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Netflix: Teach me!

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Netflix: Teach me!

For economic reasons, we have not had satelite/cable tv for about 6 months now. To be honest, with a few exceptions, I'm finding that I really don't miss it all that much. My wife misses it more than I do, though, and I've been hearing things that streaming Netflix might be a less expensive... and possibly even better... option.

If you stream tv shows from Netflix, please fill me in on the pros and cons. Even the basics on how it works and roughly how much it costs.

Thanks.
 
To stream it only costs 8 bucks a month, if you want to have DVD's and Blu-Rays mailed to your house it costs a bit more, but really who wants that?

I'm watching Scrubs on Netflix right now, have had it for years and watch it much more than cable. Almost every device nowadays has a Netflix app on it and you can watch it on your TV through many different devices, I use my PS3. You do need decent internet, but basically anything that isn't satellite or dial-up internet will work.

It has a great selection of movies and TV shows and is worth the 8 bucks.
 
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they're about ready to drop season two. i'll be ditching my job and not leaving the house for like a week.
 
Your Star said:
To stream it only costs 8 bucks a month, if you want to have DVD's and Blu-Rays mailed to your house it costs a bit more, but really who wants that .
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If you want to see a large selection of great movies you need the DVD by mail option IMHO.
 
Your Star said:
To stream it only costs 8 bucks a month, if you want to have DVD's and Blu-Rays mailed to your house it costs a bit more, but really who wants that?
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I do that simply because not everything is available for streaming with Netflix and not everything I want to get a DVD for is on Redbox. I subscribe to the one DVD at a time on Netflix with streaming.
 
radcen said:
Is there a contract for streaming, or can I cancel at any time with no penalty?
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No contract. Can cancel anytime you want with no penalty.

The one big annoying thing I don't like about Netflix is a lot of the newer movies that come out on Netflix are DVD/Blueray only and not streaming. They throw you a bone every now and then with a newer movie up, but not as a majority.

They do that so you also subscribe to their DVD/Blue-ray plans.
 
TheNextEra said:
No contract. Can cancel anytime you want with no penalty.

The one big annoying thing I don't like about Netflix is a lot of the newer movies that come out on Netflix are DVD/Blueray only and not streaming. They throw you a bone every now and then with a newer movie up, but not as a majority.

They do that so you also subscribe to their DVD/Blue-ray plans.
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I'm not much of a movie hound anyway. I'm more interested in streaming tv shows with an occasional movie. And even at that, because I'm not a movie hound, there are many older movies that I have never seen but would like to.
 
radcen said:
Is there a contract for streaming, or can I cancel at any time with no penalty?
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If you watch a bunch of tv and still want a legal option to access shows, it might be worth checking out HULU plus. The movie selection from them can be rather redundant with netflix, but they do carry many TV shows that won't be available through the former and is also only a few dollars a month

With that said, it can be rather annoying with their use of commercials and there are a few other annoying quirks to the system that eventually made me drp it (I don't watch much TV so it was hardly ever used). But Netflix and Hulu plus both offer first time users a free month. So you can test drive each one and there are no long term commitments
 
Santa Claus just brought me a Roku. (I don't have PS2 or anything like that so I had to have some kind of box.)

An hour later, I had it hooked up and my Netflix account set up. Been watching it since. Absolutely LOVE it. But I feel there's a lot more I can get out of it as a learn more about it. Still learning how to navigate.
 
Captain America said:
Santa Claus just brought me a Roku. (I don't have PS2 or anything like that so I had to have some kind of box.)

An hour later, I had it hooked up and my Netflix account set up. Been watching it since. Absolutely LOVE it. But I feel there's a lot more I can get out of it as a learn more about it. Still learning how to navigate.
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A really cool feature of Roku is the search capability. Try it to find movies/shows with a given actor, actress or director name. Netflix lets you search only by movie/show title but Roku lets you search Netflix (or any content provider) through its user interface in many more powerful ways.
 
radcen said:
Netflix: Teach me!

For economic reasons, we have not had satelite/cable tv for about 6 months now. To be honest, with a few exceptions, I'm finding that I really don't miss it all that much. My wife misses it more than I do, though, and I've been hearing things that streaming Netflix might be a less expensive... and possibly even better... option.

If you stream tv shows from Netflix, please fill me in on the pros and cons. Even the basics on how it works and roughly how much it costs.

Thanks.
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Netflix is available on a number of different platforms now: Android, iOS, Windows, Apple for smartphones, tablets, PCs. I seems to be pre-installed in just about every new DVD or BluRay player these days -- LG, Samsung, and Sony for example. Also available on Roku and Apple TV.

You get internet installed with WiFi and these devices will connect once you put in your WiFi password. Then you just select Netflix from your menu. You can search for movies and TV shows or browse through categories. Play them, pause when you like, stop and come back later and it will pick up where you left off.

I got a very cheap ($70) LG BluRay player that included WiFi and Netflix and some other streaming services. I selected my WiFi and entered the password one time in the setup screen and it was good to go. So along with streaming I can also play the occasional DVD.

I can watch Netflix on any device I have -- desktop, tablet, or smartphone. I can use the same account in my home or the second home. A smartphone data connection does not work very well for me, but the phone does fine with a decent WiFi connection anywhere.

With a 12 Mb/sec AT&T internet connection my wife and I can watch different movies on different devices at the same time with no problems.
 
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