LOVEFiLM vs NETFLIX vs Others
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NetFlix is all inclusive.
NetFlix currently have a one month trial period for a few quid. Give it a shot.
We've been using it, and while the amount of new movies on it is terrible, the back catalog of popular american TV shows is quite good, we are working our way through "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13".
Bubble gum TV at its best.
ILoveFilm, isn't all inclusive, the top 1000 movies and shows have to be paid for!
I love Film (from Amazon) is better if you live in America. The catalog for English views is poor.
If they have a cool movie, you are pretty much going to have to pay a few extra quid for it.
I'd rather use BlockBuster until ILF cop themselves on. They simply aren't competitive.
NetFlix currently have a one month trial period for a few quid. Give it a shot.
We've been using it, and while the amount of new movies on it is terrible, the back catalog of popular american TV shows is quite good, we are working our way through "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13".
Bubble gum TV at its best.
ILoveFilm, isn't all inclusive, the top 1000 movies and shows have to be paid for!
I love Film (from Amazon) is better if you live in America. The catalog for English views is poor.
If they have a cool movie, you are pretty much going to have to pay a few extra quid for it.
I'd rather use BlockBuster until ILF cop themselves on. They simply aren't competitive.
I've been meaning to try it, from what I can gather Netflix is streaming only?
I've been a Lovefilm customer for years, I occasionally go a bit mad with them - I accused them once of favouring new customers when it came to sending out new titles and they couldn’t deny it.
But their streaming service just doesn't work for me, I can only get a 4meg connection through my line, that's it, they say it should work fine with anything over and above 2meg, but that's just bobbings. I was watching the dark night recently, I knew it wouldn't work al that well, so I started playing it and paused it for an hour whilst we did something else to give it a chance to get ahead and it worked fine - for about an hour, then it's 5 mins of film, 30 second freeze, so annoying!
I'll try Netflix soon to see if it works better, but even their headline films and TV series they're selling themselves on isn't all that much cop.
I've been a Lovefilm customer for years, I occasionally go a bit mad with them - I accused them once of favouring new customers when it came to sending out new titles and they couldn’t deny it.
But their streaming service just doesn't work for me, I can only get a 4meg connection through my line, that's it, they say it should work fine with anything over and above 2meg, but that's just bobbings. I was watching the dark night recently, I knew it wouldn't work al that well, so I started playing it and paused it for an hour whilst we did something else to give it a chance to get ahead and it worked fine - for about an hour, then it's 5 mins of film, 30 second freeze, so annoying!
I'll try Netflix soon to see if it works better, but even their headline films and TV series they're selling themselves on isn't all that much cop.
P-Jay, I have the same issue, I live right on the outskirts of the exchange and can only get 1mb. So if it buffers I do the above trick, and I can watch it, but if it just streams I never bother. Makes iplayer and the rest completely unusable. Which is annoying on here when I miss something ask if it's repeated and get an iplayer link in response
Only last night I saw netflix advert and noticed it was also on my xbox. It started making me wonder about the ilovefilm/others and which might be the best.
Only last night I saw netflix advert and noticed it was also on my xbox. It started making me wonder about the ilovefilm/others and which might be the best.
Will have a look at Netflix but, have had LoveFilm for around 3 years now and think it is great.
The streaming is ok, with occasional gems turning up. We only get about 4mb downloads here and it works perfectly.
I still prefer films on DVD or Blu Ray though. For £15/month we have 3 discs at a time unlimited including PS3 games.
The streaming is ok, with occasional gems turning up. We only get about 4mb downloads here and it works perfectly.
I still prefer films on DVD or Blu Ray though. For £15/month we have 3 discs at a time unlimited including PS3 games.
Cheers guys, I downloaded Netflix last night (i use both on my Xbox) I've never had any problems with streaming even though my download speed isn't great. The Netflix is free for a month so I'll use that but I think I'll cancel then. With lovefilm I can rent newer titles and Xbox games and Netflix just can't compete with that at the mo. Ho hum.
Eighteeteewhy said:
Cheers guys, I downloaded Netflix last night (i use both on my Xbox) I've never had any problems with streaming even though my download speed isn't great. The Netflix is free for a month so I'll use that but I think I'll cancel then. With lovefilm I can rent newer titles and Xbox games and Netflix just can't compete with that at the mo. Ho hum.
