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Re: The Criterion Channel

#76 Post by 371229 » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:32 pm

Does this mean that the Criterion Channel is only live on the computer? I searched my Roku for "The Criterion Channel" and nothing comes up?

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#77 Post by Glowingwabbit » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:39 pm

371229 wrote:
Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:32 pm
Does this mean that the Criterion Channel is only live on the computer? I searched my Roku for "The Criterion Channel" and nothing comes up?
Might be until it goes live.

Edit: From the website:
The Criterion Channel will launch April 8 in the U.S. and Canada and will be available on desktop, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku, iOS, and Android devices.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#78 Post by jedgeco » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:31 pm

Oedipax wrote:
Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:12 pm
I'm a little confused - if I signed up as a Charter Member (which I did), do I already have an account I can log into? Or do I need to make one now?
Signing up to be a "charter member" on criterion.com apparently was only for the purpose of generating an email list to send out today's communication.

I created a new account on criterionchannel.com, and subscribed for the reduced rate.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#79 Post by Andrew_VB » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:35 pm

Glowingwabbit wrote:
Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:39 pm
371229 wrote:
Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:32 pm
Does this mean that the Criterion Channel is only live on the computer? I searched my Roku for "The Criterion Channel" and nothing comes up?
Might be until it goes live.

Edit: From the website:
The Criterion Channel will launch April 8 in the U.S. and Canada and will be available on desktop, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku, iOS, and Android devices.
apparently if you download the vhx app on appletv, roku, or wherever else they have one you can login and watch the movie of the week now as well.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#80 Post by criterionsnob » Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:10 am

The VHX app also supports offline viewing of Criterion Channel content.

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#81 Post by Magic Hate Ball » Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:42 am

Checked out a few minutes of Mikey and Nickey. Ran wonderfully smooth, and I love having the resolution option - beautiful, full grain! Really looking forward to having this all back in my life, i've missed it.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#82 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:22 am

Looks like no Chromecast -- which was what I used for Filmstruck. :-(

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#83 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:35 am

You may not be able to watch from a Chromecast app, but hopefully one of these two solutions work for you.

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#84 Post by perkizitore » Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:43 am

It says the one month trial will start from April 8, but it wanted to charge me $9.99 beginning March the 2nd!

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#85 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:31 am

I'm assuming they still have original dates built in and are going to fix that, otherwise they'll have a lot of very angry people on their hands. I wouldn't worry about it(?) but I guess YMMV on what an erroneous charge might do to your chosen payment method at that time

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#86 Post by Oedipax » Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:17 pm

Glowingwabbit wrote:
Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:53 pm
You have to create an account because it's a new subscription and they'll need your payment information. It only gives you the charter subscription price when you do so you're fine. I just created one myself.
Thanks! I couldn't remember if I'd already filled that stuff in back when I signed up to be a charter member in the beginning or not, but it sounds like they weren't collecting that info yet.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#87 Post by HitchcockLang » Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:26 pm

Andrew_VB wrote:
Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:35 pm
apparently if you download the vhx app on appletv, roku, or wherever else they have one you can login and watch the movie of the week now as well.
Thanks for this. Do you know if I'll be able to log into VHX with the email and password I used to set up my Criterion Channel account or do I have to create another?

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#88 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 31, 2019 2:17 pm

I think that's the idea - your Criterion Channel account is a VHX account. Correct me if I'm wrong though, I haven't tried yet. But the account confirmation e-mail re: setting the account up that I received came from a VHX e-mail address

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#89 Post by ianungstad » Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:46 pm

Shout bought Westchester films who have several titles licensed to Criterion. Shout may have the streaming rights to those titles.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#90 Post by unclehulot » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:21 pm

Are the films of the week only available for a week until the next one comes along? Also, I see no option for subs/captions.


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Re: The Criterion Channel

#91 Post by movielocke » Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:18 pm

Ooh this is superior in one respect already, extra features remember where you were if you stop them (as I did last night) and then put it back on, as I did a few minutes ago. On filmstruck, special features never resumed, they always started over.

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#92 Post by ftsoh » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:49 am

Please please please include subtitles at least in the main feature.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#93 Post by movielocke » Mon Feb 04, 2019 3:09 am

ftsoh wrote:Please please please include subtitles at least in the main feature.
There’s a subtitle section in the VHx faq, so it’s probably there already, at least on a computer, but it might not be very accessible on other devices yet.

Odds are that one of the next movie of the week will probably be non English, so most of us will get to find out how subtitles work on vhx very soon

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#94 Post by jedgeco » Mon Feb 04, 2019 1:40 pm

From Bordwell Blog:
This coming Wednesday the next Movie of the Week is….well, let’s just say it’s one of the most popular offerings on the Criterion channel, and now a very rare item on DVD.

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#95 Post by movielocke » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:14 pm

jedgeco wrote:From Bordwell Blog:
This coming Wednesday the next Movie of the Week is….well, let’s just say it’s one of the most popular offerings on the Criterion channel, and now a very rare item on DVD.
I’m gonna guess The Third Man.

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#96 Post by jedgeco » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:22 pm

I was thinking Grand Illusion, but either would fuel speculation on the Studio Canal thread.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#97 Post by DRW.mov » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:46 pm

I’ll put my money on Pierrot le fou.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#98 Post by goblinfootballs » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:55 pm

It could by Chungking Express as they continue to toy with us on the WKW front.

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#99 Post by Self » Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:04 pm

I could be reading too far into it, but she does say DVD and not disc. So perhaps an OOP that never got the upgrade?

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Re: The Criterion Channel

#100 Post by albucat » Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:50 pm

Did we ever get an answer about how long these weekly additions would stay available for until things get real in April?

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