Hey! I joined love film and I'm using their inductory free offer at the moment. I am using it through my lg smart tv. When I search for something I can never find any good tv shows to stream, do they really not have that many? Like lost etc.

Also they don't have recent films instantly for streaming, like the inbetweeners movie. Am I doing something wrong with it??

I really wanted to use Netflix, but I don't think it works on my lg smart tv, can't find the app for it?

Live in UK btw.

Thanks

Lost left love film at the end of May as Netflix now have it

You're not doing anything wrong. Lovefilm and Netflix won't have anything recent, mainly due to licensing issues.

The most recent films you'll likely get are from around 3 years ago on average.

Lovefilm have "Hope And Faith". Annoyingly only series 1 and 3.

Not entirely true, depends on what Netflix service you subscribe too.
I have a Netflix US subscription and there is a lot of recent content and I'm very pleased with it. I also love being able to watch some older shows like Sleeper Cell, Jericho even 24 etc...

BUT, bubbles2011 said he couldn't find "any good tv shows to stream", on that statement, I would answer it's a matter of taste. He didn't say what a good show is for him

-Eban

For me netflix has the better selection of TV shows to stream including:

Lost
24
Jericho
Dexter
Breaking Bad
The Office US
Prison Break
Always Sunny in Philiy
Rescue Me

and that's just of the top of my head. They have just today got Sons of Anarchy series 1, 2 and 3

Netflix and LoveFilm won't get TV until they are on, or about to be released on DVD. The latest series of Breaking Bad and Rescue Me weren't shown on UK TV but are on Netflix, itunes and DVD, or at least I think resuce me is all now on DVD in the UK.

Even if you have a US subscription you will have to wait until the series/season has finished airing in the US before you can watch it on Netflix, usually until it is on DVD. Unlike iTunes and Amazon VOD who get episodes the day after they air on TV. It's all down to licensing

It is worth noting that the lovefilm instant service available on one device, isn't necessarily the same as you get on another i.e. the number of programmes available on 'smart' tvs, bluray players etc seems to be very limited compared to the 'full' service available on consoles (like PS3, X Box 360) or the PC.

I found this out when setting up lovefilm instant on my Sony BDPS370 Bluray player and found that only a fraction of the same content available.

So if you have access to a PC (or other device like a console) I would try accessing it from there, you might find a lot of stuff you never even knew lovefilm had, plus PCs (and the 360 at least) can access the new HD content.

You can't compare Netflix to the other services you mention. One is 8 bucks a month, others offer one episode for $2.
In many case we have to wait for the show to be aired before it can be available on Netflix but since they started to produce and buy exclusive shows, things will change a bit (House Of Cards, Arrested Development etc...).

Netflix US also offer more recent shows like The Killing, Nikita, Pretty Little Liars, The Walking Dead and many others...

It's all about tastes then

-Eban

It's still on lovefilm as well.

I have to disagree, of course we can compare subscription services such as Netflix and LoveFilm with the pay and go options such as itunes, blinkbox, vudu and Amazon. Both provide legal options to watch TV/Film via the interent. Much like you can compare using the bus vs car. They are both modes of transport are they not?

In the US you have Netflix and HuluPlus for high consumption users. But some people don't watch lots of TV/Films online and as a result the pay as you go services offer a great alternative. Also giving you access to early on and allowing you to download it like itunes. After all if you stop paying for Netflix you have nothing left and Netflix agreements will expire from time to time so so can't be reliant on them have all the content forever.

A big problem for me in the UK is Netflix and LoveFilm are acting like TV networks. Each one trying to secure exclusive content, resulting in people being frustrated and many using both services. Instead of a source for online streaming much like a website selling DVD's. You wouldn't expect large numbers of DVDs to be exclusive to Amazon, Play or HMV.

Netflix have also only been in the UK for about 6 months, in which time they have added quite a bit of content.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree.
Netflix & Hulu offer renting.
iTunes, Amazon, Vudu offer you to rent AND buy things.

