Netflix

Use it and like it. I think it's worth the money, but whether that applies to you will depend a lot on what you will use it for. What exactly do you want to watch? Netflix, despite what they want us to think, does not have everything, or even close to everything...

 

I use and really like Netflix. Each year more and more people are using Netflix and they use the money to in part create original content for their network. I'm watching season 1 of Stranger Things, a Netfilx original series, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

 

The original content is uneven... the first two seasons of House of Cards were very good. The third felt a bit like a disappointment.

 

I find that movies take about a year to show up.

 

They have a large number of reasonably current TV shows available, which is what we use ours for. The Guy and I are currently working our way through Star Trek: The Next Generation. (They have all the Star Treks, if that interests you.)

Other shows we've watched on Netflix: The Wire, Dexter, The West Wing, Orange is the New Black (Netflix original), House of Cards (likewise), Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Scrubs, Lie to Me, Breaking Bad, House M.D.

Note that Netflix sometimes decides not to renew their license for a show when it expires. The Wire may no longer be on there.

 

The new releases are normally on the DVD plan. I usually set the queue up in advance so when one gets returned, the other will ship (2 out at at time).

 

What you're saying makes sense. We're on the streaming-only plan. Enough of the new releases are on Amazon Prime that we don't really feel a need to pay Netflix extra. It does mean that I have no idea what's on the Netflix DVD plan though.

 

I love me some Netflix! I don't watch TV, so use it as my 'TV'. Does not have everything, and some availability varies depending on what country you live in. (Some stuff in Canada is not available in the US, and vis versa).

For the money it costs, very worth it for me. Plus, I think you can try it for a month free. The streaming is awesome, my internet was super slow for a while (like 3Mbps down...) and I could still watch shows with very minimal buffering.

 

If you're just streaming, I've found any "good" movie I think of that I wanna watch, it's more or less guaranteed not to be available. It's obviously better to get the mailed DVD, but I suck at watching movies. In that, I mean... I wanna watch something I've seen before and really like, I hardly ever just pick a movie out, read the description and think "hmmm... that sounds good." There's probably some hidden gems somewhere in there, but I'd never know.

When it came down to it, I let Netflix lapse, and kept up the Hulu payment. I like it much better.

 

We have used Netflix for quite a few years now. Like others we started off with the DVD plan but have switched over to just streaming content now. We have an Amazon prime account and just use that service for the latest releases, seems to work well for the 5 of us. Netflix is great for TV shows, Original content, and pretty good selection of overall titles, not so great for the latest greatest movies. And if you are really into TV shows, I hear Hulu is hard to beat.

 

i think its worth it, but i have a list of cons as always. first of all, its run by a fortune 500 company, secondly its a bandwidth hog, be prepared to either balance your IP tables or get a better router, third of all, dont fall asleep logged in unless u get unlimited data from your ISP. i have a 1TB limit which almost never gets broken while running 7 systems in my house, and in one month i went over by 160GB and had to play almost $300 in overcharge because my wifes ex was living in our basement and left it logged in constantly (until i banned his xbox from my router which he tried to fight with me about until i told him, fine, if you wanna keep on my bandwidth you now pay my cable bill... it shut his drunk ass up quickly.) so if you have data limit it can get pricey, i also want to say i get a wider selection and variety from solarmovie and projectfreetv, but unless you are setup to prevent viruses and malware, stick to netflix. all in all, if you give it enough time to stream, or buy a magic jack, its totally worth using netflix, but if you have firefox and adblock+ or no scripts... dont waste your money or your time or your hardware on that corporate turd. <snip>

 

Not sure what is wrong with a Fortune 500 company, but have not had any bandwidth issues, and it works well with my new router, or the older one. No IP table problems. I am on unlimited so can't comment on that.

 

Nothing, if you work for a good one

 

Hmm, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Apple... Oh my.

 

AMD still counts in that group?

Oh my, indeed.

 

They were in in 2015. http://fortune.com/2015/01/08/lisa-su-advance-micro-devices-ceo/

 

Same here. Yes. If you have a data cap then Netflix is a bad idea.

 

True. My Netflix content in Canada is different from USA content. It seems content varies by geographical region.

 

I have always been a Netflix by mail consumer since 2007. I did get a streaming trial with a netbook so I used that for a month. I actually prefer not streaming.
The current movies, get released on DVD so weekly I look which is being released on a Tuesday. If there are any I want, I add to my queue.
I am still grandfathered in to the old price of $7.99/month. If I watch fast, I can get 2 movies a week. That rarely happens.
Even so, I feel 4 movies a month is a bargain at $7.99.

If you prefer streaming, give Crackle a look. I don't know what they offer but at a price of FREE, if there is nothing on tv, it might help.
http://www.crackle.com/

 

Yes, the different content by location is stupid. I can 't think of a good reason for them to do it.

 

I might have advocated Hulu a bit hastily. I neglected to mention that I'm paying extra for the Showtime package. I got it for free at first, then got sucked in by a lil show called Nurse Jackie.

 

I really don't like Netflex or Hulu.Mainly due to the ad's.I refuse to use them type of sites.This is way i pretty much stopped watching TV.

I would share a sites to watch stuff for free.But i am not allowed here.

 

Netflix is good worth the money easy. But here most are using their firesticks using Kodi (grey area'ish) iptv is cool on sat boxes. Plenty of goodies to search and watch.
I have been watching youtube in bed love the ghost hunts like voice box using radios with good speaker, scanning constantly no time to stay on a channel yet the stuff that comes through is amazing.
i guess with smart boxes for tvs or smart tvs there is lots more to choose now without paying big monthly tv packages from sky or virgin etc.

 

you can buy a zgemma box install lots of goodies that offer most things through the internet connection.

 

For those of you on a limited data plan, I have noticed an automatic "stop" on Hulu when I leave it running at night. I'm not sure how long it goes before it does this, but I'll wake up at some point and see the screen asking "Are you still there?" with a continue button. So they seem to be mindful of those that are potentially on limited data plans.