Netflix is now in the UK

It will never happen, with the lost profit on per seat/person viewing vs a group viewing and only 1 single payment.
 
AlecR said:
Netflix Canada seems to get releases at the same time as Sky do; they sometimes get them before. Life of Pi is an example.
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Just jumped on the Netflix CA and was surprised at the selection of movies they've got compared to the US/UK.
 
AlecR said:
How's the music industry survive then?
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It is a completely different model.

Music is not released in a cinema (1 ticket per person) before being released to CD (1 item per group). So if an album is released in physical or digital media at the same time or one after the other does not fall in with films at cinema / blu ray / streaming.

With my cineworld card I quite enjoy going to the cinema to watch films, I even go to watch films I might not go and watch if I had to pay on the day. This would be the way forward for more cinemas.
 
Glaucus said:
Yep wished vue did unlimited card like cineworld. Cineworld closest cinema just isn't close enough.
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Even Cineworld are hit and miss in quality. We have 3 around us, there is a crap one which was converted from another cinema company, there is an okay one which has always been a cineword but needs upgrading and there is a new one which is great. Better projectors, comfy seats and loads of room.

Vue cards would be great always liked the Vue.
 
Anyone noticed on netflix that if you're watching a series its skipping the recap and intro scene :) or at least it is on dexter series 7. The next episode starts at ~3:20

Fantastic feature, wonder if it always skips it or if it skips it if its been say less than 24hrs since you last watched it. I haven't noticed this before.
 
Only seems to work if you click the next episode before it automatically starts it.
Now watching a recap :( as i didn't click next episode.
 
Glaucus said:
Only seems to work if you click the next episode before it automatically starts it.
Now watching a recap :( as i didn't click next episode.
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and only on netflix uk, or atleast I haven't seen it happen when using the US version. Its a very useful feature though


Recently finished watching lilyhammer - very funny, I recommend it :)
 
Watching on PS3 it works without clicking next episode, don't know about other platforms though. It's an awesome feature, great when binge watching :D.

Max is surprisingly good too, but unfortunately not available in the UK.
 
I wouldnt, as its not users. Its simultaneously screens.

Users would pay $6.99 (£4.26) a month to use one screen to watch a TV show or film. This would rise to $9.99 if three screens were being used simultaneously.
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So I imagine the current price ($7.99) would be for two screen viewings simultaneously.
Three users, but rarely more than one screen being used and on odd ocasion two screens.
 
For those that mention the fact that movie studios will lose out due to a cinema being a ticket per person and if you were to watch it at home there could be x amount, didn't MS with the Kinect patent some idea where it watches how many people are in the room and limits what you can watch? I guess there is potential for them to use that at some point.

Also I doubt with how greedy they are they want something like Netflix having control over it and would rather launch their own service, we already see this with PC gaming with Steam then EA's Origin and Ubisofts UPlay they all want a part of it.
 
I highly doubt they'd adopt something like that ^

Charging per people in the room is silly, but I don't blame them for charging per simultaneous screens.
 
FeFiDoh said:
For those that mention the fact that movie studios will lose out due to a cinema being a ticket per person and if you were to watch it at home there could be x amount, didn't MS with the Kinect patent some idea where it watches how many people are in the room and limits what you can watch? I guess there is potential for them to use that at some point.

Also I doubt with how greedy they are they want something like Netflix having control over it and would rather launch their own service, we already see this with PC gaming with Steam then EA's Origin and Ubisofts UPlay they all want a part of it.
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Won't take off. If one service charges per viewer, and every other service charges per screen (as in the Netflix tests), which is the service that will struggle?

Not to mention that right now the only hardware capable of doing that is the XB1, which just isn't going to have the numbers needed to make the service viable.

Sky gets it's stuff first. Netflix has the biggest library and runs on pretty much anything with a screen. MS would have the smallest available userbase AND charge extra when your mates pop round?
 
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