[Alvin]

Hey Paul - Question: How are you viewing (w PC or streaming Blueray)? We have had most recent Netflix account for the past year and mostly use it on our Blueray via streaming.
Reason I ask what platform, is that the few times we access it on the PC – it seems to be less new content there (on the PC) and fewer selections based on our previous “ratings” of titles. Seemed to be a lot of new movie releases available over the past summer that are now no longer available. Some times note that there is an “available until” tag on some of the newer movies.

Do you make a habit of “rating” each movie, show, etc. you watch on NetFlix? We have rediscovered a lot of “long forgotten” movies and TV series by using the “Love It” etc rating system.

CNet had an E-Article this week about Netflix planning on competing with HBO w the launch of their new series…and too they mentioned the slow down and blocking of movie studios newest releases to NF. Read that: Revenue Competition!!?

FWIW: We ONLY subscribe to the streaming Netflix option, and not the mail DVD disc. Simple reason is that, back in the Hollywood Video et al DVD rental days, I got tired of paying top $ for the latest movies on DVD and then having them “hang” because of smeg or other unknown substances/ scratches /etc. on the disc from previous users that caused the DVD to error out. F That!

Also, AMAZON PRIME - IMO: Don’t bother, unless you would like the option to “purchase” and archive some movies in digital format. The selection of streaming “1,000’s of movies and new releases” promised by them as one of their “Prime” members is much less satisfactory than those available via Netflix, Hulu, or HD Cable offerings IMO.

[mikes2nd]

this can come in handy to see whats expiring and coming also...

http://feedfliks.com/streaming

[Greg Reid]

I really enjoy the Netflix streaming and use it a lot more than I ever did the DVD service. For three people in my household with varying tastes in that kind of entertainment to be able to watch virtually unlimited content 24 hours a day is well worth $8.99 a month.
I have discovered some truly great movies that I never would have seen or even heard of otherwise. (I like films from the '60s and '70s, foreign and independent films, documentaries, etc.)
You do have to spend a lot of time looking through a lot of duds though.
60 to 70 percent of the movies I start looking at, I never watch more than 20 minutes of....but, at least I don't have to mail it back before I can try the next one.

I'm not usually into the 'latest releases' and such but I was pleasantly surprised just last week to find two recent movies on the list that I did want to see.... The 2011 version of "True Grit" and "Kill the Irishman"...both were great and were alone well worth the full month's fees..

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

I really enjoy the Netflix streaming and use it a lot more than I ever did the DVD service. For three people in my household with varying tastes in that kind of entertainment to be able to watch virtually unlimited content 24 hours a day is well worth $8.99 a month.
I have discovered some truly great movies that I never would have seen or even heard of otherwise. (I like films from the '60s and '70s, foreign and independent films, documentaries, etc.)
You do have to spend a lot of time looking through a lot of duds though.
60 to 70 percent of the movies I start looking at, I never watch more than 20 minutes of....but, at least I don't have to mail it back before I can try the next one.

I'm not usually into the 'latest releases' and such but I was pleasantly surprised just last week to find two recent movies on the list that I did want to see.... The 2011 version of "True Grit" and "Kill the Irishman"...both were great and were alone well worth the full month's fees..

Been wanting to se that.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Hey Paul - Question: How are you viewing (w PC or streaming Blueray)? We have had most recent Netflix account for the past year and mostly use it on our Blueray via streaming.
Reason I ask what platform, is that the few times we access it on the PC – it seems to be less new content there (on the PC) and fewer selections based on our previous “ratings” of titles. Seemed to be a lot of new movie releases available over the past summer that are now no longer available. Some times note that there is an “available until” tag on some of the newer movies.

Do you make a habit of “rating” each movie, show, etc. you watch on NetFlix? We have rediscovered a lot of “long forgotten” movies and TV series by using the “Love It” etc rating system.

CNet had an E-Article this week about Netflix planning on competing with HBO w the launch of their new series…and too they mentioned the slow down and blocking of movie studios newest releases to NF. Read that: Revenue Competition!!?

FWIW: We ONLY subscribe to the streaming Netflix option, and not the mail DVD disc. Simple reason is that, back in the Hollywood Video et al DVD rental days, I got tired of paying top $ for the latest movies on DVD and then having them “hang” because of smeg or other unknown substances/ scratches /etc. on the disc from previous users that caused the DVD to error out. F That!

Also, AMAZON PRIME - IMO: Don’t bother, unless you would like the option to “purchase” and archive some movies in digital format. The selection of streaming “1,000’s of movies and new releases” promised by them as one of their “Prime” members is much less satisfactory than those available via Netflix, Hulu, or HD Cable offerings IMO.

I guess the ansewer to your question would be PC since my TV has the Netflix app built in and Im viewing via wireless. I havent noticed more or less online via my comp or my TV.