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CharlieCrocodile said:
No to all 3!
Got my free month tonight, cancelling tomorrow.
Seems a tad pointless cancelling a free trial 1 day into it when you can cancel at any time. Got my free month tonight, cancelling tomorrow.
I'm going to keep it for a month. There seems to be loads of stuff on there that I've not seen, but then again I'm not a film buff.
I like the fact that I can stream to my pc, Wii, phone and iPad off the same account without paying for multiple apps or buggering around with licences like sky.
I signed up for it last night because my Blu-ray player claims to support it. (And it would too, if I could get it working!) So I thought I'd give it a go for a couple of weeks since the trial is free.
At a first glance, the selection of films seems to be better than Lovefilm, but as several have noted it's not right up to the minute. But we'll be keeping the service running for the foreseeable future since our son has discovered 60 episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants and 100-odd Top Gear shows are available on demand!
At a first glance, the selection of films seems to be better than Lovefilm, but as several have noted it's not right up to the minute. But we'll be keeping the service running for the foreseeable future since our son has discovered 60 episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants and 100-odd Top Gear shows are available on demand!
saw this yesterday, very tempted to give it a whirl (just in process of house move so will have to wait a couple weeks).. and get rid of sky movies that i never watch as a mate gives me all the latest movies in HD anyway (newsgroups).
kinda thinking if the series in particular are any good.. i can maybe git rid of bl**dy MTV etc off the Sky bill too!.. the mrs likes all the sh*t series they tend to show there!.. Would save me alot more than the £5.99 by cutting my Sky package right down!
what is the image quality like? .. do movies stream with surround sound as well when connected to your amp etc?
kinda thinking if the series in particular are any good.. i can maybe git rid of bl**dy MTV etc off the Sky bill too!.. the mrs likes all the sh*t series they tend to show there!.. Would save me alot more than the £5.99 by cutting my Sky package right down!
what is the image quality like? .. do movies stream with surround sound as well when connected to your amp etc?
Edited by StormLoaded on Tuesday 10th January 13:29
StormLoaded said:
what is the image quality like? .. do movies stream with surround sound as well when connected to your amp etc?
I'm interested in this too. I currently have a Lovefilm subscription, though we get Bluray rather than stream them. I noticed when I played iPlayer on the PS3 against the V+ box for example that the quality was lower on the PS3, so it's a consideration. Still, it's about the cost of two films from Blockbuster these days isn't it (been a while since I was there...)va1o said:
LotusMartin said:
Get on the US one - only £10.50 a month all in (Netflix subs + DNS) been using it for a little over a year now on 2 Apple TVs, ipad, iphone and laptop
What's the advantage, does US have a better selection?You don't even need to change your IP, Netflix geolocation works off of DNS settings.
aberdeeneuan said:
StormLoaded said:
what is the image quality like? .. do movies stream with surround sound as well when connected to your amp etc?
I'm interested in this too. I currently have a Lovefilm subscription, though we get Bluray rather than stream them. I noticed when I played iPlayer on the PS3 against the V+ box for example that the quality was lower on the PS3, so it's a consideration. Still, it's about the cost of two films from Blockbuster these days isn't it (been a while since I was there...)One thing worth noting is that the bit rate steps down during busy periods, or if your connection slows.
Quality via PS3 is pretty good, hard to distinguish from DVD at times.
Surround sound - it used to be stereo only, however:
http://www.webpronews.com/netflix-adds-dolby-surro...
http://www.webpronews.com/netflix-adds-dolby-surro...
172ff said:
Seems a tad pointless cancelling a free trial 1 day into it when you can cancel at any time.
I'm going to keep it for a month. There seems to be loads of stuff on there that I've not seen, but then again I'm not a film buff.
I like the fact that I can stream to my pc, Wii, phone and iPad off the same account without paying for multiple apps or buggering around with licences like sky.
I'd forget to cancel it otherwise!I'm going to keep it for a month. There seems to be loads of stuff on there that I've not seen, but then again I'm not a film buff.
I like the fact that I can stream to my pc, Wii, phone and iPad off the same account without paying for multiple apps or buggering around with licences like sky.
Ved said:
Silverlight is developed for Mac. Linux users are too busy trying to play dungeons and dragons in binary so I don't think they need worry.
Ha ha, probably true! I'm interested because XBMC Live and OpenELEC work more as an appliance (ironically less geeky than Windows!) and that's why my build should hopefully use either of those, but I digress.Cheers
The Linux User
DoctorX said:
T84 said:
The US has an amazing range.
You don't even need to change your IP, Netflix geolocation works off of DNS settings.
In layman's terms does that mean I can just log onto the US site and join? Considering ditching Sky Movies for one of these services.You don't even need to change your IP, Netflix geolocation works off of DNS settings.
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