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the problem with Netflix is that over the past year they started offering less and less content on Instant Streaming(what most people tended to use). And the co

by vaksel 15y ago

the problem with Netflix is that over the past year they started offering less and less content on Instant Streaming(what most people tended to use). And the content they do have left is subpar at best. Sure there are a few good shows....but overwhelmingly anything popular is not available.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago
I'd disagree with you, but I'm too busy watching Mad Men and Breaking Bad on Netflix right now.
- brndnhy 15y ago
  That's a lot easier when you're a year or more behind following a television series.
  - aaronbrethorst 15y ago
    Netflix Streaming is the only way I consume TV, so yeah, I'm definitely at least a year or more behind :)
dcosson 15y ago
I don't know if I'd go that far, I still manage to find interesting things to watch on a regular basis. That said, I would happily pay 2 or 3x more if all of their dvd selection was available on instant (of course, I have no idea if that's feasible for them or if it would cost me more like 10x more for what the studios would charge)
bostonvaulter2 15y ago
I think you mean anything currently popular.
MaxGabriel 15y ago
Before my family cancelled netflix, my major problem wasn't that there was no content that I enjoyed, but that I had no way of finding that content. Their ratings system was really unreliable for me, so finding quality was difficult. On the other hand, when I heard about films by word of mouth, and found them on Netflix, I really ended up enjoying them. I always found that Dish Network had a really reliable content rating system--it was an objective star system not based on user preferences. Some combination of this with tailoring to individual users might be the best fit for Netflix--it would help users find content, but it would also provide an objective measure that lets me validate the 'users like me' rating system the use now. If Netflix had a better algorithm/system for helping find content, and a dash of Hipmunk UI, then I'd still be a customer.

by vaksel 15y ago

aaronbrethorst 15y ago

I'd disagree with you, but I'm too busy watching Mad Men and Breaking Bad on Netflix right now.

brndnhy 15y ago
That's a lot easier when you're a year or more behind following a television series.
- aaronbrethorst 15y ago
  Netflix Streaming is the only way I consume TV, so yeah, I'm definitely at least a year or more behind :)

dcosson 15y ago

I don't know if I'd go that far, I still manage to find interesting things to watch on a regular basis. That said, I would happily pay 2 or 3x more if all of their dvd selection was available on instant (of course, I have no idea if that's feasible for them or if it would cost me more like 10x more for what the studios would charge)

bostonvaulter2 15y ago

I think you mean anything currently popular.

MaxGabriel 15y ago

Before my family cancelled netflix, my major problem wasn't that there was no content that I enjoyed, but that I had no way of finding that content. Their ratings system was really unreliable for me, so finding quality was difficult. On the other hand, when I heard about films by word of mouth, and found them on Netflix, I really ended up enjoying them. I always found that Dish Network had a really reliable content rating system--it was an objective star system not based on user preferences. Some combination of this with tailoring to individual users might be the best fit for Netflix--it would help users find content, but it would also provide an objective measure that lets me validate the 'users like me' rating system the use now. If Netflix had a better algorithm/system for helping find content, and a dash of Hipmunk UI, then I'd still be a customer.