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Junkenstein posted:So netflix was released in the UK today. It looks..... pretty poo poo at the moment. It does seem rather non-existent.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Seriously. It has been so long Any recommendations?
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Morose Man posted:Any recommendations? Father Ted. Spaced. Drop The Dead Donkey. Black Books. Chelmsford 123. Adam And Joe Show. Most of The Comic Strip. Green Wing. Inbetweeners. Nathan Barley. Peepshow. The Estate Agents. The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. The IT Crowd. Brass Eye.
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Jan 9, 2012 21:41
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ConanThe3rd posted:It does seem rather non-existent. If I didn't have stuff to do, I'd be tempted to see if I could watch everything I'm interested in within my free month. They're intending to draw subscribers in by demonstrating the breadth of content they have. When that content is a bunch of old, poo poo films and series of TV programmes from 3-4 years ago, it just looks laughable.
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Jan 9, 2012 21:55
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kingturnip posted:If I didn't have stuff to do, I'd be tempted to see if I could watch everything I'm interested in within my free month. Yeah after a quick look through it doesn't seem any better than Lovefilm's streaming selection. But if the streaming quality is better than Lovefilm is I might be tempted. Anyone got any idea if it is HD, or is it Lovefilm/4od type sub-DVD quality?
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Jan 9, 2012 22:01
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I watched a few minutes on a couple of films, initially on the logos the quality is about Lovefilm level but once in the film it was noticeably better though it doesn't look HD. Put it this way, I couldn't watch anything on Lovefilm through the PS3 but Netflix is fine. No drops during playback and the sound quality was also very good. Content is a bit low right now but it will increase and I like have the streaming only service, though no idea right now if I'll keep it past the free month.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:13
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Also, a not to watch it is loving horrible guide for 4oD comedy: Captain Butler. Bo Selecta. Crapston Villas. Modern Toss. Los Dos Bros. Big Bang Theory. The Morgana Show. The Angelos Neil Epithemiou Show.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:16
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SeanBeansShako posted:Bo Selecta is both one of the best and one of the best programmes concurrently at the same time, it's weird.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:17
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Eh, I just don't like it. But Bo Selecta is weird, how it started out as a satircal poke at celebrity worship then became what it started out to hate.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:20
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Another 4oD recommendation: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Another 4oD recommendation: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. And Man To Man With Dean too.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:53
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SeanBeansShako posted:Also, a not to watch it is loving horrible guide for 4oD comedy: I sort of enjoyed Crapstone Villas, and I really don't know why because it was pretty horrid. There is actually a real place called Crapstone in Devon. Something for the fact fans there.
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Jan 9, 2012 22:58
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I sort of watched it ironically too, morbidly curious to see how bad it could get.
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Jan 9, 2012 23:00
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Pablo Bluth posted:Another 4oD recommendation: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. I can't watch Darkplace without the in-character DVD commentary any more; I keep hearing Richard Ayoade getting huffy at a semi-drunken Matt Berry and by then I'm in tears.
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Jan 9, 2012 23:00
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Why does live football look pretty poo poo in HD? Is it because they can't beam it all about at a decent bitrate or something? It's really annoying.
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Jan 9, 2012 23:08
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All 199 episodes of Time Team.
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I like watching all the old 'Whose Line is it Anyway' episodes on 4OD but I think it's more nostalgia value.
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Jan 9, 2012 23:21
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Did this thread discuss Black Mirror? Or was there an independent thread about it?
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Just this thread I think. Reactions were positive to muted.
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Jan 10, 2012 00:08
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Modern Toss was worth it just for Mr Tourette, master signwriter. The Alpine Retreat skit never fails to crack me up.
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kingturnip posted:If I didn't have stuff to do, I'd be tempted to see if I could watch everything I'm interested in within my free month. There only seems to be ~350 titles, so if you had absolutely nothing to do you could probably watch everything in your free month, interested in it or not. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone though, given some of the poo poo they have up there.
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Various lines from the drive by abuser have entered my everyday parlance. What sort of stuff is on Netflix instant? I work from home and am always in need of background noise. Also do you have to give your card details to even get the free month? EDIT: also, is there any way to ACTUALLY browse their selection without signing up? I can see like one page of titles for each genre, but I can't find any way of scrolling to see more Fatkraken fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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So HIGNFY, 8 out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, QI, Would I Lie to You are all on hiatus it appears. Can anyone recommend a newsy/quizy/comedy panely show that's airing now? I feel like there's an obvious one I'm forgetting about. Thanks!
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Jan 10, 2012 01:21
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Fatkraken posted:EDIT: also, is there any way to ACTUALLY browse their selection without signing up? I can see like one page of titles for each genre, but I can't find any way of scrolling to see more I think that's it? :\
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Jan 10, 2012 01:24
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Countdown has just started up with Nick Hewer hosting, watch that. And if you just want to numb your mind with people sort of answering questions a bit then watch Pointless.
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sebzilla posted:Countdown has just started up with Nick Hewer hosting, watch that. And if you just want to numb your mind with people sort of answering questions a bit then watch Pointless.
