What's wrong with Netflix streaming

[birdroad]

I agree with DromJohn. Although Netflix doesn't have a lot of recent main stream movies, they are on point with their indie, classics, and foreign films.

 

[passedpawn]

Netflix streaming is AWESOME.

It doesn't have absolutely EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED???????? Well HECK FIRE!!!! I am sure that somewhere, they guarantee to supply absolutely everything ever.............and You expect that for 7.99/month? wow.

The netflix interface on wii blows HULU, Roku, and whatever else off of the map.

There are THOUSANDS of titles. Many of them AWESOME.

If you are visually impaired (HD eyes) then you have my sympathy and I can understand your bitching.

Short of that, you are missing the boat if you dumped Netflix just because it didn't have EXACTLY the title you wanted.

I have watched a hundred or so mildly lifechanging movies on Netflix that I would NOT have otherwise seen, probably because they don't have every movie ever, or I would have watched something else.

Did you SEE the Good on Netflix Thread with 2000 or so views?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/good-netflix-streaming-330058/

Netflix had nothing I looked for. Literally nothing. Both of my local blockbusters shut down. Argh.

I'm not missing any boat. I still watch movies all the time, but I watch what I want. And yes, I only watch HD / bluray (unless there is no choice, but it seems everything is available in HD now).

Yes, I've seen your thread. I tried to watch one of the movies on there (Lo). No comment.

And please stop with the condescending tone.

 

[45_70sharps]

Watch it a few more times.

Proof Sinbad is the greatest actor ever next to Kel Mitchell. Two power houses in that one.

I have two words for you.

John
Wayne

Greatest actor ever, greatest movies ever.

There hasn't been much to come out of Hollywood worth watching since John Wayne died. Certainly not much worth paying the cost of a movie for.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Where you miss the boat pp, is the "they don't have what I was looking for, so there is no use to look any further".

Well ok, you looked a little further. You picked Lo? lol. I love it, but it is the lo budget definition of "not for everyone".

The way to use netflix is to see what there is.



Hey Tex! Good Burger beats Tucker and Dale vs Evil?????????

damn.

 

[TNGabe]

Netflix had nothing I looked for. Literally nothing. Both of my local blockbusters shut down. Argh.

I'm not missing any boat. I still watch movies all the time, but I watch what I want. And yes, I only watch HD / bluray (unless there is no choice, but it seems everything is available in HD now).

Yes, I've seen your thread. I tried to watch one of the movies on there (Lo). No comment.

And please stop with the condescending tone.

Blockbuster? Not missing any boat? Condescending? LOL. No, literally. Well, more of a snickering sigh meets snort than a laugh. It was sort a humorgasm.

Then I slapped my knee. Seriously. For real.

 

[passedpawn]

Blockbuster? Not missing any boat? Condescending? LOL. No, literally. Well, more of a snickering sigh meets snort than a laugh. It was sort a humorgasm.

Then I slapped my knee. Seriously. For real.

I don't use blockbuster - haven't (except for a few exceptions) since I signed up with Netflix in '99.

 

[TNGabe]

I don't use blockbuster - haven't (except for a few exceptions) since I signed up with Netflix in '99.

Sorry about that. I'm in a 12 step program to stop being a dick to strangers online. Back to step one.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Seriously. The approach for netflix is like looking at a menu to see what options there are.

If you HAVE to have eggs benedict, then go someplace you know has it.

Just because eggs benedict isn't on the buffet doesn't mean that the home made sausages and the crepes and the biscuits and gravy aren't worth trying.

I just made myself hungry.

 

[pelipen]

It's not the fault of netflix either. I'm sure they would love to have same day release streaming, but the studios want to leach as much sales out of disc sales as possible before licensing to netflix. Look how long it takes them to get HBO or Showtime series. They keep two seasons behind.
On the other hand, I can start CSI Miami from the pilot, and burn a month in front of the tv. I'd spend a lot in gas doing dvd runs to do the same the rental/buy way.

 

[TwoRiders]

My wife just got a trial beta version of redbox streaming. If they show up to the market with the product they showed us then netflix will be relegated to disney kids shows and redbox will be for the movies. I would gladly cancel my netflix dvd service and use that 9 bucks for the redbox streaming. Looks like alot of the movies they offer on the dvd side will be on their streaming side.

Ill report back this weekend.

 

[TxBrew]

Where you miss the boat pp, is the "they don't have what I was looking for, so there is no use to look any further".

Well ok, you looked a little further. You picked Lo? lol. I love it, but it is the lo budget definition of "not for everyone".

The way to use netflix is to see what there is.



Hey Tex! Good Burger beats Tucker and Dale vs Evil?????????

damn.

Only in terms of plot and acting. Otherwise Tucker and Dale wins.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Only in terms of plot and acting. Otherwise Tucker and Dale wins.

Gonna watch good burger tonight!

The roku is pretty smurfing awesome BTW.

 

[45_70sharps]

After all the talk about quality of selection on Netflix, I was going to bring up a John Wayne movie last night.
Instead, I surfed a bit. I found a 1960's Korean version of the Godzilla movies on there! Cheaper even than the Japanese version if you can believe that! Their version of Godzilla had a horn like a rino on the end of it's nose and a couple tusks? coming up from it's lower jaw.

A bunch of very cool 1950's cars on there. Every car, truck, jet and helicopter on it was American. I did see a Corvair convertible, but most of the cars were '50's or older.
In this version, the Koreans even had a space program with a reusable space ship that looked a lot like an Apollo rocket.

