So I'm just about finished watches seasons 1.0 and 1.5 on Netflix. Anyone have any idea how long it usually takes before other seasons start showing up for streaming. I know SG:U is currently in season 2.5. Will 2.0 be available soon or should I expect to have to wait until next fall?

I was always under the impression that Netflix got episodes once they hit the home video market. So, probably this summer, maybe fall.

or Hulu:
http://www.hulu.com/stargate-universe

If you can't get it in the store, you won't see it on Netflix. If you do, you MIGHT see it on NF already. With several studios they now have a 30-day wait policy ie it's in the stores for a month before they get it because the studios were upset too many people were renting instead of buying. In return, they cut the rate NF pays them...yet NF's rates still went up! Imagine how high they'd be if they hadn't signed that deal...

Anyway, I dropped from 3/month to 2 because of that, besides I've watched a lot of the old stuff I wanted to anyway so I now have 1 disc dedicated to new release films (which I'm so backlogged on anyway that the 30-day delay doesn't bother me) and 1 to TV series (currently on ST:Voyager).


The Jedi Master

It depends on the show with Netflix. For example, Heroes would show up for streaming about 3 days after the episode originally aired, much like Hulu. I'm not aware of others that came up THAT fast, but it's hard to tell when a show will pop up on there.

Xbox Live Marketplace had them online in HD about 1 Hour after they Premiered. (Stargate SG1, SGA, Heroes etc).

Since thy merged and Zune Marketplace took over Im not sure its the same.

I've been slow to hop on the streaming tv show band wagon so far. So far I've only watched some episodes of BSG and Caprica via streaming (Syfy.com).

Best way to watch shows! More convenient than dvd, no commercials to skip over like DVR.

Yeah, low res pics on a tiny monitor, lame stereo sound, no extras like behind-the-scenes, deleted scenes, or commentaries, stuttering with network congestion...

I take a Bluray (or DVD if no BD is available) any day.



The Jedi Master

Streaming will never replace blurays/dvd's for me but I do take advantage of it once in a while. In the case of BSG and Caprica, I got to listen to podcasts for episodes that were not available yet on dvd.

Ah, but streaming doesn't mean pc and little speakers, those days are long past.
We recently paid about $130 for a Sony blu-ray player with built in wi-fi.
Streams:
-Netflix
-Youtube
-Amazon, both Prime free streaming and rentals and buy it watch it now movies
-Hulu Plus
-25 other video streaming sites, most of which I've never even heard of.
-Pandora, NPR & other music sites
-Home network streaming with pc's, although I don't do that

...and on top of that it's a good blu-ray player and the best at upscaling dvd player that I've ever had. DVD's have never looked so good.

So nice to be able to go through season after season of 24 without having to buy them.
Won't be the sound or quite the video quality of blu-ray of course, even though it's HD, but it still looks great and I didn't have to buy it or even wait for Netflix to send me the discs 1 or 2 at a time. We can watch 24, Spartacus, 30 Rock, BSG...all in the same week, within seconds of clicking on it on the screen. I'm sure someone out there gets some stuttering and buffering issues, but we don't. Streaming has come a long way in a very short time.

Seeing as I can never get thru my 2 discs from NF in less than a week anyway, it's a bit like an all-you-can-eat buffet for someone on a diet. I've got it on my 3D Bluray player. In the 3 months I've had it I've managed to watch 1/2 of one film and 3/4 of one ep of SNL!
Not like NF's 2-day turnaround is some burden, either. I mail it off on Monday, get the next one on Wednesday.



The Jedi Master

I stream Netflix and Vudu on my PS3 and most the stuff is in HD

Yeah, I only stream. If I want it in 1080p I buy the BD.

Just finished watching season 1 vol 2 of SG:U last night. I've never watched any of the other Stargate series before. I guess I'll just catch up on those and maybe BSG until season 2 of SG:U is available to stream from NF.

Have you ever felt confused or lost while watching SG:U since you have not see any of the previous SG shows?

Cool,

What made you decide to start with SG:U ???

Just curious.

I don't think I can come up with a single reason to recommend watching SG:U before the others.

That's sort of like telling someone who's never seen anything Star Trek before to start with Enterprise and Capt Archer.



The Jedi Master

I thought it was equally bizarre when I found out there were some people who were watching "Caprica" who had never watched a single episode of BSG! I'm sorry but Caprica has NO meaning without BSG and I consider myself to be a big fan of Caprica.