EVO is the only phone with a 4" or larger screen without a movie app

Several people have mentioned Slingbox - it'sa great solution. Have that connected to your Cable box / Tivo box and you're good to go.

Tivo does Netflix.

Cable boxes now days do 'On Demand'

It's pretty slick. My Slingbox also has an ATSC tuner so I can watch live TV anywhere too.

It isn't cheap by any means, but it rocks.

CriticalCritic said:

Are you using the default android browser? Do you have the flash set to "on demand" ?

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Yes, and the plugins are set to "always on" whats the diff there?

Another vote for Slingbox. Works great but the connection speed matters. Great hopes for Netflix as it will be the least expensive solution.

I just ordered the SlingBox Pro-HD a few hours ago.

Can't wait!

aeiou said:

What about travel?

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I have an iPad or a laptop for travel. I put the Avatar trailer on my Evo and it looked good but there is no way I could ever sit there and watch the whole thing on a tiny 4 inch screen. I like my movies big. Lets put it this way. I own 3 TVs and the smallest is a 47 inch I could watch part of a game or maybe a lame TV show like Wipeout, but never a full on movie.

scrface said:

Ummmm because its more convenient to stream. You have a whopping 4 movies that you've already seen taking up space on your sd card. With something like this you have thousands of movies at your disposal and no need to wait to download to have to watch it

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EXACTLY. Putting a handful of already-watched movies on an SD card reminds me of the old days - streaming is where it's at.

Mongoos150 said:

EXACTLY. Putting a handful of already-watched movies on an SD card reminds me of the old days - streaming is where it's at.

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I mostly watch TV & movies on the train, and when that SOB hits the tunnel, it's lights out Charlie for streaming. That's why I carry the media on the SD card.

Mongoos150 said:

EXACTLY. Putting a handful of already-watched movies on an SD card reminds me of the old days - streaming is where it's at.

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Streaming movies is all well and fine until one has NO or an unreliable internet connection, like on flights, trains and bus rides etc. Here I will always put a few movies or TV shows I haven't watched before onto a device or SD card. Also as most of us do NOT have an unlimited data package from the carriers, streaming video is not always a good idea anyway.

docprego said:

Well I went to Amazon.com and it loaded the mobile site so I chose the option to load the full PC site. I navigated to the movie rentals and was able to view one of the trailers in the stock browser, this tells me purchasing a rental would probably work. It looked pretty good but there was an issue. Once the video started buffering the page became completely non responsive. Eventually I was able to navigate again but it was never what I would call smooth.

I would be interested in hearing other people's experience with this.

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I purchased a full movie (Be Cool) cuz I had some credits in my account and it won't play on my EVO.

mikedt said:

Streaming movies is all well and fine until one has NO or an unreliable internet connection, like on flights, trains and bus rides etc. Here I will always put a few movies or TV shows I haven't watched before onto a device or SD card. Also as most of us do NOT have an unlimited data package from the carriers, streaming video is not always a good idea anyway.

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Most of us who have EVOs DO have an unlimited data package from Sprint. We pay an extra ten bucks per month for it.

wodin said:

Most of us who have EVOs DO have an unlimited data package from Sprint. We pay an extra ten bucks per month for it.

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You might want to check Sprint's TOS, specifically "Examples of prohibited data uses: Sprint data services are provided solely for purposes of web surfing, sending and receiving email, photographs and other similar messaging activities, and the non-continuous streaming of videos," ... Sprint probably won't like it if one streams a whole continuous TV show or movie over their network. 10 minute YouTube clips are probably fine.

http://www.sprint.com/business/resources/ratesandterms/4G_wireless_services_product_annex.pdf

Also how reliable is Sprint's 3G/4G network when one is travelling by car, bus or train?

drexappeal said:

i purchased a full movie (be cool) cuz i had some credits in my account and it won't play on my evo.

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DRM aka Digital Restrictions Management most likely.

Galax S phones have a sweet media hub app. DL/Purchase Movies/Music and TV Shows. My wife has the Epic 4g and that's the only thing besides the screen I want on EVO.

For now I just rip my own DVD and convert my MediaCenter TV shows.

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and the non-continuous streaming of videos," ... Sprint probably won't like it if one streams a whole continuous TV show or movie over their network. 10 minute YouTube clips are probably fine.

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You make a good point. That's probably why Sprint TV has TV shows split into 6min segments... that, and their software is absolutely HORRIBLE and the TV shows can't be paused or fast forwarded without it crashing So anything more than a 3min clip will only make things more frustrating.

Roadblock said:

Rockplayer Arm V7 + badass private torrent tracker = all the movie player I could EVER need.

Beats the hell out of paying for Blockbuster or Netflix.

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I actually use rockplayer for watching movies. Great appreciate but consume a lot of power. I can see my battery drop while I'm watching a movie.

Cobravision said:

If you use headphones (and frankly, why wouldn't you?) it's in stereo. And the 4.3" screen held at 12" is the same perceived size as a 42" HDTV viewed at 10 feet.

