Pros
-High-quality original programming.
-Ad-free streaming.
-Excellent apps and features.
-Offline downloads on mobile.
-Physical media option.
Cons
-Expensive.
-Little to no information about changes to availability of content.
Best of the year 2019 Bug Although Netflix's streaming service started as a niche offshoot of the company's disc-mailing service, it is now the front-runner in the categry, thanks to its reliable core catalog and some of the best original programming. Netflix also integrates excellent usability features across interfaces, allows offline downloads on mobile platforms, and features 4K content. However, with other high-profile services now available at cheaper prices, the expensive costs of Netflix's comparable plans stand out. For now, Netflix remains an Editors' Choice for on-demand video streaming services, thanks to its varied, top-notch content and capable apps.
What's in the Catalog?
Netflix has an extremely broad catalog of video content, but it changes all the time. Shows available one day may be gone the next. It's difficult to state authoritatively what is in Netflix's catalog at any given moment, but that's all part of the fun, right? Innumerable third-party websites, including PCMag, offer articles with titles like Everything Coming to Netflix This Month (as well as Everything Leaving Netflix), so that's one way to stay in the know. Note that Netflix will lose many of its most-watched shows in the near future, including The Office (to NBC's Peacock), Friends (to HBO Max), and several Marvel movies (to Disney+). This is potentially precarious new ground for Netflix, since it will need to rely more heavily on its original content in the coming years. In fact, the change is already happening. As it increases original content offerings, the total size of Netflix's library is decreasing.
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The TV shows available on Netflix are season-complete, which isn't always the case for competitors. Hulu sometimes only has the most recent handful of episodes of a show, making it impossible to catch up if you fall too far behind. On the other hand, Netflix only adds shows a season at a time. Hulu offers at least some of its shows within a day or two of broadcast, so you can at least be within striking distance of the cultural zeitgeist if you're a cable-cutter.
Although Netflix's streaming service started as a niche offshoot of the company's disc-mailing service, it is now the front-runner in the category, thanks to its reliable core catalog and some of the best original programming. Netflix also integrates excellent usability features across interfaces, allows offline downloads on mobile platforms, and features 4K content. However, with other high-profile services now available at cheaper prices, the expensive costs of Netflix's comparable plans stand out. For now, Netflix remains an Editors' Choice for on-demand video streaming services, thanks to its varied, top-notch content and capable apps.
What's in the Catalog?
Netflix has an extremely broad catalog of video content, but it changes all the time. Shows available one day may be gone the next. It's difficult to state authoritatively what is in Netflix's catalog at any given moment, but that's all part of the fun, right? Innumerable third-party websites, including PCMag, offer articles with titles like Everything Coming to Netflix This Month (as well as Everything Leaving Netflix), so that's one way to stay in the know. Note that Netflix will lose many of its most-watched shows in the near future, including The Office (to NBC's Peacock), Friends (to HBO Max), and several Marvel movies (to Disney+). This is potentially precarious new ground for Netflix, since it will need to rely more heavily on its original content in the coming years. In fact, the change is already happening. As it increases original content offerings, the total size of Netflix's library is decreasing.
The TV shows available on Netflix are season-complete, which isn't always the case for competitors. Hulu sometimes only has the most recent handful of episodes of a show, making it impossible to catch up if you fall too far behind. On the other hand, Netflix only adds shows a season at a time. Hulu offers at least some of its shows within a day or two of broadcast, so you can at least be within striking distance of the cultural zeitgeist if you're a cable-cutter.
I just love netflix!
Very good platform for watching movies and TV series. Suitable for people of all ages and marital status - both for family watching and for the singles. Very easy to navigate the site, it's simple to find what you would like to watch. And subscription to the channel is actually not expensive, it's a big plus :)
Good platform for entertainment, but many times you will wish to watch a movie that it is not available on the site, and then you will have to make use of other sources.
Very nice website, perfect for horror movie watchers, kids, and other people. The only bad part is that kids do not know what their doing, and might click on shameless by accident. Overall it is a good movie site