Netflix Usability and Looking for User Feedback

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  mckennal on 10/09/2015 - 22:31

  +9

  1) Yes, and the premium memberships also have higher resolution.

  2) I too found it hard to find things on Netflix by just browsing and searching, so… I built a site that solves that problem: http://www.whatsonnetflixaustralia.com/
  You can set the category (E.g. Comedy) and drag the sliders (or dropdowns on mobile devices) to restrict the year of release. I also have IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes filters so you can narrow down the list to the best movies. Feel free to spread the word about the site (fb/twitter/etc) - I'm trying to make more people aware of it.

  3) If your membership is at a level to get HD, then it seems most shows they have in HD. If they have it in HD, it will stream in HD if your bandwidth is large enough (Netflix automatically works out your bandwidth and sets the quality accordingly, it also adjusts so always starts out low quality and then increases quality as your bandwidth allows).

  General feedback - I love it :)

  Luke

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    celiotte on 11/09/2015 - 00:25

    Thanks for all that !

    Also, is Netflix meant to be behind in terms of TV show episodes like Suits or is it just that the Netflix in Australia doesn't have the newest episodes up and running?

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      mckennal on 12/09/2015 - 19:18

      Kenneth,

      Netflix prefers to add full seasons of TV shows (as compared to a catch up service), and they are usually around 1 year behind. For example, most of the time Netflix will add the previous season of a show just before the latest season starts airing on TV. I assume it has something to do with Netflix being able to acquire the rights for a reasonable price (but that's just a guess).

      The catalog is different in the US to Australia. Suits actually isn't available on the US version of Netflix, but is on Netflix Australia.

      Luke

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  mskeggs on 11/09/2015 - 00:04

  +1

  mckennal is correct from what I see (I only have a 720p TV).
  Some answers to questions you didn't ask that might interest you:
  - this deal looks like it is still active, and means 2 or 3 months free netflix if you have an amex. We got the credit the other day ;-): https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/201784 - you might need to re-register in another name.
  - Netflix is happy to show you the US or UK catalog of their service if you travel there for no extra, and those catalogues are much bigger. Or if your IP address happened to indicate you were travelling (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) by using a VPN. We use hola.org occasionally and turn it on just to access said overseas catalogs. If you do it regularly and/or want it to work via chromecast there are other more elaborate ways.
  - if you become a netflix demon, I gather it is even less expensive to subscribe via Chile or Argentina or somewhere to save a few dollars and use the DNS proxies like hola to get access back to the Aussie catalogue.
  - there have been some free deals for Presto on ozbargain. Presto is channel 7/foxtel's lame version of netflix, but free is good, so you might as well try it while you are messing around with streaming services (I watched a few seasons of Sopranos very happily on it)

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    PartyNextDoor on 11/09/2015 - 08:01

    +1

    Please don't use hola, it's a peer to peer VPN which means you're giving up your bandwidth to other users (essentially an exit node). So if somebody does something illegal, it doesn't look good coming from your IP. They're also known to sell your bandwidth to be used in DoS attacks. If you want to use a VPN, pay for one that you can trust (i.e. read the fine print in the terms and conditions).

    http://www.techradar.com/au/news/networking/-hola-if-your-vp…

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      mskeggs on 11/09/2015 - 09:28

      I know how Hola works, the exit node problem is the same as TOR has had for a decade or more without it becoming an issue for users, so it isn't keeping me up at night. They responded to the DDoS incident: http://hola.org/blog/the-recent-events-on-the-hola-network
      I'm fine with using it once in a while to skirt Netflix catalog restrictions, but others may have concerns that a paid for VPN addresses.

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        PartyNextDoor on 11/09/2015 - 11:04

        I thought with TOR you chose to be an exit node?

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        mskeggs on 11/09/2015 - 11:19

        @PartyNextDoor:
        Yes, but I mean that the exit node operators have been doing a similar thing for years without legal hassle.
        I just did a search and there was a guy in Austria charged by police as an accomplice a few years ago, so I will moderate my comment to say the history of Tor shows there is a pretty low risk that somebody will hassle you for what other users are doing.

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  djones145 on 11/09/2015 - 07:31

  sorry to high jack ur thread but a related question
  is Netflix still unmetered for optus?