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And if you want an even larger screen, you canhold it at 6 inches away and you are like watching inside a movie theater. LOL ;-)

Mongoos150 said:

EXACTLY. Putting a handful of already-watched movies on an SD card reminds me of the old days - streaming is where it's at.

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I partly agree. I see the benefits of streaming, but I would prefer to have the flexibility to choose. There are advantages in each type of delivery.

mbell75 said:

I have zero interest in watching a movie on a 4 inch screen with not so great mono sound.

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Ever heard of headphones?

355spider said:

Moderator comment: Illegal site to stream pirated movies have been edited out

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I've seen that site mentioned a few times in these fora, and have got it bookmarked myself on my phone.

Wonder how long it will last though, AFAIK it's not legal. Often sites like this get their domains seized. movies-links.tv
"This domain name has been seized by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement"

mikedt said:

DRM aka Digital Restrictions Management most likely.

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Actually its Digital Rights Management and I'd love to see it go away but I doubt it.

I'm not at all worried about Sprint's TOS and i've streamed quite a bit of data to my handset. So be it. I pay for it and all the other months i've used very little it balances out. Their TOS leaves a lot open to interpretation.

TF1984 said:

Where is everyone finding movies to DL and put on the phone? I would love to watch Entourage or other series, not to mention a movie or two.

This would be really nice for plane flights, yet I have never been able to figure it out... Help?

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The easiest way is through Torrentz.com and use something like Rockplayer which plays a majority of downloadable content. Torrents are not illegal. Bit torrent is not illegal. The website I mentioned is not illegal. Downloading content is not illegal. *Sharing* copyrighted content is illegal. Most people don't fully understand the law.

In either case -- you have to use your discretion because most things you will find on torrent sites is being shared illegally. They do not prosecute you for the download. They prosecute you because the protocol downloads *and* uploads. It's the uploading/sharing that's illegal. Thus... you break the law if you are acquiring copyrighted material through something like Bit Torrent.

It's a shame Bit Torrent is associated with this black cloud because the technology is exceptional for distributing legal content.

The OP says we are the only phone without a way to download movies. Then, later in the thread we complain because we don't want to download movies. Then we argue about stream vs download. This thread did a great job of lumping a bunch of differing technologies into one and debating them as if they are equal.

The Android OS actually is capable of doing more than its phone counterparts. The argument is really about our *legal* ability to acquire content. All the content you could ever want is available. It's simply illegal in most cases. The content providers support other phones better. That's okay...

I'll give you some things to Google:

Vulkano/Slingbox, Rockplayer, AndTorrent, Orb (kinda meh)

Vulkano/Slingbox gives you all the streaming content you could ever want. Rockplayer plays almost any content you will find for download. Orb is a (crappy) way to stream things from your computer to your phone. And AndTorrent is a way to download torrents directly to your phone. BUT, torrents on your phone will be extremely slow...

Having watched the new Star Trek movie while in my truck, I can tell you that although the EVO's built in speaker has limitations, if you plug your phone into your stereo's AUX input you will be blown away by the sound quality. I know I was, and so was half the parking lot.

There isn't a single movie app I want other than Netflix anyway, so I really couldn't care less. If I want a movie on it, I'll do it in proper high quality re-encoding of a rip.

If I am watching a movie on the EVO, it's going to be one on the SD card. Streaming movies over the network like that not only is a quick way for people to start seeing bandwidth caps, but also is always of subpar quality, unless on 4G the whole time and even then with a strong and steady connection. No thanks, I'll stick to copies on the card until networks pick which 4G tech they will use and charge like they do for fiber networks. TV shows would be cool though.

I bought my mother an iPhone 3GS a couple of weeks ago, and I have to say, the Netflix app is pretty damn awesome. Made me a bit jealous -- even on 3G, the streaming quality is good (for a 3.5" cell phone screen). The Android version of this app can't come soon enough.

mikedt said:

You might want to check Sprint's TOS, specifically "Examples of prohibited data uses: Sprint data services are provided solely for purposes of web surfing, sending and receiving email, photographs and other similar messaging activities, and the non-continuous streaming of videos," ... Sprint probably won't like it if one streams a whole continuous TV show or movie over their network. 10 minute YouTube clips are probably fine.

http://www.sprint.com/business/resources/ratesandterms/4G_wireless_services_product_annex.pdf

Also how reliable is Sprint's 3G/4G network when one is travelling by car, bus or train?

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Sprint shouldn't include SprintTV with their phones if they don't want people to stream video.

I'd like to see streaming options that save the video content on the device for up to 24 hours (maybe 48hours) at a time. It would be encrypted to discourage piracy, and it would allow them to DL stuff while their connection is up. So when you go through the tunnel, you don't lose the video feed.

Is anyone doing this? What about with music? Is there anyway to cache streaming music or video for later review?