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I have this problem for years. Sometimes I spend so much time 'deciding' what to watch, that it gets too late to watch. While actually anything in the given gen

by gedrap 13y ago

I have this problem for years. Sometimes I spend so much time 'deciding' what to watch, that it gets too late to watch. While actually anything in the given genre, not longer than XYZ minutes and with rotten tomatoes/imdb rating about X would do. Here you have an idea for a project... Eliminate annoying daily choices. Oh how many times I went to buy trousers, couldn't choose from dozens, went to other store where they have 2-3 styles and about 3-4 colors each and bought in a couple of minutes. And etc.

gcb0 13y ago
Do you really think netflix wouldn't have solved that yet? the problem is not that you are not finding what to watch. The real problem is that there is NOTHING LEFT to watch. their inventory sucks. Yeah, they have a couple movies, but chances are you've seen them all already. Netflix is not a blockbuster/torrent/movie theater replacement. It is a TV replacement. It works for people that sit down, select from the few series they are following, and press play. It may work as a movie provider for the first 2 months, until you get to the point mentioned above; you've seen them all.
- jimbobimbo 13y ago
  Oh, for Christ's sake! Netflix has a huge DVD/BD library. I actually have DVD queue twice as long as streaming. There's always something to watch.
  - ams6110 13y ago
    The DVDs are an extra subscription. If you have basic streaming NetFlix, you easily exhaust the stuff worth watching in a few months, give or take, depending on how much time you spend watching TV.
  - gcb0 13y ago
    nobody has dvd subscriptions anymore. it is harder than torrenting.
- flipside 13y ago
  Paradox of Choice is a well documented phenomenon. http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch... Many people (me included) aren't willing to spend sufficient mental energy on a decision based on what's available when we want to be entertained. A related problem is that Netflix does a bad job of managing expectations, but we're working on that with tinj.
flipside 13y ago
Thanks for the validation! We're actually out to solve that problem for movies, this is just the start. Should have another product announcement in a week or so. Give us a few years and we'll get to trousers too.

by gedrap 13y ago

gcb0 13y ago

Do you really think netflix wouldn't have solved that yet? the problem is not that you are not finding what to watch. The real problem is that there is NOTHING LEFT to watch. their inventory sucks. Yeah, they have a couple movies, but chances are you've seen them all already. Netflix is not a blockbuster/torrent/movie theater replacement. It is a TV replacement. It works for people that sit down, select from the few series they are following, and press play. It may work as a movie provider for the first 2 months, until you get to the point mentioned above; you've seen them all.

jimbobimbo 13y ago
Oh, for Christ's sake! Netflix has a huge DVD/BD library. I actually have DVD queue twice as long as streaming. There's always something to watch.
- ams6110 13y ago
  The DVDs are an extra subscription. If you have basic streaming NetFlix, you easily exhaust the stuff worth watching in a few months, give or take, depending on how much time you spend watching TV.
- gcb0 13y ago
  nobody has dvd subscriptions anymore. it is harder than torrenting.
flipside 13y ago
Paradox of Choice is a well documented phenomenon. http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch... Many people (me included) aren't willing to spend sufficient mental energy on a decision based on what's available when we want to be entertained. A related problem is that Netflix does a bad job of managing expectations, but we're working on that with tinj.

flipside 13y ago

Thanks for the validation! We're actually out to solve that problem for movies, this is just the start. Should have another product announcement in a week or so. Give us a few years and we'll get to trousers too.