I have been a subscriber to Netflix for sometime now and love the service. All in all I have enjoyed the movies I have received from Netflix and am always amazed at how fast they turn around my movies to be me the next batch. Netflix is also a great resource for how-to videos.
This last weekend I got a couple of very poor movies (both no-name scifi movies). I read the descriptions on netflix and the story sounded interesting so I got them. I did not pay attention to the user ratings of the movies (both where 1.5 out of 5 I found out later) or the user reviews of the movies. That was my mistake. Both films were very amature looking, poor picture and poor sound. And the acting was BAD! I didn’t make it past the 10 minute point in either movie. The moral of the story is I need to read the reviews and pay attention to the user ratings. In this case I think the community knows best. I also wonder how much the user contributed data ads to the user experince on netflix. I think as time goes on this data will become more valuable to them.
Just want to add that I am still greatly disapointed by the selection of “watch live” movies and TV shows they have. Netflix had a several hear head start in this area and are now behind. I think Hulu has a better selection of content than Netflix has in their streaming service. I wish they would just make it so you could watch anything live. I would still pay my monthly subscription.
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