Get a bigger library. Yes there’s a lot of good stuff, but when I think of a movie or TV show on my own and look it up, it’s only there maybe a quarter to a third of the time.
Which part of “Not Interested” don’t you understand? I’ve given up marking the choices with that as it does absolutely nothing toward taking them off those suggestion lists.
Why do you keep suggesting movies to me that are already in my Queue?
Why do you keep suggesting movies that I’ve already watched on Netflix? I mean, you already have that scrolling list called “Watch Again”. That’s not enough? Do you somehow make an extra nickel if I watch something twice?
And please, let the fucking movies run until the closing credits and/or music is done. I’m not sure what I’m missing, but when the picture freezes and the sound is abruptly cut off, I know I’m missing something.
5a. Get rid of that shitty new thing at the end, where the closing credits shrinks to a little box and they throw a bunch more suggestions on the screen. Yes, I know I can open the credits box back up – but I didn’t want the credits closed in the first place.
How about designating a corner of the screen I can click on to show the same short summary of the program – while I’m watching it, without interruption?
How about some kind of alert system where I can tell you what I’m looking for, like new episodes of Archer, and when any new ones shows up (if they do), you will send me an email some other kind of obvious specific answer to a request.
I agree with a lot of what you say. Though if the library were bigger I’d never leave the house, I already have somewhere around 300 shows and movies listed. Hundreds and hundreds of hours. My tastes in movies tend not to lean toward blockbuster-type stuff, though, which seems to open more options for someone like me.
#5, - I’m undecided. Movies I like to have run to the end of the credits. I guess it hasn’t bothered me to just click on the box. It doesn’t bother me as much since the audio is still running. I’ve only noticed it cutting off if I’m watching a series and the next episode auto-plays. When it does that, it cuts the last few seconds off and starts the next episode. I haven’t minded, since if it’s a series then the outtro is the same anyway and I’m not missing anything. I don’t love or hate it I guess.
#6 - in full screen, there’s a symbol that looks like stacked squares. It pops up the list of the current season of whatever you’re watching with summaries and the option to play whatever episode you want. If it’s a movie rather than a show with episodes, I don’t remember if that symbol is there, it hasn’t come up during a movie for me. I suppose opening another Netflix tab is a bit of a pain when in the middle of a movie.
#7 - If I have the series in my Instant Queue, I get emails when new episodes come out. I got one for Sherlock a couple weeks ago and Damages last week and one for The Walking Dead this week. This seems to be new in the last couple months.
I know the box you’re talking about for series, but no, it doesn’t show up for one-shot programs.
I’ve never gotten an email from them, and I’ve never seen anything on the site about it, but I’ll take your word for it. Maybe something will show up one day.
Why only five stars? Your recommendation system lets YOU GUYS use fractions, but I can’t? A 1-5 scale isn’t nearly enough for me to be as accurate as I want to be. I need 10-point scale.
That’s not really what it’s for. The DVD service is that. Netflix streaming is more like a pile of extra TV channels, when you feel like watching “something.”
Except physical media is becoming increasingly irrelevant in the habits of content consumers, and streaming provides, or should provide, a lower logistical overhead for the company.
Yes, Netflix offers plans from 1 disc out at a time to 8 out at a time. Looks like there’s also a limited “one out at a time, maximum 2 per month” that’s $5/month ($6 for bluray).
Netflix would love to add more streaming movies. They can’t because the studios won’t release them. The studios love shafting Netflix, which shafts fans of Netflix.
Dear Netflix -
You have lots and lots of catagories that movies are listed under, but you don’t let me sort by them!!
Yes, that is a 1930s comedy. If I pull up the movie description, I can see that catagory. So why can’t I tell you to show me a list of all of your 1930s comedies. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE CATAGORIES IN PLACE!!
When STARZ was going to pull their content from Netflix, Netflix offered to increase what they were paying by something like a factor of ten and STARZ still turned them down. A lot of studios just don’t want their stuff made available for streaming by a third party.
There are tags for every movie. BUT I CAN’T CLICK THEM!!! Maybe I want to see everything that’s a “quirky musical” or whatever. I want to use the damn tags! You already made them, why can’t I just freaking click them!!?!
I’d like suggestion #7 from the OP too, but I think the reason they don’t is that they have so damn few new releases, and that’s what most people would be looking for alerts about.
#4 times a million. I know I’d like that movie/show. I’ve already watched it. On netflix. And rated it “I liked it.” Why on earth is it in my recommendations list. That’s just stupid. The only thing more stupid are the ones that I watched through Netflix and rated “Hated it.” Why are those movies being recommended to me
Shouldn’t recommendations, at the least, be things I haven’t seen… how does the Netflix algorithm not get that?