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I signed up for Lovefilm earlier this month for the film streaming. I searched before hand and they had a nice film selection so I figure I'd go for it, if it s
by citricsquid 16y ago
I signed up for Lovefilm earlier this month for the film streaming. I searched before hand and they had a nice film selection so I figure I'd go for it, if it sucked I could cancel. I signed up for the best plan that had streaming included (had no intention of doing postal DVDs) and found the following:
- The only films you can watch for free (after you've paid the monthly registration fee) are from before 2007, even though their entire catalogue contains newer films and it says "Your package includes unlimited online viewing" and "With access to 5,361 watch online titles" on both the sign up pages and in my account.
- After paying £4 for a film (Inception) which I expected to be included in the first place (a pipe dream I guess) I load it up... it's 360p at best, full screening makes it unwatchable.
- I figure if this is the state of it and I have to pay for shitty quality films I may as well go out and but the DVD, which I wanted to avoid... so I decided to cancel my account to find it's impossible to do online, you have to phone up... it was 4am, they were closed.
Terrible experience, but the joke is on me I guess, I didn't realise I could buy/rent films on iTunes so I'm doing that now.
- ErrantX 16y agoYeh... it leaves a lot to be desired (another "this is not netflix" situations). Particularly the streaming quality, which is why I don't bother. I'm on the "three disks at home" package which apparently lets me watch about 4,000 of the streamable ones for free. In the past on cheaper accounts I got less I think. In my experience the "top" recent films are always pay-for, and the lesser known ones are free. I personally don't mind that because I've always enjoyed indie/arthouse cinema :) Definitely do not think it is worth it for streaming only.