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Thanks for the recommendations. I watched Southlands tonight on 4oD which was enjoyable and Desperate Housewives which wasn't. I also watched New Girl for a bit before I'd had enough of it. It was like an unfunny Friends. New Girl came back to haunt me for the rest of the evening with the same bloody ad every ad break on 4oD. I'd like to do something homicidal with her loving pillow.
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Jan 10, 2012 01:36
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Fatkraken posted:EDIT: also, is there any way to ACTUALLY browse their selection without signing up? I can see like one page of titles for each genre, but I can't find any way of scrolling to see more Mousing over the far right  item cycles through the rest, where 'the rest' is an option.Personally, having all 8 seasons of 24 is handy, since my sister left home and took the DVDs with her. And yes, the video quality is generally very good. My broadband connection is patchy as gently caress, but the streaming seems to vary the quality depending on whatever bitrate it's able to use at any given time. It's a bit distracting at times - going from DVD quality to LoveFilm-streaming-quality - but I've only occasionally had pauses for buffering.
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Morose Man posted:Thanks for the recommendations. I watched Southlands tonight on 4oD which was enjoyable and Desperate Housewives which wasn't. I also watched New Girl for a bit before I'd had enough of it. It was like an unfunny Friends. New Girl came back to haunt me for the rest of the evening with the same bloody ad every ad break on 4oD. I'd like to do something homicidal with her loving pillow.
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Since we're going through the ol' recommendation phase, can any one recommend me some audio comedy to listen to at work? My PC shat itself the other week so I'm down to bare bones. I've listened to (multiple times) and absolutely loved - Gervais/XFM stuff, Iannucci stuff, Collings & Herrin, Peacock & Gamble, Bugle, Milton Jones stuff, So Right It's Wrong, Mitchell & Webb, Boosh.. I'm sure there's other stuff I've forgotten. Anything along those lines would be greatly appreciated 
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Bloodbath posted:Since we're going through the ol' recommendation phase, can any one recommend me some audio comedy to listen to at work? My PC shat itself the other week so I'm down to bare bones. I liked bigipedia. Think there's a couple of clips of it on YouTube so you can see if it's your sort of thing. It's like a cross between Time Trumpet and Wikipedia. Also Adam & Joe offer consistently funny banter on their shows.
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I really enjoy The Complete Guide to Everything podcast. You can pretty much dip in anywhere to the back-catalog and find something funny.
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Hoops posted:I like Pointless, it always seems to be on during that period of the day when I have nothing to do and don't mind sitting in front of a quiz show. It's a nice, tidy little format that's a little bit more complex than straight Q&A but simple enough to get into straight away and be able to discuss with the others in the room. MY GIRLFRIEND and I both love Pointless, to the extent that we actually went for an audition to get on it. They did not call us back. Given some of the
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kingturnip posted:Mousing over the far right This isn't working for me. All I can see in the TV section is one page full of Power Rangers and Dirty Sanchez.
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Smeep posted:So HIGNFY, 8 out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, QI, Would I Lie to You are all on hiatus it appears. Can anyone recommend a newsy/quizy/comedy panely show that's airing now? I feel like there's an obvious one I'm forgetting about. Thanks! Bloodbath posted:Since we're going through the ol' recommendation phase, can any one recommend me some audio comedy to listen to at work? My PC shat itself the other week so I'm down to bare bones. The News Quiz?
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Junkenstein posted:This isn't working for me. All I can see in the TV section is one page full of Power Rangers and Dirty Sanchez. Same here. I know there's more because on the front page there's loads of good stuff under TV, like Breaking Bad and shite, but I can't find how to actually select it. I'm on chrome. EDIT: I contacted them. You can only see the actual selection AFTER you sign up (and give them your credit card number). So essentially you have to sign up to see if you want to sign up. Yeah it's free for the first month, but that's still pretty shoddy service, especially since there's nothing to indicate this is the case. They've said they'll try to fix that and put up a message saying "this is not the full selection, to ACTUALLY browse what is available you need to use our free trial". Fatkraken fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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reality_groove posted:The News Quiz? The Unbelievable Truth is on too, but I'm not sure if it's repeats.
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Only ConnectChat: My god The Crossworders are absolutely insane at that game.
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Fatkraken posted:Same here. I know there's more because on the front page there's loads of good stuff under TV, like Breaking Bad and shite, but I can't find how to actually select it. What an odd thing to do. I'd basically written it off for now after seeing that selection.
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Junkenstein posted:What an odd thing to do. I'd basically written it off for now after seeing that selection. yeah, the actual selection isn't amazing, but it's way better than what comes up on the signup page. They have Breaking Bad (seasons 1-3), Californication, 24, Last Airbender, Twin Peaks and more. It's in no way exhaustive (there's probably only a few hundred films and a few dozen TV shows) but it's a good start and definitely worth the no pounds the first month costs, and hopefully stuff will be added as it gets more popular. After you sign up the site looks completely different, different design and layout, the front page is only a honeypot ad I guess.
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