19QOS19 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I re-subscribed recently so the wean could watch Always Sunny, which seems to be quite hard/expensive to get on DVD. I've been disappointed to discover that their selection is, if anything, worse than when I cancelled. The quality of these services is likely to get worse too. In America, I see some of them have started charging extra for things that people actually want to see.If you ever find a reliable place that sells them all on DVD PM me please. I've only been able to find a few seasons. I did find one website that had the lot but it was a ridiculously good price so I did a website check and it unsurprisingly turned out to be a dodgy site. It certainly seems to inspire Apple-like loyalty from some of its users. It's as good as its content; I rarely find anything I'm interested in, and if I'm after something specific, there's a 99% chance they won't have it. YMMV.I'm definitely a fanboy (though please don't put me in with the Apple sheep) but I've never been stuck for something to watch. I am a heavy re-watcher though and can go through my favourite sitcoms from start to finish several times a year. My only gripe with Netflix is not being able to see their full catalogue. I've seen myself type something in and they have it but it's not on any of the scroll menus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 IIRC, they stopped releasing Always Sunny on DVD here after a while - you can get the first ten seasons or so, but that's it. I think they've all been released in America, and they even started releasing some of them on Blu-Ray, but then gave up. It's more lucrative to go straight to streaming now. A lot of folk will only ever watch shows once anyway, so a physical purchase is overkill. I miss the extras, commentaries, and all that jazz, but studios have been cutting back on that shit pretty much since Blu-Ray came out, so the only incentive to buy now is often just the knowledge that you don't need to worry about it disappearing from the streaming services. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Netflix originals are broadly bad and the stuff that goes viral is usually pretty poor. I will give them credit for Evangelion though, it was cool that that was even brought over and redubbed. And the Ghibli stuff. I think it's just that Netflix has stuff that's fine but all the best stuff I've watched this year has been on Amazon or Sky. Plus Amazon has Justified. If Netlix had more content with Walton Goggins then maybe my opinion would change. Edited January 30, 2021 by NotThePars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 2 hours ago, BFTD said: The Netflix docuseries format is tedious as f**k. They take pretty much any subject and stretch it out to at least four times the length the material can support. Seriously, they could make a series about Liz Hurley's first porn shoot and you'd nod off before any skin was shown. You've became a right miserable c**t of late. Hope you're ok x 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Anyway, the Dodgems are shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: You've became a right miserable c**t of late. Hope you're ok x You should try it, it's more fun. Just now, Bert Raccoon said: Anyway, the Dodgems are shite There you go! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I broke my specs on the dodgems at Weston Super Mare pier. I got bumped and they went flying off and got run over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Anyway, the Dodgems are shite They're a great way for ram-raiders to get in some practice without drawing attention to themselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I broke my specs on the dodgems at Weston Super Mare pier. I got bumped and they went flying off and got run over. That sounds hilarious but they're still shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 10 hours ago, NotThePars said: Netflix originals are broadly bad and the stuff that goes viral is usually pretty poor. I will give them credit for Evangelion though, it was cool that that was even brought over and redubbed. And the Ghibli stuff. I think it's just that Netflix has stuff that's fine but all the best stuff I've watched this year has been on Amazon or Sky. Plus Amazon has Justified. If Netlix had more content with Walton Goggins then maybe my opinion would change. Aye NowTV blows netflix out the water on both tv and films imo, bit dearer though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Aye NowTV blows netflix out the water on both tv and films imo, bit dearer though Now TV is just a different way to pay for Sky, so it's not really a direct comparison. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Aye NowTV blows netflix out the water on both tv and films imo, bit dearer though That reminded me to cancel nowtv movies. Thanks. Won a "free" month on mcdonalds monopoly a year ago and have seen everything i want to on there now. It was good for seeing a load of classics i'd missed and for the kids to binge harry potter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr X said: 2 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Aye NowTV blows netflix out the water on both tv and films imo, bit dearer though Now TV is just a different way to pay for Sky, so it's not really a direct comparison. No you're right, but given it's a subscription based streaming service it's a fair comparison. Tbf a lot of this is their relationship with HBO meaning I can watch Deadwood, Sopranos and the Wire whenever I want, which is far more enjoyable to me than almost anything on Netflix. I get Netflix produces content in a way that NowTV doesn't but who cares? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 6 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: Netflix is great you couple of curmudgeons. Incorrect. There is really no need for it. At all. But you carry on with it as you seem to enjoy it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: . I get Netflix produces content in a way that NowTV doesn't but who cares? People who want to watch said content I would guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Incorrect. There is really no need for it. At all. But you carry on with it as you seem to enjoy it. No need for it? You could apply that to any streaming service tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: No you're right, but given it's a subscription based streaming service it's a fair comparison. Tbf a lot of this is their relationship with HBO meaning I can watch Deadwood, Sopranos and the Wire whenever I want, which is far more enjoyable to me than almost anything on Netflix. I get Netflix produces content in a way that NowTV doesn't but who cares? Aye the heights of Sky (and Amazon) are higher for me. Even that vid Netflix released at the start of the year with The Rock and whoever boasting about a new movie every week or some shit suggests that even the Netflix marketers think it's quantity over quality. TBH I am still just mad that every thing my colleagues talk about (cause they've all got Netflix) and are demanding I watch is shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Aye the heights of Sky (and Amazon) are higher for me. Even that vid Netflix released at the start of the year with The Rock and whoever boasting about a new movie every week or some shit suggests that even the Netflix marketers think it's quantity over quality. TBH I am still just mad that every thing my colleagues talk about (cause they've all got Netflix) and are demanding I watch is shit.What have they been talking about and we can determine if it's you or them that's wrong?... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Aye, with new films and suchlike - I was meaning that they've started putting old TV shows into separate tiers that you need to pay extra for. So they'll likely all end up moving to a model where you pay the basic fee for shite nobody wants, an extra tenner to be able to see Frasier for a month, an extra fiver for David Fincher's films, etc. Amazon are shite too, but still better than when they started - brilliant for awful VHS rips of black & white films, or amateur films made in somebody's shed [emoji38]I'm not sure if we'll ever see tiered subscriptions but amazon already have a pretty large back catalogue of TV that you have to pay for on top of the normal subscription. No you're right, but given it's a subscription based streaming service it's a fair comparison. Tbf a lot of this is their relationship with HBO meaning I can watch Deadwood, Sopranos and the Wire whenever I want, which is far more enjoyable to me than almost anything on Netflix. I get Netflix produces content in a way that NowTV doesn't but who cares? It's a back door to get sky content, which is obviously paid for mainly by the money sky makes.Yes, they're both subscription based streaming services but one isn't really paying for any of its content, so comparing them on that basis seems pointless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 A lot of Netflix originals are shite but If you consider what you actually get for your money, I still think it's very good value. You pay, what, £6.99 a month or something? A decent enough film and half a decent series per month and i'd say that's still more than worth it. The real hike in price will come when a few of the big players ever drop out the streaming wars and a couple of them start dominating. At the moment, they're all about getting in numbers so the value they're offering customers is very good. Compare £80 odd quid a year for Netflix vs a total of close to £250 a year for a TV licence and a dozen trips to the cinema. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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