NETFLIX...Your Verdict

Onesimus

Poll: So how many of you signed up for netflix and enjoy it? and how many of you signed up for it and hate it?

I signed up for it, and at first it seemed cool until I realised there is not that much of a selection of movies.

But what do YOU think?

Kamjana

Switch to US version there is a lot more to choose from.

Pacifist Pigeon

Meh, I can still find sites online where I can watch movies/series for free. I don't bother with Netflix ... yet.

Hasmunch

Im still trying to figure how to download that car, don't have time for anything else!

Onesimus

Kamjana wrote: »

Switch to US version there is a lot more to choose from.

So can I just switch my details to the u.s version? or do I have to leave the Irish one and then begin the whole process of signing up again for the U.s version? and how much is the U.S version per month?

Randy Anders

It's only OK

I have a fairly decent laptop with 3gb of ram but i find it slows my system down a lot. You can forget efficient browsing if you have it open in the back ground

Films and Documentarys are still fairly limited but I'm sure they will update it with time

I don't think I'd pay for it yet, will wait and see how it develops first

Onesimus

I realised the results are hidden. I didnt mean that to happen. Can mods help me out and change it so they are visible?

Kamjana

Onesimus wrote: »

So can I just switch my details to the u.s version? or do I have to leave the Irish one and then begin the whole process of signing up again for the U.s version? and how much is the U.S version per month?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056430225

Nodin

Onesimus wrote: »

Poll: So how many of you signed up for netflix and enjoy it? and how many of you signed up for it and hate it?

I signed up for it, and at first it seemed cool until I realised there is not that much of a selection of movies.

But what do YOU think?

The choices are limited and shite, tbh. A total of 18 "Foreign" movies? Me arse.

Onesimus

Randy Anders wrote: »

It's only OK

I have a fairly decent laptop with 3gb of ram but i find it slows my system down a lot. You can forget efficient browsing if you have it open in the back ground

Films and Documentarys are still fairly limited but I'm sure they will update it with time

I don't think I'd pay for it yet, will wait and see how it develops first

Randy. I have a big screen tv with HD connection and lead from it to the laptop. This way I can watch the movies on the big tele just like a DVD instead of laptop. All you need is once HD lead from tele to laptop and you got all the sound from the tele and everything. Pretty cool and cheap for me.

Onesimus

Nodin wrote: »

The choices are limited and shite, tbh. A total of 18 "Foreign" movies? Me arse.

yeah thats what I was thinkin. They dont tell you this until you sign up and realise the limited amount they have.

MagicMarker

IBTL

OP, there are already threads with hundreds of responses answering your question in the right fora.

Onesimus

MagicMarker wrote: »

IBTL

Why would it be locked? I'm doing a poll looking for a wider audience of Ireland on this subject. I'm not going to get a good load of opinion from the tele section of boards where the cobwebs are probably plentiful at the minute with the amount of people that venture in there ( if any ) .

stupidusername

I was going to sign up for it, but the selection of things they have is really very limited, so saw no point.

Drexel

Didn't think that much of it til I changed over to the US one. Loving it atm tho. Will keep it for two or three months and anything after that will depend on how often it is updated with new content.that is key for me

fusuf

I got the months trial when it was out first. The shows on it wouldnt play properly on my fairly new laptop and are mostly old american ones but I havn't seen a lot of them and they look great in HD on the xbox. Last I checked, (earlier this month) there wasn't enough content to make me pay for another month but I'm sure they will update the archive and hopefully soon enough we will be on par with America. And when that happens I will gladly pay the 7 quid. In the mean time I'm gonna try find a way to have a look at whats on Netflix when you're not a member. Any ideas?

Onesimus

jonny666 wrote: »

Didn't think that much of it til I changed over to the US one. Loving it atm tho. Will keep it for two or three months and anything after that will depend on how often it is updated with new content.that is key for me

How do you change to the U.S Version?

Nodin

Onesimus wrote: »

yeah thats what I was thinkin. They dont tell you this until you sign up and realise the limited amount they have.

