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Netflix - Film Recommendations *READ FIRST POST*

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    #7322
    Occono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Occono


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    Yeah I'm still paying €6.99 a month for the HD plan, I haven't gotten the email yet, they pushed it to June for me according to my billing page.

    Three indie films I recommend: Blue Ruin, He Never Died and The One I Love.

    (Netflix has lots of hidden gem indie films. You can't rely on it for big films though, any more than you could RTÉ.)


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    #7323
    Agent Coulson
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    My price increase has been pushed back till at least June now as well.


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    #7324
    Occono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Occono


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    Someone told me you can also just switch to €8 plan right before your next billing date then switch back to the €10 HD plan right after to save the €2 but keep HD/2 screens, never tried it.


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    #7325
    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,753 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    €9.99 here for two screens.

    But i've been cancelling my sub every now and then. I only have it back at the moment for season two of Better call Saul.


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    #7326
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    sky88 wrote: »
    got an email today saying they are upping the price to 9.99. anybody else get this??

    Ya got it about a week ago, was surprised because I was on 7.99. I really don't think they should be allowed charge more than €10.


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    #7327
    George Michael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭George Michael


    10 a month i would still consider good value. whenever i am stuck for watching something i turn on netflix and find something


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    #7328
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,621 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


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    fin12 wrote: »
    I really don't think they should be allowed charge more than €10.

    I don't think SKY should be either.:p


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    #7329
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    fin12 wrote: »
    Ya got it about a week ago, was surprised because I was on 7.99. I really don't think they should be allowed charge more than €10.

    They can charge whatever they want. Who is going to tell them "you're not allowed charge that?" If you don't want to pay it don't pay it. If everyone else feels the same as you and don't pay then maybe they'll bring it back down. Can't see it happening though. They could be charging €20 a month and it still works out at good value if you watch even just 2 films a week.


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    #7330
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    I don't think SKY should be either.:p

    Haha :D:D


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    #7331
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    They can charge whatever they want. Who is going to tell them "you're not allowed charge that?" If you don't want to pay it don't pay it. If everyone else feels the same as you and don't pay then maybe they'll bring it back down. Can't see it happening though. They could be charging €20 a month and it still works out at good value if you watch even just 2 films a week.

    Ya but I like Netflix so we are at ransom to them, sure once they get into the habit of upping the price when's it going to stop.


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    #7332
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    fin12 wrote: »
    Ya but I like Netflix so we are at ransom to them, sure once they get into the habit of upping the price when's it going to stop.

    It's up to yourself to say when it's got too expensive. I like Netflix too but it's not a necessity, I don't need it to live. If it gets too expensive for me I'll stop paying it. They're not forcing you to subscribe, or telling you it's one price and then adding on PPI without telling you.


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    #7333
    FunLover18
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    €10 a month!? For all that content. It's a bloody bargain, what is wrong with people? Xtra-Vision were renting movies for a fiver a night, iTunes rent movies for 4-5 euro, your average DVD boxset of a series will cost minimum 20 euro, a trip to the cinema costs around a tenner, 10 euro a month or 120 euro a year for Netflix is great value when you consider that some people pay that per month for TV subscriptions. I also don't feel like I'm just paying for the content, I'm paying for the constant availability, I can pull out my phone whenever I want and watch Netflix,and I'm also paying towards Netflix's original content.


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    #7334
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    €10 a month!? For all that content. It's a bloody bargain, what is wrong with people? Xtra-Vision were renting movies for a fiver a night, iTunes rent movies for 4-5 euro, your average DVD boxset of a series will cost minimum 20 euro, a trip to the cinema costs around a tenner, 10 euro a month or 120 euro a year for Netflix is great value when you consider that some people pay that per month for TV subscriptions. I also don't feel like I'm just paying for the content, I'm paying for the constant availability, I can pull out my phone whenever I want and watch Netflix,and I'm also paying towards Netflix's original content.

    Exactly. April was a pretty slow month for me on Netflix. I only watched 3 films and Kimmy Schmidt. The box set of Kimmy Schmidt S1 is £14.99 on Amazon. Even leaving aside the conversion to Euro and P&P I'm still saving money there, and would be if my fee was €10.99

    This conversation seems to keep popping up every few weeks here. I know other regions have better content film wise but even just looking at the Netflix original content, even only watching half of it, it's still good value for money.


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    #7335
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    €10 a month!? For all that content. It's a bloody bargain, what is wrong with people? Xtra-Vision were renting movies for a fiver a night, iTunes rent movies for 4-5 euro, your average DVD boxset of a series will cost minimum 20 euro, a trip to the cinema costs around a tenner, 10 euro a month or 120 euro a year for Netflix is great value when you consider that some people pay that per month for TV subscriptions. I also don't feel like I'm just paying for the content, I'm paying for the constant availability, I can pull out my phone whenever I want and watch Netflix,and I'm also paying towards Netflix's original content.

    But people still do all that stuff along with having Netflix. People have sky, go to the cinema, buy DVDs. Netflix doesn't replace any of those things.


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    #7336
    FunLover18
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    fin12 wrote: »
    But people still do all that stuff along with having Netflix. People have sky, go to the cinema, buy DVDs. Netflix doesn't replace any of those things.

    I'm not saying it replaces them, but an extra tenner on top of that isn't much considering what you get in return.


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    #7337
    Sad Professor
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    Has anyone experienced new content appearing and disappearing from Irish Netflix? I'm sceptical but my mother says she started watching something called American Odyssey the other night. Then she went down to make a cup of a tea and when she came back it had vanished from the catalogue.


