Latest Netflix Selection?

[gmcunni]

What is the deal with Hulu Plus? Pros and cons?

i don't really know.. my uneducated opinion is Hulu is more TV oriented. but the netflix streaming selection for movies is just horrible. it was nice when it (netflix steaming) was free now i'm gonig to be paying closer attention to it and drop it if content does not improve.

i think amazon is offering a service now too.

 

[Grassi21]

i don't really know.. my uneducated opinion is Hulu is more TV oriented. but the netflix streaming selection for movies is just horrible. it was nice when it (netflix steaming) was free now i'm gonig to be paying closer attention to it and drop it if content does not improve.

i think amazon is offering a service now too.

For those of you who use Hulu... How quickly to they add episodes after they frist air on TV? Is it a lag of a few days or an extended period of time? I have fallen in love with some shows like Louie, Wilfred, Swamp Loggers, Storage Wars (guilty pleasure) etc. If I can get them on Hulu in a quick manner I would dump my cable package down to the local stations in a jiff.

 

[gmcunni]

For those of you who use Hulu... How quickly to they add episodes after they frist air on TV? Is it a lag of a few days or an extended period of time? I have fallen in love with some shows like Louie, Wilfred, Swamp Loggers, Storage Wars (guilty pleasure) etc. If I can get them on Hulu in a quick manner I would dump my cable package down to the local stations in a jiff.

i use regular Hulu now. the lag between live and hulu varies greatly depending on the content provider. some shows are online the next day, others a week or 2 later. i've noticed that the more popular a show gets the "owner" tries to do their own streaming or put in a delay to Hulu.

some shows never make it to Hulu, period. even within the same network.. TNT for example has some interesting (to me) shows. some are online to watch past episodes some are not.

 

[Nick]

If you can save $70 a month that's a free lift ticket :lol:

 

[bvibert]

Storage Wars (guilty pleasure) etc.

I was watching that when I was traveling for work a few months ago.. :lol: It's so stupid and over done that it's hard not to watch.. :lol:

I think I may have suckered my condo mates at Sugarloaf into watching some of it too...

 

[riverc0il]

I understand why they're doing this but he really did just give more bad news which is customers (like me) who do DVDs and streaming will now have 2 accounts on 2 different websites. Oooo...an inconvenience! Thanks Reed!

This! Two different charges, two different web sites, two different accounts? For real? Lame. At least they communicated and explained the change up front.

I was on the "calm down, Beavis" side of things when folks were getting all excited about the price change issue. It wasn't a huge increase. But with this latest turn of events, I really don't feel like Netflix values me as a customer. I like getting both DVDs and On Demand from the same company under the same account. If they completely separate the two businesses, then I think it is time for me to reconsider which is my best option for DVDs and my best option for On Demand separately. I doubt I am alone in that train of thought. If I had Netflix stocks, I'd be selling right now.

So.... who are Netflix's competitors respectfully in On Demand and DVDs via plans? I may consider pay as you go DVDs if another company has a similar expansive library that Netflix has. On Demand I don't use much... S, she uses it exclusively for TV shows since we don't have cable. She uses it enough that an unlimited plan would be needed. What are the options out there?

 

[riverc0il]

Blockbuster Online is only $15 for 2 DVD plan and you get FREE Blu-Ray which is an extremely (relative to the regular price) expensive option through Netflix. Hmmmm. Any one else leave Netflix for Blockbuster care to comment on the experience? Blockbuster's web site sucks compared to Netflix. Ick. Free DVDs and general principle is very tempting, let alone saving a few bucks.

 

[bvibert]

On Demand I don't use much... S, she uses it exclusively for TV shows since we don't have cable. She uses it enough that an unlimited plan would be needed. What are the options out there?

Have her check out Hulu. I haven't used it in quite some time, but they have quite a few TV shows, that seems to be their focus. They have a free and pay service, I'm not sure what you get with the pay service.

 

[ctenidae]

Blockbuster Online is only $15 for 2 DVD plan and you get FREE Blu-Ray which is an extremely (relative to the regular price) expensive option through Netflix. Hmmmm. Any one else leave Netflix for Blockbuster care to comment on the experience? Blockbuster's web site sucks compared to Netflix. Ick. Free DVDs and general principle is very tempting, let alone saving a few bucks.

We switched to Blockbuster for a while, thinking the in-store option would be nice for the times we had a couple of disks sitting around for 2 weeks because we didn't feel like watching them. But then we realized that:
A) we really just don't watch enough to care
2) we didn't care enough about watching to actually make a trip to the store,
Third, we got hit with late fees because you have to return the movies from the store to the store (and if we couldn't be bothered generally to go get the movie inteh first place, returning it would beimpossible)
Finally, the selection of mailable DVD's seemed thinner
Last, most often we'd just pay $4.99 to stream the movie instead

In the end, we went back to Netflix for the free streaming, which gets used really only when I workout, and i'll probably cancel the DVD portion of Netflix because we jsut rent the movies when we wnat to watch something, and really pay less per month at $4.99 a pop than we pay for Netflix monthly.

Also, Blockbuster went bankrupt, and the store near us was shut down. Now it's a liquor store, which is a better use of the space, but it's kind of a crappy one.

