Genuine question to the community, but how many of you actually use 4K? I never got into it since I just watch stuff on my 1440p computer monitor. I know some folks with "big ass TVs" (so, 50 to 65") mounted on walls, and there were a few that were only 1080p.
I think a lot of people are turned off by so much non-english content on Netflix. But thats the world we live in, you just need to realize there is a now tremendous amount of excellent content that isn't English based. English dubbed content isn't exactly preferable a lot of the time when taking in the actors mannerisms and expressions. Awhile back Netflix invested in Korean TV series content as an example, and given the interesting content I seen streamed they have succeeded in capitalizing on the popularity of Korean Kpop music with their culture. Their content is gathered from many countries and some of it so well done its hard not to get addicted if you start watching some of it compared to USA/Canadian produced shows. I watched the steady dumbing down content for the USA and seriously so much content is lackluster to borrow your description tag. Just a FYU Disney was always a given it takes time to generate new content and they are doing fairly well this year with new shows. So check back on that as something interesting shows up.
I have 4K TVs, but I won't pay for 4K add-on. I'd just rather see it in HD. In the end, at the distance I am seeing shows, 4K v HD is just negligible.
i call it simply "reality".
This makes no sense. None at all. None.
Heh... I remember playing an underwater sub simulator when I was using Windows 3.1.1. I had a lower end Pentium and other specs, and between the 3: scanline, low fps, small picture... I had to put up with one of them. For scanline, it fills my entire monitor, but every other horizontal line was missing to save on resources. For small picture, it was all there, but only half the diameter of the screen.
talk for you
also beware to dont turn music volume too high while in the car, as u dont have license to transmit it in public ;-)
Again, I'm just saying ad-supported services value your time at paltry rates. I have no problem if others want to sell their free time for $1/hr.
It's a forum. Folks are here to discuss whatever the topic happens to be, including gripes.
Doesn't your plan allow for multiple screens anyways? If so, I'm guessing they have to be in the same household or something? (Been confused about this whole mess, what constitutes as "number of screens", and how "sharing" is defined).
I'll be getting into Netflix sometime soon. Kinda excited since that and HBO Max are the only ones I've never had for myself. And yeah, I'm one of those "weirdos" who's just getting into Netflix now (or at least, with my own account for once). I suspect others were all too happy to can Netflix since they've had it for over a decade, if not since they started off with mailing DVDs.
Netflix is coming after such arrangements. That was one of their premises in the latest investor call.
I don't mind paying for ads. These SS (streaming services) surely have done some accounting and realized they can't be only offer polar opposites in their choices. They need to weigh how many subs they'll get, payment collected from those, additional $$ from ad revenue, vs. how much the ad-free folks will bring in. Charging a sub fee and having ads in itself isn't offensive to me. What does bother me is if the ads are obnoxious. For example, Hulu w/ads is so awful that I wouldn't use it even if they, paid me, to watch it. That's my beef. AFAIK, there aren't any SS that can make the ads mild enough. Free YouTube isn't that bad, but I get to a certain point where the ads do bug me, and I have to take a break from it. There may have been some SS that have mild ads, but I can't recall what they were (and they probably have a dearth of content that it's not worth bothering with for most of us).
That’s fine. I’m English, so ad breaks give me plenty of time to get the kettle on and make a cuppa 😂
Netflix is planning to implement a more affordable ad-supported tier to draw in customers who do not want to pay the $9.99 starting price for an ad-free plan, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed at the Cannes Lions advertising festival today (via The Hollywood Reporter).
The plan is aimed at people who think that Netflix is too expensive and who don't mind ads, with no changes planned for the existing Netflix tiers. "We've left a big customer segment off the table, which is people who say: 'Hey, Netflix is too expensive for me and I don't mind advertising,'" Sarandos said. "We are adding an ad tier; we're not adding ads to Netflix as you know it today. We're adding an ad tier for folks who say, 'Hey, I want a lower price and I'll watch ads.'"
Netflix is already in talks with ad-sales partners, and while Sarandos did not provide details on when the ad-supported tier might come out, Netflix has told employees internally that it is aiming for a launch before the end of 2022.
The Basic Netflix plan is priced at $9.99 and it offers 480p streaming, while the Standard plan is priced at $15.49 for 1080p resolution. Netflix's most expensive Premium plan, priced at $19.99 per month, is the sole tier that offers 4K HDR streaming. Netflix is the only streaming service that charges extra for improved streaming quality, and the ad-supported tier would presumably offer streaming quality similar to the Basic plan.
In addition to offering an ad-supported tier, Netflix is planning on cracking down on account sharing. In select countries, Netflix has been testing an extra payment for those who share their Netflix accounts with people outside of their households.
In the first quarter of 2022, Netflix said that it lost subscribers for the first time in 10 years. Revenue growth "slowed considerably," which the company blamed on "a large number of households sharing accounts" and "competition." Netflix estimates that 222 million paying households are sharing with an additional 100 million households that are not being monetized. Netflix has confirmed that it plans to implement "more effective monetization of multi-household sharing" in the future.
Sarandos said that he believes Netflix could return to growth with the changes that are planned. "We have plenty of scale and profitability and free cash flow to continue to grow this business," he said, suggesting that there's "still a lot of room to grow."
Article Link: Netflix Co-CEO Confirms Plans for Cheaper Ad-Supported Netflix Tier
This so true. I was actually in line at a coffee shop when news of the last price hike as announced. I believe it was $2.00 The gal in front of me was complaining about it to her friend and then ordered a coffee that was $8 something. One coffee was 4 months of the price increase. Crazy!
They aren't wrong. Everything good about Netflix has been moved to other services. The only thing decent on there anymore is the Netflix Original standup comedy stuff.
Exactly. $10/mo for 480P?!! Are you kidding me? What, do they think I still have a CRT tube TV?
I don't think they want to do that. If half the users had to make a decision of getting their own account, with the poor content available now, most might just choose another streaming service. I think they realize that password sharing is actually helping them now.
You can call it whatever you want, that doesn't magically transform it into data.
They think they want to, but they don't. They're already lost the majority of their customers. This will just piss their remaining customers off. But they keep making the absolute stupidest choices right now, so I think it's still up in the air whether they do this or not.
They're losing their subscribers because they're pushing an agenda for 5% of their customer base to spite the other 95%. They're making movies that endanger children like Cuties. They're raising their prices 18 times a year so they can afford to keep green lighting content nobody asked for while canceling shows people actually like. They're making just about every stupid decision they possibly can to run their business into the ground. People are speaking with their wallets and it's not a mystery as to why.