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    #7338
    nicki11
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭nicki11


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Has anyone experienced new content appearing and disappearing from Irish Netflix? I'm sceptical but my mother says she started watching something called American Odyssey the other night. Then she went down to make a cup of a tea and when she came back it had vanished from the catalogue.

    It could have been just been about to expire, if it came back maybe it was just an error. I found xmen the last day even though it wasn't in the catalogue, kind of annoyed they don't have x-2 though.


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    #7339
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Has anyone experienced new content appearing and disappearing from Irish Netflix? I'm sceptical but my mother says she started watching something called American Odyssey the other night. Then she went down to make a cup of a tea and when she came back it had vanished from the catalogue.

    Ya I was in the middle of watching Zena warrior princess, had a good few episodes left and they got rid of it.


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    #7340
    8-10
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    fin12 wrote: »
    But people still do all that stuff along with having Netflix. People have sky, go to the cinema, buy DVDs. Netflix doesn't replace any of those things.

    Netflix replaced cable tv for me. Just have it and Saorview now. And no more DVD player either - years since I've bought one


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    #7341
    George Michael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭George Michael


    8-10 wrote: »
    Netflix replaced cable tv for me. Just have it and Saorview now. And no more DVD player either - years since I've bought one

    thats what i intend doing. getting rid of sky account. just have the free to air channels and netflix


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    #7342
    Sad Professor
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    nicki11 wrote: »
    It could have been just been about to expire, if it came back maybe it was just an error. I found xmen the last day even though it wasn't in the catalogue, kind of annoyed they don't have x-2 though.

    No it was only recently added. My best guess is that they made an error adding it to the Irish catalogue and pulled it.


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    #7343
    Agent Coulson
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    Fantastic Four added to Netflix Canada.


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    #7344
    arcticmonkeys
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    This conversation seems to keep popping up every few weeks here. I know other regions have better content film wise but even just looking at the Netflix original content, even only watching half of it, it's still good value for money.

    Going through the list earlier on I was surprised with how good the selection is on Netflix compared to how it looked when I first joined a year and a half back.

    Canada still beats out as having the most varied but compared to some other regions Ireland and the UK is still dam good. The Disney/Pixar removals were a big blow though.


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    #7345
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    arcticmonkeys wrote: »
    Going through the list earlier on I was surprised with how good the selection is on Netflix compared to how it looked when I first joined a year and a half back.

    Canada still beats out as having the most varied but compared to some other regions Ireland and the UK is still dam good. The Disney/Pixar removals were a big blow though.

    I think Canada gets more new releases than we do but I assume there's no equivalent of Sky buying up all the rights there. If you want to see things a few weeks after they leave the cinema Netflix Ireland isn't the one for you but for a more varied collection it's not too bad.


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    #7346
    Ageyev
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    The new Star wars was to be added to Netflix Canada. Some weird exclusive deal they got. I recall reading about it before the film came out.


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    #7347
    Thelomen Toblackai
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    I'm not saying it replaces them, but an extra tenner on top of that isn't much considering what you get in return.

    Not initially but after a year the new content worth watching doesn't exactly get added fast enough to give that same value. As you see in this thread people have to try scrounge different stuff from different regions so clearly they're not getting enough from that monthly fee to Netflix Ireland.

    That tenner a month seem less and less worth it to me as time goes on.


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    Beefy78
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    fin12 wrote: »
    But people still do all that stuff along with having Netflix. People have sky, go to the cinema, buy DVDs. Netflix doesn't replace any of those things.

    Maybe not for you. Netflix has completely replaced Sky/UPC and buying DVDs for me. A tenner a month to them is probably still €100 less than what I was paying a couple of years ago


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    #7349
    Occono
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    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    Not initially but after a year the new content worth watching doesn't exactly get added fast enough to give that same value. As you see in this thread people have to try scrounge different stuff from different regions so clearly they're not getting enough from that monthly fee to Netflix Ireland.

    That tenner a month seem less and less worth it to me as time goes on.

    If I want to watch a newer high-profile film I'll have to rent it on Google Play, definitely (or just use Showbox if I'm feeling cheap), but I also have a taste for lots of obscure stuff that Netflix does get, personally.

    I'm an outlier though, I used to buy a lot of DVDs in HMV. Netflix has enough TV shows and films I want to watch to save me tons that way, I just have to add in Google Play rentals for recent films.


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    #7350
    Thelomen Toblackai
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    Occono wrote: »
    If I want to watch a newer film I'll have to rent it on Google Play, definitely (or just use Showbox if I'm feeling cheap), but I also have a taste for lots of obscure stuff that Netflix does get, personally.

    I'm an outlier though, I used to buy a lot of DVDs in HMV. Netflix has enough TV shows and films I want to watch to save me tons that way, I just have to add in Google Play rentals for recent films.

    TV shows are the big thing for me. Netflix don't have many of the big popular shows. What series they do have don't get updated until after TV airings. So for most of what I want to see I have to view it elsewhere. Netflix doesn't really save me much it's just some extra older content. If I didn't have it I wouldn't be missing much I don't think.


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    #7351
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    TV shows are the big thing for me. Netflix don't have many of the big popular shows. What series they do have don't get updated until after TV airings. So for most of what I want to see I have to view it elsewhere. Netflix doesn't really save me much it's just some extra older content. If I didn't have it I wouldn't be missing much I don't think.

    Daredevil, Better Call Saul, House of Cards, OITNB, Making a Murderer are just a few Netflix made shows that can rival anything on tv.


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