 

[riverc0il]

Have her check out Hulu. I haven't used it in quite some time, but they have quite a few TV shows, that seems to be their focus. They have a free and pay service, I'm not sure what you get with the pay service.

She's already on Hulu in addition to Netflix. :roll:

 

[riverc0il]

We switched to Blockbuster for a while, thinking the in-store option would be nice for the times we had a couple of disks sitting around for 2 weeks because we didn't feel like watching them. But then we realized that:
A) we really just don't watch enough to care
2) we didn't care enough about watching to actually make a trip to the store,
Third, we got hit with late fees because you have to return the movies from the store to the store (and if we couldn't be bothered generally to go get the movie inteh first place, returning it would beimpossible)
Finally, the selection of mailable DVD's seemed thinner
Last, most often we'd just pay $4.99 to stream the movie instead

In the end, we went back to Netflix for the free streaming, which gets used really only when I workout, and i'll probably cancel the DVD portion of Netflix because we jsut rent the movies when we wnat to watch something, and really pay less per month at $4.99 a pop than we pay for Netflix monthly.

Also, Blockbuster went bankrupt, and the store near us was shut down. Now it's a liquor store, which is a better use of the space, but it's kind of a crappy one.

Don't really care about a store option (closest is 30+ minutes away) and streaming is no longer free so all that doesn't matter much. But a thinner selection of DVDs is certainly a concern as I often get some obscure stuff. Thanks for the feedback!

Where are you streaming movies on demand from? $5 a pop doesn't seem too bad. Many months I watch three or less DVDs so $5 a pop would be less than the three DVD plan via Netflix. Any place offer pay per DVD with as extensive a catalog as Netflix DVD offerings?

I'm surprised the industry hasn't gotten it together yet. It seems there is a lot of pent up demand for on demand any movie, any time... kinda like that old Qwest ad. They still don't seem to be even close.

 

[ctenidae]

Don't really care about a store option (closest is 30+ minutes away) and streaming is no longer free so all that doesn't matter much. But a thinner selection of DVDs is certainly a concern as I often get some obscure stuff. Thanks for the feedback!

Where are you streaming movies on demand from? $5 a pop doesn't seem too bad. Many months I watch three or less DVDs so $5 a pop would be less than the three DVD plan via Netflix. Any place offer pay per DVD with as extensive a catalog as Netflix DVD offerings?

I'm surprised the industry hasn't gotten it together yet. It seems there is a lot of pent up demand for on demand any movie, any time... kinda like that old Qwest ad. They still don't seem to be even close.

We usually stream from CinemaNow, BestBuy's deal, largely because I have a points credit card with them (amazing how quickly we get free stuff!), but the selection is good (I suppose some stuff comes on later than other places, but I don't know when they come on anyway). Have used Blockbuster, too, but at teh same price, who cares? Cinema Now also has the option to buy a movie, but that would, I suppose, require a place to store it.

As for industry not having it together, it depends on which industry you mean. The streamers can't get licenses from the studios, is the primary concern. I'm sure the reaosns are sound and complex and stupid and simple all at once.

 

[riverc0il]

As for industry not having it together, it depends on which industry you mean. The streamers can't get licenses from the studios, is the primary concern. I'm sure the reaosns are sound and complex and stupid and simple all at once.

Yea, I basically meant that the studios and service providers can't seem to come up with a mutually agreeable solution to allow multiple competitors in the marketplace capable of streaming almost anything currently available on DVD. As you noted, sounds so simple but there are probably some big financial issues to overcome. And of course, studios love to sell DVDs and if you can watch any movie at any time, why would you buy a DVD? And why would you ever go to a theatre?

 

[bvibert]

She's already on Hulu in addition to Netflix. :roll:

Sorry, I must have missed that...

 

[riverc0il]

Sorry, I must have missed that...

I used the rolled eyes emoticon at her, not you... I hadn't mentioned it yet. :dunce:

 

[legalskier]

Hanna

"A top notch thriller, laced with suspense, action and a wonderful sense of mystery." -rottentomatoes

 

[Nick]

"A top notch thriller, laced with suspense, action and a wonderful sense of mystery." -rottentomatoes

I just rented this on Amazon. watching now!

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[Geoff]

I finally got done watching all the Star Trek: Next Generation episodes streamed from Netflix.

Last night, I watched a slice of She (1982). It stars the chick from Conan the Barbarian. Probably the worst movie I've seen this year. Even all the exposed flesh couldn't save it.

 

[Edd]

I finally got done watching all the Star Trek: Next Generation episodes streamed from Netflix.

Last night, I watched a slice of She (1982). It stars the chick from Conan the Barbarian. Probably the worst movie I've seen this year. Even all the exposed flesh couldn't save it.

How'd TNG look? Potential threadjack but I've heard that they are able to transfer the original series to HD but, interestingly, not TNG. I think it has to do with the way the special effects were handled.

I love seeing old TV series transferred to HD like Cheers and Seinfeld. It's painful to see a cable channel stretch an SD quality program with 4:3 framing out to 16:9. It looks shitty and drives me insane. My girlfriend doesn't even notice.

 

[Geoff]

It's SD and not stretched.