| Steaming service stinks Netflix streaming is horrible. The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch.
The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage. |
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Fort Myers, FL | Sorry but you're wrong. I find new things to watch everyday.
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said by SixSpeed:Netflix streaming is horrible. The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch. The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage. And much of what they offer is available On-Demand for free from the cable companies.
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said by SixSpeed:Netflix streaming is horrible. The streaming works flawlessly...
The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch.
Sounds like your a curmudgeon. Hollywood has their hands tied on what they can offer...
The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage.
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2 edits | said by aztecnology:said by SixSpeed:Netflix streaming is horrible. The streaming works flawlessly... The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch.
Sounds like your a curmudgeon. Hollywood has their hands tied on what they can offer... The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage.
I don't care why the content is garbage, I just know that it is. I supposed if you are 60+ years old, you will find the title selections great.
Also, its a heck of a wait to get anything current. After having Iron Man at the top of my queue for 2+ months, I just got it yesterday. |
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There is so much streaming content on Netflix that appeals to me I can't watch it all. More comes each week that I add to the queue than what I can watch. Seems those who only like generic mainstream titles don't like Netflix. There's an awesome (in the true sense of the word) amount of quality/quirky stuff.. indie, foreign and obscure. What you can't get streaming can be simply sent in mail.
Hope to see them continue titles like Memento, Pan's Labyrinth, Dragon Tattoo, Jackie Brown and Wild China. Sounds like they'll be focusing on TV content in the next year but I hope to see more Discovery/NatGeo type stuff rather than mindless network tv junk.
Have dumped cable for Netflix/Hulu/Playon and am finding it meets my needs.
Great way to check daily Netflix content, sort by new...
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Well, I'm only 34 and I find their streaming selection prety good. It could be better but that's more the fault of the studios than Netflix. Netflix is making deals as quick as they can and would toss everything on streaming if they could.
Meanwhile, my 2 sons (age 6 and 3) love Netflix streaming. There are tons of kids shows on streaming (current like Dora and older like Rugrats). I hand the oldest the Roku remote and they go to town watching show after show.
I guess it all boils down to your taste vs what Netflix is currently allowed to stream.
As far as waiting to get DVDs, I've never run into that problem. After I send a DVD back, I typically have a new one in 3 days. I think I've only had one time when the item on the top of my queue wasn't available. Then again, most of the stuff I have on my queue isn't new release material. YMMV.
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yeah i dumped cable about nine months ago to cut costs from being laid off ...saved me $75 a month...i built a HTPC for my 52" HD TV and stream everything from the net...and with Netflix and Hulu and the likes added by networks offering episodes of there current shows after they air... i have more control of what i want to watch and when to watch...no DVR rental fee...slightly less commercials (though they are repetitious)... my average bandwidth usage is between 140-165 gb per month.... my wife and i like this model that we probably will not go back to any form of cable/sat again... |
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I'm 41 and find the Steaming selection while large mostly B movies or old titles. Typically anything you'd go to a B&M store and find dust on. If you really like old, foreign, obscure, or indie stuff then they have plenty of content for you. If you're looking for stuff typically released in the last year... not so much.
My 5yo daughter finds the kids selections 'ok'.
It's good if you want to watch old TV series though. |
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Never had payTV. Been Hulu or Netflix for me, and it works just fine. When Netflix doesn't have some content...well, that's the studios' faults, not Netflix's.
As for bandwidth costs, I wouldn't be surprised if they're paying a penny or two per gigabyte nowadays, since they aren't buying from Akamai. Which means a full-on movie takes a nickel, maybe two, to stream. Which is actually pretty cool compared to mailing a DVD... |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:said by SixSpeed:Netflix streaming is horrible. The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch. The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage. And much of what they offer is available On-Demand for free from the cable companies. you get cable for free?
You know you can watch all your network shows for FREE and in HD without having to pay for cable. It's called an antenna. |
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When i saw u post dragon tattoo (men who hate women) Swedish title , i had to comment  . That movie was off the chart it was mind boggling; If i did not have a netflix account i wouldnt have found it since they try to find your likes and recommend movies according to your preferences. I think the service is pretty good and will get better as long as Hollywood plays along. Also, advancement in technology to provide more bandwidth they will be able to some day provide Blue-ray quality movies without connection problems. I see hollywood like old people, set on their ways, never wanting to change. Hopefully little by little they will see that this is profitable business and what people really want. I cant remember the last time i bought a DVD or CD. So if they want to change consumer behavior tough luck cause i'm never going back, i love netflix streaming service. |
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said by SixSpeed:Netflix streaming is horrible. The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch. The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage.
Streaming quality is superb on my end and always find something to watch.
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It works pretty well and the movie selection is pretty good. It doesn't have all the newest 'blockbusters' but if that's all you watch then you're not watching much... my only complaint is the compression is too great and bitrate far too low for my taste. I'd like to see them kick out a 5-8Mbps+ stream with high quality audio at least that rivals iTunes 128kbps per channel, but preferrably lossless or original Dolby Digital (same bitrates or better). Audio hardly uses any bandwidth anymore and the muffled detail-less audio is a drab to hear.
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Re: St(r)eaming service stinks I guess the service must be a bit overheated if it's "steaming"  ,
but as far as I, and my 5 years old concern, the streaming selection is not bad at all, especially since it doesn't cost anything extra.
Would it be better if they had more titles available? Of course! But that doesn't mean it's bad.
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Re: Steaming service stinks said by SixSpeed:Netflix streaming is horrible. The titles are old and after having the service for a few weeks, there is noting to watch. The bandwidth costs didn't go up because their streaming content is garbage. This guy is right. Netflix streaming is garbage. There are numerous issues with it.
-Not detecting connection speed properly half the time and giving you a low quality stream. This means you have to go through a process of "play video, did Netflix detect it for HD? God damn it, of course they didn't! Back out, start video again. "Presented in HD" well duh, you retards! Why not just give me an option to skip your stupid connection test every time?"
-Low quality. I was unimpressed with the quality; it's obviously not on par with Blu-ray so for any title on Blu-ray Netflix streaming is worthless. It's not even as good as iTunes Store purchased 720p releases, so it's worthless for anything on iTunes... even HDTV channel captures are usually better quality.
Further issues with Netflix's quality: half their content that should be in HD is only in standard definition. I regularly scroll through the catalog of Instant Watch titles and see loads of material I know was shot in HD and no HD icon next to it. |
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| I have a 60" panel streaming Netflix via PS3. Even SD content is passable. For about $12/month and BR disc checkout once a week, I have no complaints. Better than paying $3-$6 each on pay per view. |
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kudos:12 | said by xenophon:I have a 60" panel streaming Netflix via PS3. Even SD content is passable. For about $12/month and BR disc checkout once a week, I have no complaints. Better than paying $3-$6 each on pay per view. I would have to agree. Their selection definitely needs improvement, but I find at least 1-2 interesting things to watch. And the SD quality on my 42" Plasma isn't bad at all. |
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| All I have to say is, y'all need some glasses, because that blurry ass shit doesn't qualify as "passable" to me at all. |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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kudos:12 | said by 45612019:All I have to say is, y'all need some glasses, because that blurry ass shit doesn't qualify as "passable" to me at all. Perhaps your internet connection is causing your steaming issues? If your connection quality is terrible, Netflix will scale quality back substantially. |
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