Do you have to put in card details for netflix?
SirBlade said:
NetFlix is all inclusive.
NetFlix currently have a one month trial period for a few quid. Give it a shot.
We've been using it, and while the amount of new movies on it is terrible, the back catalog of popular american TV shows is quite good, we are working our way through "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13".
Bubble gum TV at its best.
ILoveFilm, isn't all inclusive, the top 1000 movies and shows have to be paid for!
I love Film (from Amazon) is better if you live in America. The catalog for English views is poor.
If they have a cool movie, you are pretty much going to have to pay a few extra quid for it.
I'd rather use BlockBuster until ILF cop themselves on. They simply aren't competitive.
I think your "I Love Film" and our Lovefilm are different. I pay once and get everything.NetFlix currently have a one month trial period for a few quid. Give it a shot.
We've been using it, and while the amount of new movies on it is terrible, the back catalog of popular american TV shows is quite good, we are working our way through "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13".
Bubble gum TV at its best.
ILoveFilm, isn't all inclusive, the top 1000 movies and shows have to be paid for!
I love Film (from Amazon) is better if you live in America. The catalog for English views is poor.
If they have a cool movie, you are pretty much going to have to pay a few extra quid for it.
I'd rather use BlockBuster until ILF cop themselves on. They simply aren't competitive.
However the streaming choice is - like Netflix apparently - a bit hit and miss. Some real old dross and no new stuff. Can't see the point of paying £6 to stream stuff that came out years ago
Lovefilm bluray / DVD is still best
Hackney said:
SirBlade said:
NetFlix is all inclusive.
NetFlix currently have a one month trial period for a few quid. Give it a shot.
We've been using it, and while the amount of new movies on it is terrible, the back catalog of popular american TV shows is quite good, we are working our way through "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13".
Bubble gum TV at its best.
ILoveFilm, isn't all inclusive, the top 1000 movies and shows have to be paid for!
I love Film (from Amazon) is better if you live in America. The catalog for English views is poor.
If they have a cool movie, you are pretty much going to have to pay a few extra quid for it.
I'd rather use BlockBuster until ILF cop themselves on. They simply aren't competitive.
I think your "I Love Film" and our Lovefilm are different. I pay once and get everything.NetFlix currently have a one month trial period for a few quid. Give it a shot.
We've been using it, and while the amount of new movies on it is terrible, the back catalog of popular american TV shows is quite good, we are working our way through "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13".
Bubble gum TV at its best.
ILoveFilm, isn't all inclusive, the top 1000 movies and shows have to be paid for!
I love Film (from Amazon) is better if you live in America. The catalog for English views is poor.
If they have a cool movie, you are pretty much going to have to pay a few extra quid for it.
I'd rather use BlockBuster until ILF cop themselves on. They simply aren't competitive.
However the streaming choice is - like Netflix apparently - a bit hit and miss. Some real old dross and no new stuff. Can't see the point of paying £6 to stream stuff that came out years ago
Lovefilm bluray / DVD is still best
Not sure what the spec is but LoveFilm streaming has improved a lot in last 6 months.
Black screen areas used to be very noisy and cause tracking errors.
I watched the Dark Knight last week and it was probably at TV broadcast standard. Sound was good too, I run my sound through a proper stereo hi-fi setup.
I assumed the OP was meaning that the film selection on streaming wasn't great for new releases?
Black screen areas used to be very noisy and cause tracking errors.
I watched the Dark Knight last week and it was probably at TV broadcast standard. Sound was good too, I run my sound through a proper stereo hi-fi setup.
I assumed the OP was meaning that the film selection on streaming wasn't great for new releases?
va1o said:
thebluebus said:
If you're a Sky subscriber, there's always SkyGo.
I wonder about these streaming services occasionally, but then I remember that I have SkyGo already.
Seems to offer very little. We've got sky sports and all I can do on sky go is stream that, no films or anything. I wonder about these streaming services occasionally, but then I remember that I have SkyGo already.
I can choose from tons of films of "box sets" of telly programmes.
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