Awesome! Not something you would watch again, but entertaining none the less, and something that I never would have seen without Netflix!

 

[cheezydemon3]

Val Hala Rising

NEVER in my life would have rented it. Awesome minimalist film making.

Thanks Netflix!

 

[Galek]

OP - what do you do for the movies then? I love Netflix, but streaming is mostly to get caught up on TV shows, the new incarnation of Dr Who was great for example. They have a lot of movies on that I enjoyed and I have a lot still to watch, but you are right: If there is a specific movie you want to watch immediately you are usually out of luck.

I have the single disc as well, and the disc selection is huge, I think I have 3 movies or so that they did not have on disc yet. You do only get a movie every 3 days so some foresight is necessary. For 8$ that is the best deal I can find.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I ditched the one disc because it just sat.

There was SO much to watch streaming, I could watch what suited me at the moment.

Obviously I am biased, maybe this should be in the debate forum.

 

[Nova5]

Netflix streaming sucks. I expected the same catalog as the DVD service and you don't get squat but old TV re-runs. I'm dumping it. I dumped hulu, too.

The problem is not Netflix. It's Hollywood. Hollywood has yet to fully embrace streaming through Netflix. But they do do it through VUDU/Flixster(Under the UltraViolet system where you buy the movie with a digital UVVU copy).

Blame Hollywood for Netflix's lacking catalog.

 

[45_70sharps]

The problem is not Netflix. It's Hollywood. Hollywood has yet to fully embrace streaming through Netflix. But they do do it through VUDU/Flixster(Under the UltraViolet system where you buy the movie with a digital UVVU copy).

Blame Hollywood for Netflix's lacking catalog.

Actually, It probably comes down to the per view costs that netflix pays for streaming. Movies that are move viable for selling a disc cost more to play on demand, same as the free vs. pay per view on cable.

The streaming movies have to cost next to nothing per viewing, something more in demand gets more money per view and the monthly fee won't support that.
I'm sure that Hollywood would love to have netflix add some more up to date movies, the fee for showing them would make quite a bit of money for them.

 

[Nova5]

Again, its Hollywood's fault. They want to much for streaming capability through Netflix, when you buy the big package with the Disk and Streaming(notice you pay extra for the streaming copy) they get that money.

Sidenote: The reason Theaters stick it to you for concessions is the same. Hollywood wants to much money. For the first few weeks of movies in a theater.. the theater gets ZERO. after a few weeks they might get 5-10% of ticket sales after that. Theaters make their operating capital from concessions and advertisements.

 

[sudsmcgee]

Do you give away stuff when you think you've gotten enough value out of it?

Actually, yes myself and many others do. You've never donated clothes to Goodwill?

 

[passedpawn]

Again, its Hollywood's fault.

Apparently they learned nothing from the RIAA. The MPAA wants the whole loaf of bread, no comprimise. They just won't accept half until it's too late, when every single teenager has learned to use torrents to download any movie they want in about 15 minutes.

 

[sudsmcgee]

I dropped Netflix streaming when the started charging a separate price, but i recently added it again and can find a ton of movies worth watching. This was largely stimulated by my recent wifi Netflix enabled TV purchase. I can't say it's perfect or that I love it, but it is pretty damn cool to be able to watch movies with a click of a button.

 

[45_70sharps]

Actually, yes myself and many others do. You've never donated clothes to Goodwill?

That's stuff you don't want. What about your 5 year old car, or a house?
An old John Wayne movie or a Beatles song brings in more that that's worth. Should they give that away?

When they don't make what they can off the stuff that's made a profit, but simply make an acceptable profit margin, who pays for the losses that a record company or movie studio has when they bet on a looser?

If someone wants something that you have, and you've gotten a good value out of it, do you give it away even though you would rather keep or sell it?

Making movies, music, books or whatever is a business.
Some artists only hit it big one time. They make their money off of residuals after that. Would we treat them different than someone with tons of hits that pay residuals?

 

[sudsmcgee]

I agree with you, but you made it sound like no one ever gives away things for free after they have proven useful/profitable to the owner. They do, and I do.

And those clothes I no longer want? They're the nicest gift ever to a person in need.

If I'm on my deathbed and don't want my bank account, does that mean it's not wanted by others?

 

[45_70sharps]

You get to make a choice about what you give. You give things you are done with.
That's good, but not the same.

By the way, some of the greedy corporate types give more than can be imagined.
The top of that list would be Bill Gates. He's given more than enough to buy some small countries so far, and he says he's going to give it all away before he dies.
I think his kids will be wondering about the part they end up with!

 

[pelipen]

Here is some interesting info on their revenue differences between disc and streaming.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/25/netflix-competition/

Competition is good, but it will suck for the consumer for awhile. Did I find it on netflix? Nope. Redbox streaming? nope. Amazon? Nope. F-it, I'll find a torrent. Why again am I paying for three services....?
This is the reason I canceled cable. I got tired of paying a fortune for HD channels, which half the time weren't HD, and played the same thing over and over. $100/month to say "there is nothing on" didn't sit well. With netflix, I watch crazy stuff, because there is always something new I can watch.

We want content in real time. But whereas before we could get the same dvd at any store, we're forced into multiple subscription models for streaming. Whoever has the most content, quality and device support will win.

I have the full unlimited netflix, including bluray. I'll take a BD over streaming every time, even though I can stream in 1080P with 5.1 audio, BD quality is still superior since it takes full advantage of device capabilities for color and audio.