Well thats all that shows for the "free trial". Theres no list of stuff saying "these available to members" so theres no way I'd take the chance of forking over and getting shafted .

MagicMarker

Onesimus wrote: »

Why would it be locked? I'm doing a poll looking for a wider audience of Ireland on this subject. I'm not going to get a good load of opinion from the tele section of boards where the cobwebs are probably plentiful at the minute with the amount of people that venture in there ( if any ) .

Have you even looked? There's a general Netflix discussion thread in the film forum with over 700 replies. If you had looked there first you'd already know how to access the US content.

Run_to_da_hills

IBTL

This thread is in the wrong forum it should be in films.

Gran Hermano

MagicMarker wrote: »

Have you even looked? There's a general Netflix discussion thread in the film forum with over 700 replies. If you had looked there first you'd already know how to access the US content.

Is that thread not focusing on movies rather than on both movies and TV series?

Drexel

Onesimus wrote: »

How do you change to the U.S Version?

I'm using it through my Ps3. It's just a matter of changing DNS settings on the ps3. Think it works for Xbox too but not certain. Google will tell you the exact settings to change. I don't know about changin it through the pc tho. I'd imagine some sort of VPN would be involved

Onesimus

MagicMarker wrote: »

Have you even looked? There's a general Netflix discussion thread in the film forum with over 700 replies. If you had looked there first you'd already know how to access the US content.

I am not here looking how to get the us version. I'm here looking for a Mass poll on netflix. I am not going to get it in the tele section.

Onesimus

I must say I'm sick of members coming in here trying to ''influence'' mod decisions all the time. It happens in every thread I see. absolutely rotten behaviour it is. :mad::p

Lone Stone

I couldnt stand the layout of the menu, And the selection was awfull. They had old season of old tv show's and not even the latest season which i could watch for free on the e4 player. It seems to have a lot of show's on it which you can see for free elsewhere along with the newest episodes.

Didnt like the selection of films i think their was like 2 which were all out before like 2006.

celj

Netflix is a fabulous service for €7.00 a month.
Just put on a movie,No going to Xtravision or having to download illegally.
I have HD and 5.1 sound and it never stutters.

Getting the US version is very easy and has a huge selection.
The likes of Xtravision are being hit hard by this,no doubt.

Professey Chin

MagicMarker wrote: »

Have you even looked? There's a general Netflix discussion thread in the film forum with over 700 replies. If you had looked there first you'd already know how to access the US content.

Not exactly true since there still seems to be new people asking every single day :pac:

Chavways

Onesimus wrote: »

I must say I'm sick of members coming in here trying to ''influence'' mod decisions all the time. It happens in every thread I see. absolutely rotten behaviour it is. :mad::p

I'd say the mods are sick of you double posting aswell.Learn to multiquote.

But on the topic of Netflix...Some of the stuff on it is great but a lot of it is old films that we have all seen before.Hopefully over time they will make it comparable to the US version.Then it will certainly be worth the 7 euro per month.

Onesimus

celj wrote: »

Netflix is a fabulous service for €7.00 a month.
Just put on a movie,No going to Xtravision or having to download illegally.
I have HD and 5.1 sound and it never stutters.

Getting the US version is very easy and has a huge selection.
The likes of Xtravision are being hit hard by this,no doubt.

Are you using PC/laptop when switching to us version? or are you using a games console?

MagicMarker

Onesimus wrote: »

I am not here looking how to get the us version. I'm here looking for a Mass poll on netflix. I am not going to get it in the tele section.

Are you not reading my posts or something? I just posted a link to a thread with over 700 replies, there's also a thread in the bargain alerts forum with over 300 replies. So that's over 1000 replies.

That's quite a ''good load of opinion''.

Drexel

celj wrote: »

Netflix is a fabulous service for €7.00 a month.
Just put on a movie,No going to Xtravision or having to download illegally.
I have HD and 5.1 sound and it never stutters.

Getting the US version is very easy and has a huge selection.
The likes of Xtravision are being hit hard by this,no doubt.

