The days of umming and ahhing over whether Orange is the New Blackdeserves four or five stars are over. Netflix has completely overhauled its ratings systems to give you a simple choice: do you like the show or not? The nuance of five degrees of love and hate, Netflix found, was causing a certain amount of rating inertia, and leading ...
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Netflix now lets you download TV shows and movies for offline viewing
Netflix today updated its Android and iOS apps with a major new feature. Netflix now lets you download shows and movies for offline viewing. The feature is now available as part of an update to the Netflix apps for Android and iOS, and it’s supported on both phones and tablets. Offline viewing isn’t available for every single show and movie ...
Read More »NETFLIX WILL LAND ON COMCAST’S X1 PLATFORM LATER THIS YEAR
Comcast would very much like to keep you glued to its X1 DVR service anytime you’re in the living room—and by partnering with Netflix, it’s taken another step down that road. The two companies said Tuesday that they’re working together to bring the Netflix service to Comcast’s Xfinity X1, the next-generation set-top box that Comcast has deployed to 35 percent ...
Read More »How fast is your internet? Netflix’s Fast.com website will tell you
Streaming video may be what Netflix is best known for, but now the company also offers a tool for checking the speed of your personal internet connection. Today Netflix launched Fast.com, a new website that serves as a quick and easy way to determine the download speeds you’re getting from your internet service provider. Fast.com is meant to work with any device, whether that ...
Read More »Netflix to crack down on VPN users who watch content from other countries
The Netflix terms of use have long banned the use of VPN services to sneak a peek at another region’s streaming selection, but now the company is planning a crackdown to actually enforce the rules. According to a blog post by Netflix’s VP of content delivery architecture, the company will begin blocking the use of these services to circumvent geographical ...
Read More »Netflix has tons of hidden categories — here’s how to see them
The vast amount of content on Netflix can get pretty unwieldy. Luckily, there’s a secret, better way to browse the swaths of mediocre titles on the service to get to what you’re really looking for. Netflix has a master list of categories that go far beyond the usual Action, Drama, Sci-Fi and the like. First discovered by the blog What’s On ...
Read More »12 Netflix Tips to Boost Your Binge-Watching
The “net” in Netflix might as well stand for “network.” The streaming service built up a following for its original programming with House of Cards, made us glad that binge-watching isn’t illegal with Orange is the New Black and Making a Murderer, and got us hooked on the marvelous Jessica Jones. With so many choices, it’s easy to let things ...
Read More »New Sky Q box could add dedicated Netflix app, broadcaster teases
Sky today unveiled its next-generation subscription-based TV platform, Sky Q, with the premium service adding support for select third-party content providers. As well as all the usual Sky Movies and box sets content, Sky Q supports apps from services such as YouTube, Vevo, GoPro and Red Bull, to fill out the on-demand roster. The broadcaster hasn’t bitten the bullet and opened ...
Read More »What cheep game systems can I use so I can have Netflix?
Gaming Systems What cheep game systems can I use so I can have Netflix? I want netflix but have no game system. What cheep ones can I use? My playstation 2 I used to have had a internet hook up on back would a ps2 work then? What other cheep systems? Gaming Systems best answer: Answer by MissFitt138Wii buy it ...
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