I know that a few years ago (I don't remember exactly how long), people laughed at the idea of the creator of Netflix. They claimed his brand wasn't a real TV channel, so to say. Well, look at us now. On-demand TV watching is hotter than ever, now that the possibilities are so big. I know more people with Netflix than without it. There's also on-demand services like HBO, and I know there's even a Dutch on-demand TV service! (that was pretty funny for me to hear about, the market must be really big if a country with a little over 17 million people gets its own on-demand streaming service dedicated to Dutch series and films). Do you watch series through these on-demand streaming services or not? For how long have you been watching them? What do you think of them? Could this be the future of all TV? What reasons are there not to have it? How can I convince my parents to get Netflix on our TV as well?
We have had Netflix for many years and i never really got into it. Not that it wasn't convenient but it didn't have what I wanted to watch nor did it update often with them. Right now we are using it a lot since we are catching up on an old favorite, Break Bad. I am enjoying the service though it is crashing a lot which may not be on Netflix's end but ours.
The Netflix selection in my country is pretty awful and there's little I like. I wouldn't pay for a subscription and do not, I just use my sister's one, and rarely, she gave me the password. I don't watch a lot of TV to begin with and most of the series I want to watch are obscure or old and just not featured, I usually just stream episodes via the internet for free from the various sites that allow that sort of thing, it's perfectly tolerable with Adblock software which everybody who uses the internet should be using by now. I do think it's the future of TV though just for how economical it is. It's not uncommon these days to hear people talk about how they abandoned a cable subscription in favor of Netflix or Crave TV or something like that. After a while I think cable providers will be forced to drop their prices on their TV service just to exist at all. Won't be overnight but I see it headed in that direction.
I'm subbd to Netflix and Crunchyroll, while I borrow my family's sub of Hulu for everything else. It's pretty handy, Netflix for binging things like Archer and Bob's Burgers plus their Originals, Hulu for catching up on currently airing TV and then Crunchyroll for anime.
I have netflix, but I find their selection limited and just watch parks and rec on it. I mainly use hulu since you get shows 1 day after they air and have a decent anime selection.
