Posted on 09/05/2016 12:50:33 AM PDT by EinNYC
I am considering getting Amazon Prime and canceling Netflix. I currently have the Netflix where I get mailed physical DVDs. There is lag time and it's a pain in the behind to have to go find a mailbox to ship them back. I have found that while Netflix has a large quantity of movies in their selection, the quality is not there. I'd say that only about 15-20% of their movies seem worth watching, not being dirty or stupid.
How would you compare the selection of Netflix movies to those of Amazon Prime?
Netflix used to be superior in its selection, but when their deal with CW (inc. Warner Bros.) expired in early 2016, their inventory was drastically curtailed. One day, I went to my Netflix queue and more than half of my selections were no longer available.
Since I already had Amazon Prime (I live in a rural location and mail order lots of items), I just dropped Netflix.
Maybe Netflix has renewed their deal with CW, don’t know - but I’m happy enough with Amazon Prime.
For more recent releases and some that Amazon doesn’t carry, I just do pay per view through Vudu.
The Netflix interface was superior to Amazon. Quite often with Amazon, the streaming is not high quality (even though it’s supposed to be HD). I never had that problem with Netflix.
Often, I opt for slow Amazon delivery to receive credit toward digital items. This adds up, so I can get episodes of series like House of Cards for free.
I have both, and Amazon seems to offer more, but you can find rarer films on Netflix if you search. I did notice yesterday that obscure 1930’s films I’d marked to watch on Amazon are now no longer available.
I also like Amazon Prime for all it offers.
Anyway, between Roku with Sling TV and a bunch of these channels, who needs cable?
I find that that is simply a comparison of the relative suckage of each. But I would have to say that Amazon sucks slightly less than Notflix. Net Felix is the mold standard, the absolute zero of movie streaming services. I don’t know where they dig up some of that crap.
And whichever one you choose, be prepared for half of their offerings to be feminist garbage, multicultural claptrap, or poofter propaganda. If you’re looking for a movie in which a white hetero male is the hero, you’d do better showing your 8mm vacation films.
I have both as well...
You need to keep in mind that there is a percentage of things where they are on one service or the other, but not both, or neither because it’s on Hulu, or one of the others. The libraries tend to rotate.
Amazon tends to have the “rent it now” aspect which I find annoying, where Netflix has the DVD option. I prefer the latter, but they just me.
Can’t speak to Hulu...don’t have it.
Amazon best.....I use both.
There is a website called Allflicks that lists what Netflix has to offer. We also have Amazon Prime. Not that impressed with Amazon’s Prime’s selection, but with what my wife has saved in shipping costs it has kinda payed for itself. We are using Roku players and there are many channels through it with movies, etc. that are free. For newer movies we go to Redbox. I reserve the movies online for Redbox and go pick them up.
I have both Netflix and Amazon.
You have to use you computer to create a playlist for both as it is frustrating to try to choose a show if using just their interface such as you see on the ROKU3 box. I also have Sling tv and for $25 I get all the shows both recent and new. I could drop Netflix and not really miss it but they have Top Gear and some other shows I like. For $9.99 a month it is convenient. If they raise the price then they will see more people dropping them as you can go to http://www.123movies.to or ru to see many more old and brand new shows then Netflix or Amazon offers.
Also consider vidangel.com. They have a great selection of new release dvds.
Their sales model is unique. You can buy any movie to stream for $20, hd or sd. If you sell back within 24 hours, they will give you a credit of $18 for hd and $19 for sd. That amount gets applied to your next movie purchase. Bottom line, you can “rent” new releases for $1 without a subscription. They have pretty much everything redbox has, along with some classics like Star Wars.
Another benefit is that you can filter the filth with fairly granular settings. This is a great way to watch a pg-13 movie with tweens when it only has that one scene where it shows too much.
I had the Netflix DVD service until they upped the price, lowered the number of disks and the PO changed ‘regional’ mail centers. The new price was not worth the fewer number of DVDs.
I continued with Netflix streaming, however. I still have it. I like some of the older TV series I missed when they originally aired. Some were on cable, which I did not have at the time. I am currently at the start of Season 3 of The X-Files. They have been remastered for widescreen and they are not too dated by dress and hair styles, topics, etc.
About a year ago, Amazon had a one-day special price on AP. I was not so much interested in the shipping as the Amazon Prime.
AP does have a lot of things Netflix doesn’t. It seems one service gets a major contract for streaming from one catalogue hold and the other steaming service gets a contract with a different catalogue holder.
I like both because they do have a lot of TV series and movies from other countries. Those would not normally be available otherwise. I am currently into Season 3 of the Canadian Republic of Doyle (reminds me of the old Rockford Files — a mixture of drama and comedy) and into Season 7 of Murdoch Mysteries.
AP just picked up PBS and Netflix just picked up the next-day showings of all The CW programs. The two streaming services have a healthy competition going for about $20/month subscription.
Both are developing their own TV series. Their comedies are so-so, but so are broadcast/cable TV comedies. Some of their dramas are excellent, just too short. They have 6 to 12 new episodes per year. They have been good about putting all episodes up at the same time, which is excellent for binge watching.
If it weren’t for a few dramas and sports, I would drop cable at just go with the streaming services. AP and Neflix are commercial free. Those like Crackle and Hulu (Hulu now offers a commercial free subscription) embed commercials. I hate them because about half-way through, they lock up the stream. Sometimes I have to reboot the computer or ROKU. Then, it runs a dozen or more commercials if I try to forward to the point I lost contact. The hassle with services that have embedded commercials isn’t worth the ‘freebie’.
More service providers are trying to get into streaming. CBS and HBO, for example.
Roadrunner on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aCgSwmm5Ho&list=PLcZMgVnBZZfnViuXbTCMA3vhL9-T2a4Fq&index=2
has a pretty good up-to-date listing of the catalogs for both AP and Netflix. You can search for a specific title and compare results.
We have Netflix but don’t use it often. Will wait for Longmire — this month, I think — and then cancel.
Netflix by far. Less expensive and one does not have to buy them. Amazon has very little streaming for free that one would want to watch that cannot be gotten elsewhere.
Back when Netflix was mailing movies to the customers the catalog was much larger. There were older films, obscure hard to find movies etc... now the selections are diminished. I find myself buying used to get those classics I enjoy.
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Netflix still mails movies and their catalog is huge! Great company.
Perhaps something that the giants Won’t ruin.
Maybe you should go to the library and check out movies and television shows.
We use Netfilx, have high speed net on a zip line for wireless, as we don’t need a land based phone. Our phone company is one of those off brand small town things.
Part of the slow mail time is the local USPS. We watch a lot of instant movies on Netflix as a result.
Buy very few movies, IF you want a movie you will play over many times like the Nativity or Passion of the Christ BUY IT.
Heads up on the new Tarzan movie, it veered so off course from Burroughs writings that if not for the much improved graphics would have been a FLOP! But then I’m a purest where I’ve read/own all the original books. That include his Mars and Venus series.
Prime has two significant problems:
the UI stinks, the search is a pain, they’ve got this really clunky way of sorting TV show, basically the whole process of actually getting to what you see is irritating.
Not everything is free with prime, a lot is, but enough isn’t to get kind of aggravating. Especially if you get into a movie series, there’s always a couple of entries you’ve got to pay extra for.
I have both, and Netflix is better. Amazon Prime video is more of an add on to the Amazon Prime Shipp service. It’s nice, but I wouldn’t get it if it wasn’t bundled with Amazon Prime.
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