Netflix anybody?

[Bribie G]

I've seen this comment a few times now in this thread. Same situation in my family. I however am 90% unimpressed with Netflix' offerings.

Am I the only one or haven't I just searched hard enough to find more than kids stuff and 1990ies chick flix?

Florian, as a Netflix virgin I agree that the interface is bloody frustrating, it would be nice to have a "lobby" with categories, like ABC iView.

However I was on a site, Guardian Australia I think, that gave some hints about first using Netflix and they said that the content that gets served to you depends very much on your original choice of "what three shows would you like to watch first" as that colours the nature of the content from then on.
So I was careful to choose docos such as David Attenborough's Life, etc. and ended up with some excellent content, for the time being, let's see how it goes in the future.

However if I'd chosen Madagascar 2, Despicable Me and My Little Pony or whatever I expect that my offerings would have been different. :unsure:

 

[AHB_Admin]

I have had it for a few years. I dropped cable after to long. Netflix is all I need.

I should mention I'm huge into Asian Cinema and Documentaries. They have a ton of those.

And I am on the US version being in the US and all.

 

[goomboogo]

You could get a VPN and then subscribe to the Australian Netflix. That will allow you to pay more and get less.

 

[fraser_john]

My favorites at the moment are:

• The Strain, interesting take on the whole vampire genre as an infection, not bad
• Penny Dreadful, Victorian era combination of werewolf, witches, Frankenstein and Dorian Grey
• Mr. Robot, mentally ill hacker, great rating on IMDB
• True Detective
• Hell On Wheels
• and always good for a laugh at the dopiest of crims... COPS

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You could get a VPN and then subscribe to the Australian Netflix. That will allow you to pay more and get less.

You couldnt get a better deal than that

 

[Bribie G]

I took SWMBO for a doctors appointment and sitting in the waiting room I found an unsecured WiFi, probably some unfortunate person in the unit block behind, simply called "Dlink" so I logged on and watched Netflix on my phone at their expense.
Bad me.

 

[Cube]

Newbie. I'd be all youporn on free wifi.

h34r:

 

[Exile]

I took SWMBO for a doctors appointment and sitting in the waiting room I found an unsecured WiFi, probably some unfortunate person in the unit block behind, simply called "Dlink" so I logged on and watched Netflix on my phone at their expense.
Bad me.

Perfect time to fire up kali linux and do a MITM lol

 

[spog]

My favorites at the moment are:

• The Strain, interesting take on the whole vampire genre as an infection, not bad
• Penny Dreadful, Victorian era combination of werewolf, witches, Frankenstein and Dorian Grey
• Mr. Robot, mentally ill hacker, great rating on IMDB
• True Detective
• Hell On Wheels
• and always good for a laugh at the dopiest of crims... COPS

Hell on wheels is a cracker of a show, spoiler alert.
Like another cracker of a show being Deadwood,a movie length episode was mentioned to tie up loose ends but never happened.
Having read this spoiler no doubt you are now pissed off,but get into it .

And speaking of spoiler alerts I over heard some people talking about season 6 of Game Of Thrones,( watch the last of ep5 last night)
Dunno if they are right but no pay back......please,no pay back...can't wait for The Walking Dead............

 

[kalbarluke]

I am on the US version. Movies are a bit ordinary. I have been mainly watching TV series. My favourites are 'West Wing' , 'Derek' and I started watching 'House of Cards' but I found every character to be so unlikable that I stopped watching it after about 5 episodes. To be honest I don't watch too much but as a few people have said already, the wife and kids love it.

IMHO and this is probably stating the obvious but Netflix, Stan and the like are going to give Fox and cable tv companies a huge scare in the near future. I see pay tv losing a lot of its market share over the next few years. I also envisage 7,9,10 et al going nearly broke and digital tv going the way of the wireless. The only thing that may save them is live sport.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Newbie. I'd be all youporn on free wifi.

h34r:

Its amazing how porn on free wifi doesnt buffer like a youtube clip... B)

 

[AHB_Admin]

You could get a VPN and then subscribe to the Australian Netflix. That will allow you to pay more and get less.

You couldnt get a better deal than that

You guys have season 10 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia right? I would pay more for that.

 

[Spiesy]

You guys have season 10 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia right? I would pay more for that.

Do not like that show. Seems staged and pretentious.

 

[Cortez The Killer]

Have had netflix and hulu for a while via a Roku 3 box. Signed up for amazon recently for a year - not too exciting but there are a few shows the kids really like - so it's been a good babysitter.

Needless to say I don't watch regular tv anymore... actually come to think of it I'm watching more tv via streaming than I ever have via other offerings

Would be lost without streaming tv nowadays

Cheers

 

[Cube]

Just found this site. Netflix searchable films and TV shows. Just search what you want and it tells you which countries have it. Not bad.

http://www.moreflicks.com/

 

[AHB_Admin]

Do not like that show. Seems staged and pretentious.

Ouch. Well I love it... I don't think we can be friends anymore...

Have had netflix and hulu for a while via a Roku 3 box. Signed up for amazon recently for a year - not too exciting but there are a few shows the kids really like - so it's been a good babysitter.

Needless to say I don't watch regular tv anymore... actually come to think of it I'm watching more tv via streaming than I ever have via other offerings

Would be lost without streaming tv nowadays

Cheers

I dropped Hulu. Horrible experience. Not just the ads, but often the video would error out and I would have to watch all the ads all over again. I'm not going to pay to watch ads, let alone watch them twice.

Just found this site. Netflix searchable films and TV shows. Just search what you want and it tells you which countries have it. Not bad.

http://www.moreflicks.com/

Very cool.

 

[Cube]

Yes it's not new however I have resisted watching this because of the bad wrap it gets for ending a 8 year run as it did. I am into the 12th episode of season one AND LOVE IT. I'm addicted to it and it's right up my alley. This pretty much paved the way for the 'breaking bads' and 'hannabils'.

NETFLIX USA - Dexter. A sociopath serial killer whom is a crime scene blood splatter investigator. Thats all I need to say. 5/5 stars from me. Worth the unblock-us fee alone.

 

[SBOB]

NETFLIX USA - Dexter. A sociopath serial killer whom is a crime scene blood splatter investigator. Thats all I need to say. 5/5 stars from me. Worth the unblock-us fee alone.

as long as you ignore the last couple of seasons...

 

[Spiesy]

as long as you ignore the last couple of seasons...

I thought they were still okay.

And Dexter is available locally, either Stan or Netflix AU, can't recall.

 

[Cube]

I thought they were still okay.

And Dexter is available locally, either Stan or Netflix AU, can't recall.

No dexter AU Netflix. Being a Netflix thread....