Who has Netflix and does it piss you off that most movies you want to see they don't have?

[graywarrior]

Fuck Netflix...except when I can watch Dexter.

[taterguy]

1. Instant or DVD?

My tastes are so low brow that I can almost always find something that entertains me.

[graywarrior]

3. Instant

I'm low brow too. We're soul mates.

[dballance]

2. I'm with you. Streaming is limited. /nt

[graywarrior]

4. And most of the stuff they offer is foreign

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. We have Netflix, both the disks and streaming...

I always want to see the stuff that's still in the theaters!

So, I know I'll have to wait.

Oh well.

[magical thyme]

6. I was sans any teevee for several years

and watched very little before that for so long, that for $6/month I'm happy with live streaming. I like watching doc marten and a couple other things, and am happy to find whatever else I can for entertainment.

[graywarrior]

7. I guess I should be grateful

Thank god for closed captions, otherwise I could never watch British series or movies

[DebJ]

26. Ha ha that rings a bell here. We have to re-wind a LOT because for some reason

we can no longer get our closed captioning to work after we switched to a new DVR
box with Comcast a few years ago. Well, I guess the reason might be
a learning disorder - technically challenged ...


We love Brit series but find ourselves constantly re-winding and trying to figure out what they are saying.

Same thing for me when I watch Grey's Anatomy and they are in surgery with the masks on ... I never
realized how much I rely on lip-reading while watching tv... some shows have too much volume on the
'background' music so that it overshadows the dialogue.

[NewJeffCT]

8. streaming services all seem pretty limited

I tried Netflix free for a month and was underwhelmed, then signed up for amazon prime and was similarly underwhelmed with the selections.

I think it's great if you want to binge watch a trendy TV show, but you're not going to get any movies that were recently released on either. I like redbox because you can get the new releases pretty quickly, and I can watch a movie I missed in theaters. But, redbox is pretty limited overall.

[sarge43]

9. One streaming service is too limiting.

We have Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Between them we have an adequate selection, at least for our purposes.

[graywarrior]

14. Which one is better, Hulu or Amazon?

Are they all the same price per month?

[sarge43]

28. They're about the same for a year's subscription, o/a $80

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As for better, depends upon what you want.

Amazon Prime: Both film and TV, pretty much popular main stream stuff, not much rare and weird. Many can be streamed for free, downloaded for minimum price. More current comes with a reasonable price tag, seems to depend upon popularity. Can score some great bargains. Right now Prime has all The West Wing DVDs for $90 -- I am tempted.

Hulu: Film and TV. Big bennie, many current TV shows are next day streamed. Can't download. Much larger selection compared to Prime and some great blasts from the past, but truth be told a fair share of junk. On the other, it has the Criterion Collection, classic hard to find foreign films.

[graywarrior]

29. Thanks, that is a big help!

[sarge43]

31. Happy to help

Off topic, but another thought about Prime

If you do a lot of on line ordering, especially from Amazon, it will pay back your fee and then some. Prime give free quick shipping on much of its stuff. The times I've had to deal with its customer service, it was excellent.

[graywarrior]

32. I was thinking about Prime but now sure how it worked.

[hunter]

10. They have Bararella, can't be all bad...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062711

[graywarrior]

15. lol

[displacedtexan]

11. Why does every category have the same titles?

I have to check instantwatcher.com to find out what they actually have in addition to the same things in almost every category on my page.[link:http://instantwatcher.com

Sorry about the link. I still haven't figured out the ipad copy/paste feature.

[Logical]

12. LOL, drunk or just angry for no reason? Drop your subscription or stop whining. n-t

[graywarrior]

16. I need to feed my rage-oholism...lol

[Logical]

18. LOL, good one! :-) nt

[Xyzse]

13. I have netflix streaming, however, I did something that allows me to access other things.

The things they have in Canada, UK, Sweden and Brazil seems to be more recent.
I found Covert Affairs, the Hobbit, Person of Interest, and a bunch of other things from their other country areas.

I gotta say, I like it a lot.

[graywarrior]

17. Wait...what?

How did you get that? You must not live in the states.

[Xyzse]

19. I do...

I just decided to use a plug in to unblock other regions.

[graywarrior]

20. I need to know how you did this

[Xyzse]

21. Way ahead of you

Check your inbox.

Oh wait, they have Justified the show. I have to watch.

[graywarrior]

22. Got it!

Awesome!!!!

[Xyzse]

23. I get a heck of a bigger selection when it comes to watching Disney and Pixar

I guess, I try too hard to be the cool uncle.

[graywarrior]

24. !

[haele]

25. How hard is it to stream "Strange Brew" and why can I get the DVD, but not stream it?

If we still did Netflix mailers, we could rent all sorts of movies that aren't on streaming. Kick Ass. Pricilla, Queen of the Desert. Any HBO tv series unless you also have a subscription to HBO through cable. Actually, you also can't get any of these on Hulu or Amazon streaming, and you have to pay extra for it individually or get a premium service.

Why would we have to wait for them to send a DVD, or pay extra for a premium service when all we want is a few movies during the year that may not be in the "this is what we recommend for you" list?

Haele

[Callmecrazy]

27. Check out this site...

http://www.thedarewall.com/tv/

It has new shows, old shows, and premium shows from HBO (The Newsroom), and Showtime (Dexter, Homeland). All for free.

Merry Christmas!

[graywarrior]

30. !!!!

Thank you!

[wyldwolf]

33. If you stream from a browser, get Hola Unblocker

You can then watch what other countries watch on Netflix and others. They often have more episodes, different movies, etc.

https://hola.org/