Thinking of downloading Netflix - is it worth it?

Better yet, just download or stream everything? It's free and you can watch whatever you want - Netflix doesn't have everything.

I mean, why pay for things when you can pirate them?

Exactly. You save so much money and still get all the same entertainment that a Netflix account would give you, but for free!

what kind of films do they have on there? Anything recently in cinemas or just old stuff?

I can't say I consider £7 a month "so much money" personally, but then I can't pretend I don't stream stuff online if I am unable to get it via my four media subscriptions. I feel I've made reasonable efforts.

Well when you're a student, every little saving helps. I also like to have the freedom knowing I can download and keep whatever I want. That avoids me paying for a Netflix account when I probably won't watch half the content, haha.

I don't have it, but I will relay the experience of someone who does:

Vanilla Netflix is very limited; you'll need a geoblocker (Hula, etc) to be able to access their full range.

And it's worth it... for a while. Unless you've got a very broad perspective on what you find enjoyable to watch, you'll get bored of it after you've watched everything you want to watch as apparently they don't upload stuff all that frequently.

For what it is, and for the price it's at, you can't really complain. Quality's always fairly decent too. But personally, I'd stick to plugging a HDMI cable into your laptop and streaming from the Internet (the only downside to that is you have to get up when you want to change the episode; Netflix switches to the next episode automatically).

Given the amount of content on there, I suspect it would quite literally take you years to watch half of it.

Personally I've hit that point in life where I'm content pay in order to just turn on my TV and have shows available, rather than faff with my laptop and finding a decent stream.

Fair enough. That's the benefit of downloading rather than streaming though - I have all the shows and films available already and just have to click play.

(the only downside to that is you have to get up when you want to change the episode; Netflix switches to the next episode automatically).

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If you own a smart TV, accquaint yourself with DLNA. Using your phone as a remote to play content from one device (e.g. laptop, phone) to another (e.g. TV, phone). No wires required. If you know what you're doing, you could alternatively stream straight from the web without having to download media locally.

I just use unified remote. Free on Android (unsure about Apple) and allows me to control my PC while streaming it to the TV.

I like wires for actually streaming PC to TV though, as I find wifi tends to lag.

The lag would probably be caused by a weak WIFI connection from either the server (PC) or the renderer (TV) to your router. I have no issues playing content on TV downstairs when the laptop is upstairs for example. In 90% cases lag won't be a problem provided a good server app is used on PC (e.g. Serviio).