Originally Posted by Rolnikov:
“Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but although you can't look at the whole genre via Xbox (not sure about other devices), you can on the website - just go to the genre and click (for example) See All Comedies, a button over to the right.
You can also tell it whether or not to include films you've already watched and rated, and put them into a list sortable by year, title and rating.”
Exactly my point. I watch Netflix using either Xbox360 or Wii and (I beleive its same for Smart TV,s, bluray and set top boxes) I would like to be able to view all available titles whist I have it on the TV. Not very user friendly if I have to turn on the PC to check out all titles. I know many users watch via computer, but their main target audience is surly viewers who want to watch films directly on their TV.
Example.
Netflix HORROR section via my Wii shows 51 films available unless I then search by title.
LoveFilm HORROR section via Sony BDPS370 Bluray shows 381 titles available. I can use search OR scroll through each title with thumbnail images.
My opinion was just stating that where Netflix have a choice of standard Netflix launch screen or Netflix for Kids, it would seem a good solution to have an additional choice of launcher where ALL films were listed per genre and perhaps rename the current one Netflix Suggestions or similar.
I believe that Netflix would give users a better experience if we could browse through all available titles. I have watched many films via LoveFilm that I had never heard of before just because they caught my attention from browsing through. It would also show people that they have a larger selection of titles available than many people think.
Netflix and LoveFilm (disk via post / games) are different and there is room for both, but competition from Sky will arrive soon and I think that Sony's Crackle will improve and become available via more devices.
2012 will be an interesting year for streaming TV.
These are just my opinions