netflix is a 200 pound Chimpanzee, then TWC is the dumbass little 30 pound monkey that Chimpanzees like to hunt.
 
Zarathustra[H];1036665807 said:
That part is mostly history now though. It would appear the majority of their business comes from streaming now.
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The thing is, I don't want streaming, at least not what they have now.

The "HD" streams from netflix look like trash, at least the ones that come through on the PC and my Blu-Ray player.

The problem is bitrate. Blu-rays are like 30-35 Mbps on the video alone. I want the disk. I didn't spend $6K+ on a HT system to watch some streaming video with marginally better than DVD picture.

Until then can deliver uncompressed blu-ray quality on demand streaming over the Internet, their streaming service will be shit to me.
 
That's a great quote. Considering that story posted, he basically letting everyone know that he is under estimating Netflix.
 
canna said:
The thing is, I don't want streaming, at least not what they have now.

The "HD" streams from netflix look like trash, at least the ones that come through on the PC and my Blu-Ray player.

The problem is bitrate. Blu-rays are like 30-35 Mbps on the video alone. I want the disk. I didn't spend $6K+ on a HT system to watch some streaming video with marginally better than DVD picture.

Until then can deliver uncompressed blu-ray quality on demand streaming over the Internet, their streaming service will be shit to me.
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Gotta go with you on this one, I have a 3 tiered approach to my movie watching. The movies I want I buy, DVD's get ripped to a .ts file in h264 at a constant quality of 18.5, keeping the original audio; blu-ray's are on a shelf to watch, I don't worry about ripping those yet. Finally Netflix streams to my ps3 when the movie is just ok, is seasonal, kids movies or tv shows like South Park that are nice to watch but I don't care to own. To say Netflix HD is the same as DVD or Blu-ray is just as bad as this Time Warner guy. I've watched plenty from Netflix and while they aren't bad I have seen some that are encoded wrong, interlaced vs progressive; also the bitrates are low as has been mentioned. Can Netflix beef up their infrastructure to not need my HTPC? It's possible, but they would need someone who is also going to transfer the films with care which I don't think they do as of yet.
 
dr.stevil said:
nonsense.


It's obviously dependant on the movie, but most netflix titles look much much better than a DVD (with exception to STARZ movies)
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I watch netflix alot. while usually the video quality is pretty good, it is not DVD quality.
 
Stone Cold said:
I agree, Netflix is a chimp, not a gorilla. They could be challenged by any half-competent competitor. Blockbuster's challenge is/was incompetent. The last time I investigated Blockbuster's service, their website told me me that my browser and/or operating system was incompatible with their service. I was using Chrome and Win7. It said I needed IE and XP. What morons.

The only thing that's really keeping the competition away from Netflix so far is the shrinking disk mailing aspect of the business.
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Umm no, because any real competitor would most likely be some asshole company that nickle and dimes their customers like wireless companies do. Netflix is a pretty cool company, and I hope they continue to be.
 
So how's the streaming library? My gf claims to have gone through all the sci-fi that's worth the time in a couple of months.

Any company that can get a good library together and price themselves competitively can walk away with the market.
 
I got new for Jeff Bewkes ... a "200lb Chimp" would whip his butt if the two of them were locked in a cage together. A "Gorilla" would just do so much more quickly.
 
Neat. I don't see Time Warner getting $30-60/month from me for cable. They get $0. Netflix gets $10/month from me.

Get over it. Your shit will go down, but you'll just gouge us for internet then.
 
He's partially right. What if they had a way at the carrier level to block and / or ala carte certain websites like Netflix.

Now Netflix has a lost revenue stream and something that customers are flocking towards.

He's wrong in the sense that they are not just a small cog. They drive a LOT of DVD business. So does Redbox, cause if it didn't, traditional movie rental places wouldn't put on their signage "We have this now and Redbox doesn't nany nany poo poo to them"

Seriously. If you write Netflix off, you're dumb as a brick. But they do have to depend on the ISP's to deliver 1/2 of their business right now.
 
Honestly, Netflix has it going right for themselves, direction wise. Though, their selection is SHIT-TEE. I want to stream Inception, Hurt Locker, and hell some episodes from Family Guy are DVD-only. I get that it's not Netflix sole decision to do DVD or streaming, part of it is getting permissions from Publishers etc etc...well they had better start paying more cash to compete with Video on Demand cause I am sure their subscriber base would be larger and happier

But yeah, Netflix is a force to be reckoned with and a 200 LB chimp can probably take on a lion, so yeah.
 
He doesn't watch enough nature shows. Chimps are bad-ass mofos who will kill and eat you.
 
Zarathustra[H];1036665807 said:
That part is mostly history now though. It would appear the majority of their business comes from streaming now.
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Even if you use Netflix for streaming, it's still nice to have the disk availability for those titles that you can't stream or would prefer not to stream.
 
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