You can't put them all in the same basket since they don't offer the exact same thing.
Also, iTunes doesn't let you buy TV Shows, you only can rent them for $2.99/episode against $7.99/month on Netflix.

In terms of movies, it's pretty much the same, you only can stream movies on Netflix.
iTunes, Amazon, Vudu let you buy movies (in addition to their renting offer).

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying one solution is better than the other, like you said, it depends of what you're looking for. I have my US Netflix subscription since February 2011 but I also found myself renting some movies on iTunes (US).

That said, Hulu Plus became a big joke. They have less and less shows available in their "Plus" subscription, and now you need a US cable subscription to have access to the episodes 24hrs after they have been aired.

Netflix is for me a great deal, but things can change, since Amazon, Hulu and Netflix have began to produce their own shows

-Eban

For some reason the Lovefilm Xbox 360 app (and others?) doesn't allow easy access to the TV programmes. Searching by actor/actress name gets you to them but the cataloging of TV programmes seems non-existent.

Lovefilm have just added a bunch of Fox stuff on July 1st. The list below is directly from Lovefilm's TV collections page but is slightly out-of-date (I've added the latest titles in bold).

List of TV series on Lovefilm at the moment:

24
Angel
Prison Break
Beautiful People
The Killing (Danish original not US)
Astro Boy
Jackie Chan Adventures
Transformers - Beast Machines Season 2
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (oddly only the first 12 eps at the mo).
Firefly
Dollhouse
FlashForward
My So-Called Life
Dirty Sexy Money
Lie to Me
Lost (HD)
Brothers & Sisters (HD)
Ghost Whisperer (HD)
Beautiful Planet (HD)
Human Planet (HD)
Planet Earth (HD)
Private Practice (HD)
Happy Endings (HD)
Life (HD)
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (HD)
Psychoville (HD)
Hope & Faith (HD)
Ashes to Ashes (HD)
Wallander (HD)
Cranford (HD)
Saxondale (HD)
Hotel Babylon (HD)
Appropriate Adult
Gavin & Stacey (HD)
Lincoln Heights (HD)
Outcasts (HD)
Spooks
Fawlty Towers
Mistresses
Kingdom
Underbelly (HD)
Vincent
Prime Suspect
State Of Play
Doctor Who
Absolutely Fabulous
Torchwood (HD)
Blackadder
The Mighty Boosh
Pride & Prejudice
Touch of Frost
The Smurfs
Aardman Classics
Red Dwarf
Robin Hood (HD)
The Thick of It
Outnumbered
Pingu
Royle Family
Hustle
Wallander
Little Britain
Only Fools & Horses
Jane Eyre
Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps
That Mitchell & Webb Look
Porridge
Top Gear
Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Barney and Friends
Bob the Builder
Rubbadubbers
Wheels on the Bus
Brideshead Revisited
Thomas the Tank Engine
Life on Mars
Blue Planet
Lewis
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Blue Murder
Poirot
Cracker
Jeeves & Wooster
Stingray
Angry Kid
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
League Of Gentlemen
Adult Swim Series
Stressed Eric
Cold Feet
Rex the Runt
The Morph Files
The Street
Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Darling Buds of May
Inspector Morse
The Prisoner
A Town Called Panic
Yes Minister
Suspicion
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Series 1
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Robot Chicken
Nighty Night
Cimarron Strip
Family
Fireman Sam
Frisky Dingo - Series 1
Hannah USA
Harvey Birdman
Heartland
Jekyll
Northern Lights
Titan Maximum
The Planet Earth Diaries
Starhunter 2300 - Series 2
The Champions
Marchlands
Space 1999
The Saint
The Venture Brothers
Metalocalypse
Andromeda
Mutant X
Britannia High
Lead Balloon (HD)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
City Lights
Commando on the Front Line
Diamond Geezer
Hannah Hauxwell - Innocent Abroad
Headcases
Jericho
Lie with Me
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Monroe
Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Jury
Thunderbirds
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Moral Orel
Sealab 2021
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit