The "did you know this streams on Netflix?" thread

[MartyFunkhouser]

I hadn't checked lately until a few days ago and wow, has the content continued to improve!

Please don't ever put Ken Burn's Jazz on instant view. We need as few people as possible watching it. Perhaps, I will check out Ken Burn's Baseball.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Damn, Ken Burn's Jazz is already available on Netflix. Netflix predicts that I would rate Jazz 4.7 stars. Netflix is wrong.

[NorthwestUteFan]

Roku's strength is it will stream HULU.

Hulu also shows most current and past TV shows.

FYI, a mea culpa. Hulu Prime sucks mightily. The Prime content contains far LESS material than the online for-computers-only content. This of course won't make a difference for those of you with Xbox or other computer-based streaming box, but those of us who use Roku and Wii are screwed.

Amazon Premiere rules in terms of content because they have almost EVERYTHING you could ever want, but you have to pay a fee for the individual shows.

[ewth8tr]

Problem Child and Problem Child 2 are both on Netflix. My boys and I had a good time Sunday night watching these fine films.

[MartyFunkhouser]

FYI, a mea culpa. Hulu Prime sucks mightily. The Prime content contains far LESS material than the online for-computers-only content. This of course won't make a difference for those of you with Xbox or other computer-based streaming box, but those of us who use Roku and Wii are screwed.

Amazon Premiere rules in terms of content because they have almost EVERYTHING you could ever want, but you have to pay a fee for the individual shows.

I though the Roku players worked with Amazon.

[SteelBlue]

A lunch time browsing of material reveals that Hot Tub Time Machine is now streaming.

[NorthwestUteFan]

I though the Roku players worked with Amazon.

They do work with Amazon. I love my Roku. I can stream things directly from my computer or directly from the internet. I just was severely underwhelmed with Hulu Prime.

Netflix on the other hand never fails to impress. My latest streaming vids were the outstanding Kurosawa movies, Rashomon and Seven Samurai. I will watch Yojimbo again this weekend.

I got my wife hooked on Californication. Great stories and great boobs, so we each get to enjoy it. Unfortunately only Season 1 is currently streaming.

One thing that bothers me is I find I have to wait 3-6 hours for the "parental controls" to change from PG to Unlimited, and back. Neither Wii nor Roku have built-in content filters, and I don't want my young kids to watch of the coarser stuff available on Netflix...

[Lost Student]

For the petrol heads out there, I noticed last week that there's a lot more Top Gear episodes available to stream than there were several months ago.

[SteelBlue]

For the petrol heads out there, I noticed last week that there's a lot more Top Gear episodes available to stream than there were several months ago.

Noticed that too. I've really fallen in love with Top Gear this year, such a great show.

[Coach McGuirk]

I just wanted to give a big ups to Netflix. The amount of streaming content is off the charts, especially in TV. Full series of so many shows are available to stream right now. For instance the entire series of 24 is now available, I never watched an episode. The value has never been greater.

[Commando]

That's good to hear... I am not going to start paying for TV until football season starts, so being able to have all the shows on netflix/hulu will suit me fine until then...

[falafel]

Netflix just inked a $100M deal to include Miramax movies in its instant streaming library.

The movie streaming service has tied the knot with Miramax on a multi-year agreement to allow streaming of films from the latter's extensive library. Pulp Fiction, The English Patient, Kill Bill, and hundreds of others will be added to the Netflix Watch Instantly catalog on a rotating basis, starting next month.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/16/n...rting-in-june/

[Green Lantern]

Larry Sanders Show

Every single episode of The Larry Sanders Show is now streaming on Netflix. Check it out if you've never seen it as it's one of the greatest comedy series of all time. It follows the behind-the-scenes workings of a late night talk show, with Garry Shandling as the self-centered, insecure host, Jeffrey Tambor as his inept, shamelessly self-promoting sidekick and Rip Torn as his gruff, ball-busting, brilliantly profane producer.

On top of that, the show is the genesis for a ton of great comedy that came afterward as it featured early work by creators like Peter Tolan, who went on to create Rescue Me, Paul Simms (Newsradio) and Jud Apatow (Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, 90% of the past decade's funny movies). On top of that, the cast featured Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Jeremy Piven (pre-hair plugs) and a ton of other greats.

[Parrot Head]

Since school ended my 5-year-old has been watching Liberty's Kids on Netflix. It's a ~2002 cartoon following 3 fictional kids as the American Revolution takes place. She really looks forward to it each day and had a much better understanding of Independence Day. There are 40 episodes and she watches a couple each day so it's keeping her busy for a while.

I highly recommend it for anyone with kids.

[1337coug]

All I want is kenan and kel.