I've been using it since the first week and ive never ever had a problem with it buffering either. It's great. I was using the sky player on the Xbox and it was absolutely brutal for buffering or just deciding to not work at all.

strobe

MagicMarker wrote: »

Have you even looked? There's a general Netflix discussion thread in the film forum with over 700 replies. If you had looked there first you'd already know how to access the US content.

Any chance you could link to a specific post that explains the whole US content thing MM please? Or PM me how maybe? It's a massive ass thread. Cheers man.

o1s1n

strobe wrote: »

Any chance you could link to a specific post that explains the whole US content thing MM please? Or PM me how maybe? It's a massive ass thread. Cheers man.

unblock-us.com

celj

Onesimus wrote: »

Are you using PC/laptop when switching to us version? or are you using a games console?

I'm using a PS3,my son has the Xbox upstairs and watches movies as well.

Would be easy to connect a laptop up to tv though.

MagicMarker

strobe wrote: »

Any chance you could link to a specific post that explains the whole US content thing MM please? Or PM me how maybe? It's a massive ass thread. Cheers man.

Well I found out through this thread actually.

TheZohanS

Onesimus wrote: »

Why would it be locked? I'm doing a poll looking for a wider audience of Ireland on this subject. I'm not going to get a good load of opinion from the tele section of boards where the cobwebs are probably plentiful at the minute with the amount of people that venture in there ( if any ) .

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63135899&postcount=8

WoollyRedHat

Omgz netflix chnged my l1fe, havnt et slpt or gne ot in daze lolz nd nw i dunt hve to b pirte anymre, yay! lolz luv ya netflix xxx


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Agricola

I think Netflix is great. But then again I was still on dialup up to 2 years ago so my opinion is probably a bit scewed!

Snake Plisken

I was sceptical at first about signing up but have to say well worth the money, especially if you use unblockUS to watch the american content. Movie content isn't great on the service here, but US is decent enough TV series though are great u can watch all the 24's Arrested Development, The IT crowd loads of stuff you might have missed! Try it for a the months free trial you can cancel it if you don't like it.

partyatmygaff

Unblock-us + Netflix + Hulu = All the streaming TV and films you'll ever need

Unblock-us is a must, it only costs CAD$4.99 a month and you get access to Netflix's much better US catalogue and Hulu.

Vahevala

I signed up for the free trial but have rarely used it since. I think they need to get a better selection of movies to keep people interested long term.

NinjaK

Watching Breaking Bad and Dexter on it and some documentaries. When they finish ill probably end my subscription, does they US version have season 3+ of Breaking Bad?

crazyFeet

just change your DNS to 128.122.23.22 and it will be streaming from US servers with a wider choice of stuff to watch. Youtube has video tootorials on how its done if you are not sure simples

cloud493

I neither like or dislike it. Some good stuff bad quality, too limited to get a monthly subscription.

previous user

6.99 euro a month working out at 84 euro a year nearly half of what you can pay for an Irish tv licence and you can view a larger selection of movies and tv shows when you want then what would be shown on all the Irish television channels combined in a year, sounds tempting.

Bassfish

crazyFeet wrote: »

just change your DNS to 128.122.23.22 and it will be streaming from US servers with a wider choice of stuff to watch. Youtube has video tootorials on how its done if you are not sure simples

Does this work on a ps3?

44leto

Apparently I can get this free for a month on my playstation, but I hear its not worth the bother its all old stuff.

But it is the future, TV is going to radically change in the next few years.

eth0

Netflix uses DRM.

DRM is evil so they can fcuk off

Biggins

The Irish range of stuff available is crap so "No thanks" to their current service.

dvpower

Bassfish wrote: »

Does this work on a ps3?

I don't know about PS3 - it certainly works on xBox

Edit: Have a look at this - http://support.unblock-us.com/customer/portal/articles/291530-setting-up-ps3

smash

previous user wrote: »

6.99 euro a month working out at 84 euro a year nearly half of what you can pay for an Irish tv licence and you can view a larger selection of movies and tv shows when you want then what would be shown on all the Irish television channels combined in a year, sounds tempting.

plus your unblock us subscription...