[ARCHIVED THREAD] - NetfLix Sucks (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 7/7/2011 6:23:27 PM EDT
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It used to be ok and had a decent selection. Now? Almost nothing is available anymore. Getting ready to cancel. What replaced it?
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Quoted: It used to be ok and had a decent selection. Now? Almost nothing is available anymore. Getting ready to cancel. What replaced it? Nothing really replaced it as far as I know. It tried to replace torrents as well as rapidshare and other file share services, but never really caught on (at least in ontario) |
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I like Netflix. They're slowly getting more and more to watch instantly, so eventually most everything should be on there.
My wife and I started using Hulu+. What's nice about it is there's a lot of currently running shows so we got rid of cable in favor of watching new shows on demand. $10 for Netflix and $8 for Hulu+ is a ton better than $60/mo cable. |
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I like Netflix. They're slowly getting more and more to watch instantly, so eventually most everything should be on there. My wife and I started using Hulu+. What's nice about it is there's a lot of currently running shows so we got rid of cable in favor of watching new shows on demand. $10 for Netflix and $8 for Hulu+ is a ton better than $60/mo cable. I wanted to do that, but wifey has a few shows she wants to watch which Hulu doesn't have. $50/mo to watch a few shows. 
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I love Netflix. I get Star Trek (4 series, with DS9 coming in October), Original BSG, BSG 1980, new BSG, Mission Impossible, Buck Rodgers, Sliders, Firefly, Farscape, Stargate (all incarinations), Earth 2 and Cheers among other shows in my instant queue, plus a variety of hard-to-find movies that I like that are also on instant view. And it costs way less than my cable, which I don't watch anyway.
For a few dollars more, I can have them send me some DVDs of movies I can't find at the rental stores. |
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Quoted: It used to be ok and had a decent selection. Now? Almost nothing is available anymore. Getting ready to cancel. What replaced it? You know it's not just what is on the menu when you are browsing right? I go here to look at what is getting set to expire from being available instantly or the newest releases. |
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Quoted: Really? I've got nearly 200 titles in my disc queue and over 150 in my instant watch queue. We also see at least one movie a week in a theater. There's more stuff than I could possibly watch on Netflix. Horizons. Expand yours. I dont actually watch TV and I look at maybe one movie a month. The family used it to watch TV shoes. Since I am paying, I like to use ti once in a while. I searched for some titles and none of them were available. Friggin Blues Brothers wasn't even available. But it sure has a ton of friggin Blues Clues. Since I am not a TV or movie buff I guess its bound to suck for someone like me, but I do remember when we first got it, most things you searched for were available instant or at least DVD. Now when I search , most of the page results are not available. I am the guy who rented old stuff at the video stores whenever I went in. I liked being able to browse the old stuff and always found something good with reliability. Not so much with netflix. I guess the video store model isnt deal yet. (it is in my area) as its sure not replaced by netflix. |
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Quoted: Thanks for the link, will check it out.Quoted: It used to be ok and had a decent selection. Now? Almost nothing is available anymore. Getting ready to cancel. What replaced it? You know it's not just what is on the menu when you are browsing right? I go here to look at what is getting set to expire from being available instantly or the newest releases. |
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You might run out on the instant selection, but thats why you can get dvds mailed to your house in the included price....DId you forget that part? Forget? It said unavailable. No instant, no DVD. Not available. My bad....I didnt know there was that many options. My wife signed us up and I thought we bought the cheapest one: 1 DVD at a time and access to instant movies.... Again, I thought everyone had to get the dvd and instant movies..... |
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Quoted: Why is it not working right? Last night, when I would click on a genre it would say unavailable. Tonight, its working but they don't have the "list" option. I don't want to have to look at all the pictures. Sometimes it borks up. Just email Netflix and they'll typically give you more subscription for free because they screwed up. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Wait, are you saying their selection is shrinking? I find that hard to believe. Quantity is up. Quality is way, way down. Contract dispute with Sony. Stock just got upgraded to a 305 price tag. Some of the folks here like Sony movies. Sony wants you to buy a PS3 and use their download system (which blows giant sized goats). NCR and coinstar never made a play with their online as they claimed to. It's still vaporware. Hulu is nothing but adds and rumored to be for sale at the right price. That's a shock considering how much NBC was depending on it as part of their business model. Direct TV now owns Blockbuster. It still sucks. They remodeled their price structure to resemble what Coinstar has done with Redbox. Not going to save it. Cancelling Netflix for the streaming shows just how laughably successful they have gotten with their new business model. Some folks only care about streaming even though the company was founded on cheap DVD rentals. |
Don't cancel. I own stock, dammit.
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Really? I've got nearly 200 titles in my disc queue and over 150 in my instant watch queue. We also see at least one movie a week in a theater. There's more stuff than I could possibly watch on Netflix. Horizons. Expand yours. so true...go to your online account and search...search by actors, directors, whatever...there are many choices. I love my netflix 
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I like Netflix. They're slowly getting more and more to watch instantly, so eventually most everything should be on there. My wife and I started using Hulu+. What's nice about it is there's a lot of currently running shows so we got rid of cable in favor of watching new shows on demand. $10 for Netflix and $8 for Hulu+ is a ton better than $60/mo cable. I am not paying $8/mo just to watch shows on my iPad that I can watch for free on any computer. And not only that, but there are items which are not available on Hulu+, but they are on Regular Hulu, and there are eff'n COMMERCIALS! WTF? I am not paying to watch commercials!  Netflix is worlds better than the crap Hulu+ is...
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I like Netflix. They're slowly getting more and more to watch instantly, so eventually most everything should be on there. My wife and I started using Hulu+. What's nice about it is there's a lot of currently running shows so we got rid of cable in favor of watching new shows on demand. $10 for Netflix and $8 for Hulu+ is a ton better than $60/mo cable. I am not paying $8/mo just to watch shows on my iPad that I can watch for free on any computer. And not only that, but there are items which are not available on Hulu+, but they are on Regular Hulu, and there are eff'n COMMERCIALS! WTF? I am not paying to watch commercials! Netflix is worlds better than the crap Hulu+ is...They aren't the same thing. Hulu+ has shows that are currently running. Netflix is stuff that is out on disc. FWIW, we have Satellite and I buy Blu-ray discs. Probably the most expensive way to go, but my quality is better than any streaming service. I have a nice system that can showcase the difference. |
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Why is it not working right? Last night, when I would click on a genre it would say unavailable. Tonight, its working but they don't have the "list" option. I don't want to have to look at all the pictures. http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2011/07/anyone-experiencing-this-netflix-queue-bug.html#comments |
[ARCHIVED THREAD] - NetfLix Sucks (Page 1 of 3)
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