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Netflix, the best value brand in years?

  • 21-09-2013 11:14PM
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Recently signed up to Netflix and it's the best value I've got on anything that charges €7 a month or close to it in years. It doesn't have the latest releases and everything on it can be torrented for free but it's the sheer convenience of it all.

    What else do you think offers amazing value for money?

    And no, illegally downloading things for free doesn't count ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Lidl, Ryanair and JD Wetherspoons. The unholy Trinity of awesome value.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Films are a bit crap on netflix though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Sure its all free on the net anyway, screw paying for stuff.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Recently signed up to Netflix and it's the best value I've got on anything that charges €7 a month or close to it in years. It doesn't have the latest releases and everything on it can be torrented for free but it's the sheer convenience of it all.

    What else do you think offers amazing value for money?

    And no, illegally downloading things for free doesn't count ;)

    I give number one handjobs for 5 euro in all of Irelande, make you smile long time, always leave with the happy endings. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,400 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    I do like Netflix, and things like Breaking Bad, House of Cards etc are really upping the game. I have no problem giving them €7 a month. One episode of Super HD breaking bad on the TV with no hassle is well worth €7 alone...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Spotify is pretty good value for money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    ffilms.org is a great website for films, I've watched lots of classics that I never thought I'd rent/buy.

    And I hope this doesn't breach the charter.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Recently signed up to Netflix and it's the best value I've got on anything that charges €7 a month or close to it in years. It doesn't have the latest releases and everything on it can be torrented for free but it's the sheer convenience of it all.

    What else do you think offers amazing value for money?

    And no, illegally downloading things for free doesn't count ;)

    I'll sell you the moon for 50 dollars.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,400 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    strobe wrote: »
    I'll sell you the moon for 50 dollars.

    I'd prefer to watch Netflix tbh...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,150 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Playstation Plus is pretty good too


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Sure its all free on the net anyway, screw paying for stuff.

    There's a tipping point though and I think after years of fighting downloads the movie/TV industry is finally embracing how it can benefit from the internet.

    Screw paying out a measly 7 euros a month that takes away most of the hassle of looking for good things to watch?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 490 ✭✭peewee_44


    I do agree with the OP. I like Netflix, I know its not the most up to date film site but I hate watching anything on my laptop Im just odd so Netflix is perfect and I do think its getting better


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    keano_afc wrote: »
    Spotify is pretty good value for money.
    and Im actually impressed at the rate of delivery on mobile. save a few deadspots on my commute I can stream anything I want pretty consistently.
    Sure its all free on the net anyway, screw paying for stuff.
    the hassle of searching for live file locations, the inevitable storage, the marginal risk involved, frankly its just easier to stream. I mean lately I've just been keeping entire seasons of star trek running on the 2nd screen as background noise and theres just no beating the consistency. You'd see collections online where a couple episodes here or there are of dodgy quality and theres just not nearly the same consistency to it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Documentary selection is decent. Films a bit meh. Probably worth the 7 quid a month overall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    you have to figure, for the cost of hard disk space you could spend as much on a year of netflix as a paltry 1 or 2 terabytes of storage, meanwhile you could end up streaming 10x that over the course of the same 1-2 years of netflix you could pay for.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Overheal wrote: »
    you have to figure, for the cost of hard disk space you could spend as much on a year of netflix as a paltry 1 or 2 terabytes of storage, meanwhile you could end up streaming 10x that over the course of the same 1-2 years of netflix you could pay for.

    84 a year for netflix.
    In storage ive pissed through double that on Battlestar Galactica alone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,840 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    It's great value but the movie selection, especially new releases, is terrible. It needs more new movies from the top Hollywood studios and less Jason Statham/50 Cent-starring straight to DVD action movies.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,150 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    It's great value but the movie selection, especially new releases, is terrible. It needs more new movies from the top Hollywood studios and less Jason Statham/50 Cent-starring straight to DVD action movies.

    On the contrary, every movie collection needs more Jason Statham movies.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 326 ✭✭Savoir.Faire


    Netflix needs a grundle section though. Very few 'flix' a man can relieve himself to on there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    I've been borrowing my brother in laws Apple TV this week, together with netflix its fantastic . I've watched loads of films that I'd never of seen , just reading through the descriptions, its like going back to the good old days in video shop .
    Defo worth 7 euro, I'm going to start watching breaking bad this week , I watched 1st ep last week and it looks good.
    All I need to do now is go out and buy Apple TV .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Does netflix stream in HD now? Is there any limits on what you can watch for €7.
    Is breaking bad and Dexter fully up to date?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Does netflix stream in HD now? Is there any limits on what you can watch for €7.
    Is breaking bad and Dexter fully up to date?

    They have new episodes of Breaking Bad every Monday. Last time I checked they have up to Season 6 of Dexter but tbh evreything after Season 4 of Dexter is absolute shíte.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,113 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    Playstation Plus is the best value I've gotten in a long time.

    Probably since 5p Tangy bars.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Net"flix" is false advertising because the selectio of flix is pathetic unless you're a fan of bollywood movies or obscure foreign gay&lesbian movies.


  • Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Terrance Unimportant Marinade


    I think the movie selection is getting better, I wasn't expecting to see the hobbit or alice in wonderland (depp) on it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    jd007 wrote: »
    They have new episodes of Breaking Bad every Monday. Last time I checked they have up to Season 6 of Dexter but tbh evreything after Season 4 of Dexter is absolute shíte.

    Season 8 is the latest Dexter.
    I don't see the point in paying for Netflix when I'll still have to download sometimes.
    If €7 per month insures me against ever getting the Pirate fine/prosecution I would consider it but its not at that stage yet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,952 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Documentary selection is decent. Films a bit meh. Probably worth the 7 quid a month overall.

    It's just over the price of a pint, less than a packet of cigarettes and what you'd pay for popcorn in the cinema.
    It's not amazing but it's getting better (especially with their own shows) and as for value for money it's brilliant.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I think the movie selection is getting better, I wasn't expecting to see the hobbit or alice in wonderland (depp) on it

    And they make over 7 million euros a MONTH from their Irish and UK customers alone so their kitty bank for aquiring more film rights is building nicely


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    Net"flix" is false advertising because the selectio of flix is pathetic unless you're a fan of bollywood movies or obscure foreign gay&lesbian movies.

    Or know how to use the search function properly


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Miss Lockhart


    If it has the kind of content you like I think it's incredibly good value. Personally, it wasn't what I expected as it didn't have any of the things I wanted to watch. I was hoping it would have all the old episodes of tv shows I like - I'm not that bothered about new content. Same with the films - I wasn't looking for new ones but none of the ones I wanted were there.

    It's great that you can have the free trial and can cancel whenever you like. I think the whole idea of it is great but it just doesn't cater to what I wanted.


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