At my friends today I checked the Netflix streaming catalog on her Roku. I was wondering if they were offering any better content, but nope it's still the same B grade level junk I canceled the service two months ago for.
I know their content problem is not completely their fault, though if they offered higher priced plans I'm sure their content selection would improve. Different price points should be offered from $8 to $25 or maybe $30.
Overall between these bi-polar business decisions and continual lack of good content I'm happily getting my content fix from other online outlets. I was a huge fan a year ago but in the summer it started to lose it's appeal.
They have a pretty good catalog of TV shows - Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Office, etc. Their movie content is pretty poor, but that is mostly the fault of Hollywood executives and their golf buddies at HBO/Time/Warner.
What do you mean not completely their fault? It's not their fault at all. What shows up on Netflix Instant is whatever they can get from the content providers. If the content you wish to see is not on Netflix then blame the creators of the content, not Netflix. I would bet that Netflix would be happy to have every commercially-created video content ever made available on their service.
In much the same way their billing is greatly influenced by the decisions of the content creators. If the creators demand more money for content, well, for Netflix to maintain profitability then the charge for service must go up.
Also, I guess what you want to see and what I want to see vary greatly as they just recently added about six new shows (of several seasons each) to their lineup that makes me happy and have gotten new seasons on others.
It's partly their fault. They are trying to maintain this cheap $8 a month flat fee, but that's not enough money in their pockets to secure HBO offerings, a better movie selection and for me a better TV selection.
Hulu, YouTube and other streaming sites I won't mention offer me what I seek at no cost(Mac Mini connected to LCD TV). Though when I first started Netflix streaming in Nov. 2010 there were some great offerings (TV shows, super hero cartoon series & movies) though by this summer I just kept seeing more B grade level junk. Thus they lost me as a subscriber and Netflix promoter.
There current bi-polar actions just seem like a company with a once strong brand name is imploding.
I know their content problem is not completely their fault, though if they offered higher priced plans I'm sure their content selection would improve. Different price points should be offered from $8 to $25 or maybe $30.
Overall between these bi-polar business decisions and continual lack of good content I'm happily getting my content fix from other online outlets. I was a huge fan a year ago but in the summer it started to lose it's appeal.