# Is Netflix down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084 "2012-12-25T02:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/41 "2012-12-26T02:48:08Z")
Can someone answer this question – is it true when I do a title search, and the title shows but the message with it says it’s not available streaming, that means it’s available through the home disc service? It doesn’t say that explicitly. However, most if my searches don’t even get that, they just bring up titles that are somewhat close to the titles I put in. And if that means the title isn’t available at all, by streaming OR disc, then the disc service definitely isn’t worth it. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/42 "2012-12-26T03:43:46Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Hmm. I know Amazon offers many episodes of TV shows for about that price and the occasional unpopular movie (to own, though. I own Haven and Hart of Dixie episodes that way), but I’ve never heard of Netflix pulling that. I’d love to see an example if you find one. I’ve been looking, and I must have been at Amazon instead of Netflix when I saw the rental fees. I think I’ll keep Netflix after the free trial is over. I’m watching _Poldark_ now, a British costume drama from the 70’s. It’s free on Netflix but Amazon wants money for it. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/43 "2012-12-26T15:35:57Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I think I’ll keep Netflix after the free trial is over. I’m watching _Poldark_ now, a British costume drama from the 70’s. It’s free on Netflix but Amazon wants money for it. If you can keep up a continual watch list, Netflix streaming is still the best value around. You can fill in with a few movies on Vudu at $4 a pop, and the TV series not yet on open streaming can be had for 50-99 cents an episode on Amazon. The other thing that Netflix seems to have been doing in the last year is just SHOVELING crap into both the disk and streaming files. You know, those garbage exploitation movies, made or retitled to catch a big movie’s wave. You see them at grocery stores, where well-meaning grandmas and idiots buy them, thinking it’s the massively hyped Disney or Pixar release. Just tons of them flooding the lists, making it hard to search for the legitimate title. Probably done to bulk up their number of offerings at minimal costs… but great for the grindhouse/b-movie/bad actor crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/44 "2012-12-26T15:46:51Z")
I subscribe to the Netflix disc-by-mail service and I don’t mind that the listings include “garbage exploitation movies.” I expect Netflix to be comprehensive, so that virtually anything and everything released on Region 1 DVD/BD is available for rental. (Actually my only complaint is that I’d like them to start offering Region 2 DVDs so that I can watch stuff that wasn’t released in the US.) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/45 "2012-12-26T17:52:33Z")
Seems like a good place to ask this… I stream Netflix through my Xbox and it mostly works great, however very often we get booted out of whatever we’re watching at around 30 or so minutes into whatever we’re watching. It takes us to a notification screen that tells us we’re logged out of Xbox Live and so we have to log back in and reload what we were watching. I’ve found info online about others having this issue, but no answers on what causes it or how to fix it. Just wondering if anybody here has experienced this, and if so were you able to do anything to keep it from happening? ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/46 "2012-12-26T18:10:51Z")
I believe that streaming is going to be the future way we all acquire media content. But it doesn’t seem like the future is here just yet. Movies and shows come and go from availability. The MSN homepage linked to this article just this morning: [http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/videodrone-blog.aspx?feat=b09603e2-1947-4479-8ab5-e4a9fb5cd2ea](http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/videodrone-blog.aspx?feat=b09603e2-1947-4479-8ab5-e4a9fb5cd2ea) This issue, along with the lack of Blu-ray quality and issues like the poster above mentions (loosing access to the movie while in progress) tell me that streaming is not yet the way to go. It can’t yet compete with a good solid disc in my hands. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/47 "2012-12-26T18:21:15Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > This issue, along with the lack of Blu-ray quality and issues like the poster above mentions (loosing access to the movie while in progress) tell me that streaming is not yet the way to go. It can’t yet compete with a good solid disc in my hands. Except that with a disc, you have to get off the couch, find the disc, open the case, and put the disc in the player. 🙂 Streaming is wreaking hell with my attention span. I’ll watch something for 15 minutes, remember something else I’ve been wanting to see and watch that. Right now I’m in the midst of _My Dog Skip, Poldark_, a documentary on New York, _The Ghost and the Darkness_, and _My Name Is Earl_. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/48 "2012-12-28T21:47:16Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Streaming is wreaking hell with my attention span. I’ll watch something for 15 minutes, remember something else I’ve been wanting to see and watch that. Right now I’m in the midst of _My Dog Skip, Poldark_, a documentary on New York, _The Ghost and the Darkness_, and _My Name Is Earl_. Or I go to the Netflix site, find one movie I like, it recommends 10 others, and before I know it an hour has gone by with me doing nothing but browsing and adding movies to my queue. I think I’ve spent more time browsing than watching. Check out [http://instantwatcher.com](http://instantwatcher.com) It’s a great way to keep in touch with what’s available on Netflix streaming, they have a list of the newest and most popular stuff. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/49 "2012-12-28T22:38:54Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Or I go to the Netflix site, find one movie I like, it recommends 10 others, and before I know it an hour has gone by with me doing nothing but browsing and adding movies to my queue. I think I’ve spent more time browsing than watching. Yep. Same thing happens when browsing books on the Kindle. Better than a bookstore, because I can leave without buying and not feel guilty. > [@](#): > > Check out [http://instantwatcher.com](http://instantwatcher.com) It’s a great way to keep in touch with what’s available on Netflix streaming, they have a list of the newest and most popular stuff. I’ll do that. Thanks. ETA: _13 Assassins_ is #48 on the list. If you haven’t already seen it, it’s quite good. _The Keep_ is set to expire – that’s going on the list. Loved that movie. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/50 "2013-01-24T00:13:39Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Having a major streaming outage on Xmas Eve is, I think, going to result in a sharp drop in subscriptions. I’d bet on 10-15% cancellations as a direct result. Netflix just announced their 4th qtr results. They _added_ two million subscribers in the quarter. > **[Latest Communication Services Stock Analysis Articles | Seeking Alpha](https://seekingalpha.com/sectors/communication-services?source=yahoo)** > > Seeking Alpha's latest contributor opinion and analysis of the communication service sector. Click to discover stock ideas, strategies, and analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/51 "2013-01-24T01:44:27Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Netflix just announced their 4th qtr results. They _added_ two million subscribers in the quarter. > > [http://seekingalpha.com/article/1128881-netflix-up-after-hours-beats-street-with-945-million-in-revenue-and-2-million-new-subscribers?source=yahoo](http://seekingalpha.com/article/1128881-netflix-up-after-hours-beats-street-with-945-million-in-revenue-and-2-million-new-subscribers?source=yahoo) Unsurprising. It’d take someone who was pretty hot under the collar to cancel for a single outing, even on December 24. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/52 "2013-01-24T01:53:52Z")
The subreddit [“NetflixBestOf”](http://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixBestOf/) always has great recommendations on the front page. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/53 "2013-01-24T01:56:37Z")
> [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](#): > > Unsurprising. It’d take someone who was pretty hot under the collar to cancel for a single outing, even on December 24. There were probably a hand full for whom that was the final straw or something but predictions of a 15% drop were way beyond ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084/54 "2013-01-24T03:09:04Z")
Probably the result of all the tablets given out at Xmas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-netflix-down/645084.md?page=2)