Less shit than Lovefilm though.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:26, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Is there a good on demand service?
I've been thinking about netflix, but their an demand rangle looks woeful.
But I haven't got a PS3 or a 360. Netflix have a wii app, which would be convenient. Still, there are plenty of spare hdmi cables lying around here, so we could always hook up one of the laptops...

Sorry, I'm rambling now.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:28, Reply)

They're both ok, but they don't have enough on there to be worth keeping them for a year.
And trying to navigate them on xbox/ps3 is shit.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:32, Reply)

At the moment. we spend about a tenner on average on Sky Box Office movies.
If we could spend the same to get unlimited streaming, that would be good. But no-one in the UK seems to be offering anywhere near the range of titles.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:35, Reply)

a tenner will get you unlimited streaming on love film, but you sill need to pay £2.50 per movie on top of that for recent releases.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:37, Reply)

If you want films out in the last 3 years, probably not.
but netflix has got a massive backlog of good films. you could probably make a big dent in the IMDB top 100 of all time.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:38, Reply)

It depends what you want.
I think Netfix online UI is far better, especially if you want to watch a TV series, which is surprisingly hard to do on LoveFilm. It has to be said their selection is less good, but the stuff that Lovefilm has that Netflix does not you generally have to pay for. I realised I was only watching online and finding Lovefilm a frustratimg way to do this so I'm in the process of switching. Also Netflix has an android app which is a very big plus for me.

I'd say try Netflix 1 month free trial offer and see if you like them or not. As someone hwo only wants to watch online and is not interested in having to pay more for individual films, and uses an android tablet a lot, it suits me better, but this may not be true for you.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:33, Reply)

That would be good for me too
and as I said, they have the wii thing so I wouldn't have to hook anything extra up to the telly. But unless I'm missing something, their range seems to consist of ten-year-old films and four tv series.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:37, Reply)

Not quite that bad, but not a good range I'll grant you.
for £6 a month it'll do me for a while but if they don't get more decent stuff on ther I may just give up all together, or go back to lovefilm if they get any better, but their UI really hacked me off.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:39, Reply)

get a hard drive with a hdmi thinggy and let a geeky friend just download anything.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:54, Reply)

^ this
much simpler and no streaming time.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:57, Reply)

Can't be arsed. I'll pay £6 a month for a nice UI and someone else doign all the work.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 13:02, Reply)