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Old 26-10-2016, 14:31
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I'm going to get Netflix, just the basic, which I understand means a show can be watched on only one screen at a time. That's fine.

My question is whereas I would usually watch in my TV at hone, could I watch on one screen, on another occasion, at someone else's ?

Hope this is clear.
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Old 26-10-2016, 14:54
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I'm going to get Netflix, just the basic, which I understand means a show can be watched on only one screen at a time. That's fine.

My question is whereas I would usually watch in my TV at hone, could I watch on one screen, on another occasion, at someone else's ?

Hope this is clear.
Assuming they have Netflix, yes you just login in to your friends Netflix App using your details and you'll be able to pick up where you left off
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Old 04-11-2016, 17:07
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There is no restriction on how many devices you can use a single Netflix account on. The only restriction is how many devices you can use simultaneously. The basic plan allows only one device to be used at a time, the next tier allows 2 devices to be used simultaneously.
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Old 05-11-2016, 06:40
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I'm going to get Netflix, just the basic, which I understand means a show can be watched on only one screen at a time. That's fine.

My question is whereas I would usually watch in my TV at hone, could I watch on one screen, on another occasion, at someone else's ?

Hope this is clear.
It just refers to the number of screens you can watch at the same time, so on the basic you couldn't watch Netflix on a TV and say a tablet simultaneously. You can watch on different screens in different locations though as long as it's just one screen.
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Old 05-11-2016, 06:59
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You can share the £7.50pm one with someone else, so costing £3.75pm

When you start netflix you click on the profile name (you, other, kids)

Only bummer is you can't use a vpn with it. But you also can get hd with it
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Old 07-11-2016, 15:51
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^^ You can, but you shouldn't
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Old 08-11-2016, 07:55
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You can share the £7.50pm one with someone else, so costing £3.75pm

When you start netflix you click on the profile name (you, other, kids)

Only bummer is you can't use a vpn with it. But you also can get hd with it
You can also use a Mexican VPN to sign up in the first place and lower the monthly fee by about £2 per month.
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:22
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You can also use a Mexican VPN to sign up in the first place and lower the monthly fee by about £2 per month.
How many people are really going to go to the bother of doing that though?
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:49
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How many people are really going to go to the bother of doing that though?
Lots of people used VPN's to watch content from different regions until the crackdown. Some VPN's still find fixes in their updates but isn't consistent and you would have to keep changing providers.

Regional control is an antiquated system of control in a multi platform global digital age. It encourages piracy, it stifles revenue streams for studios just as the ridiculous window system does with theatrical releases. VPN providers earn money through people wanting to circumvent the system, that money should be going directly to the studios and services like netflix instead. Make it legal and universally available and more people will want to pay for it and not bother with circumventing the system and I might add be paying two separate payments, one to the VPN provider and one to Netflix or the provider of the content.
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:50
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^^ I could be wrong, but I think the post was in jest.
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:59
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^^ I could be wrong, but I think the post was in jest.
Yes but how many did that before the clampdown?
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Old 09-11-2016, 15:05
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Lots of people used VPN's to watch content from different regions until the crackdown. Some VPN's still find fixes in their updates but isn't consistent and you would have to keep changing providers.

Regional control is an antiquated system of control in a multi platform global digital age. It encourages piracy, it stifles revenue streams for studios just as the ridiculous window system does with theatrical releases. VPN providers earn money through people wanting to circumvent the system, that money should be going directly to the studios and services like netflix instead. Make it legal and universally available and more people will want to pay for it and not bother with circumventing the system and I might add be paying two separate payments, one to the VPN provider and one to Netflix or the provider of the content.
You make it sound so simple completely forgetting all of the legal technicalities with copyright, tax etc. in various countries.
Whilst I'd like to get things as cheap as they do in Eastern europe or Mexico I understand economics doesn't work like that.
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Old 10-11-2016, 11:35
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You make it sound so simple completely forgetting all of the legal technicalities with copyright, tax etc. in various countries.
Whilst I'd like to get things as cheap as they do in Eastern europe or Mexico I understand economics doesn't work like that.
It's not related to tax or buying things cheap, perhaps you may not have noticed but in the UK we paid £9.99 subscriptions for Apple or similar streaming options whilst the US paid $9.99 and that was even when the pound was 20% higher. Now we are facing 12-15% increases because of the fall in the pound. Where were the price reductions for the UK when the pound steadily rose post financial crash? Tax has always been equated to the US State/Sales tax and European levels of VAT. Most tax loopholes were closed when there was widespread abuse of state tax in the US with people buying product from one state with a much lower state tax.

As someone who worked on both sides with rental-retail, studios, distributors, sat on committees discussing windows from theatrical to video from rental to retail, copyright issues and regional releases I am well aware of the complexities of the system.

Digital distribution has secured the distributors a viable way of controlling the release of content and financial return but are presented with the difficulty of controlling regional worldwide access because of the ease in which people can access content through torrents or illegal streams. HBO could no longer release Game of Thrones in the US ahead of other territories, the last season not just saw it released on the same day it was released at the same time so people if they so wished could watch it in the early hours of the morning here whilst it was shown primetime in the US. Netflix makes the majority of their original content available in every region because they own it. HBO’s CEO Richard Plepler has said the same, he has gone further he wants full control of international distribution, he likes the Netflix model. Game of Thrones is the most pirated series, he can’t stop it but he can allow those willing to pay for it have access to it easily and without restriction.

Whether people use Netflix, complain the content is poor, they should be thankful to Netflix challenging and breaking down the cosy satellite/cable distribution model. We now have cheaper stand alone options, here it is NOW TV for SKY, in the US the major studios HBO, Fox, CBS, ABC. There are many more options available to cherry pick what they want to subscribe to. You could have Netflix, Amazon and SKY’s NOW TV for the a little over the price of the entry bundle on satellite.

The solutions are simple and they are becoming better and that is why it is better to give the people who are supplying content your money instead of giving it to a VPN provider to circumvent the system. People will still use VPN of course for piracy, that is a much harder battle but has nothing to do with allowing worldwide access to content for those willing to legally pay for it.
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Old 10-11-2016, 15:19
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^^Agree I have Netflix, Amazon (which I consider free as I use the Prime delivery option at least once a week) and Now TV (I got 12 months Entertainment passes for £30, so thats like £2.50 a month).

So for less than £20 pound a month I have access to a vast library of content, much more than Sky offers.
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Old 12-11-2016, 07:40
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How many people are really going to go to the bother of doing that though?
Two mouse clicks saved me £24 a year so I was happy to do it
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