Hello, Netflix
Netflix has finally arrived in the UK and Ireland and without hesitation, I signed up to their one month free trial. I’ve played around with their service for the past few days and am thoroughly impressed.
In an ideal world, here are some improvements I would add to Netflix:
- Playlist support
Adding playlists would be a huge benefit to those who want to organise their “to-watch” films and TV shows. Multiple playlists would allow for multiple moods, or types of content to be organised. I would have one for films I want to watch, another for US television shows and perhaps another for UK television shows. - Playlist sharing
Allowing users to share playlists, so for instance I would make a public playlist of Christmas themed films for people to watch, and subscribe to (and hence be notified of new additions to the playlist). - Offline support
Watching films and TV shows works well when online, but I can’t find a way to sync or watch content offline. It would be great if content (and playlists) could be made available offline, perhaps with a 30 day time-frame to watch content. This would be especially great for holidays and flights, etc. where you could sync some films onto your iPad for later watching. - Social Cinema
Wouldn’t it be great if you could watch films with other people, perhaps your friends through Facebook at the same time. There doesn’t necessarily have to be a chat function, but the feeling of “real-time” whilst watching a film together with others would add a cinema style feeling to your evening. These could be organised movie nights by Netflix, or simply started between you and your friends through Facebook. - Movie Club
Netflix should add a forum style section to their website, allowing users to do more than simply rate a movie out of 5 stars. This could include a weekly promoted movie, which users could then all watch (either in their own time or using the Social Cinema feature) and then engage in a discussion afterwards. - Desktop App
Mac OS X and Windows apps would be great, especially if they had all of the above features included too (playlists, offline support, etc.) - Rotten Tomatoes Ratings
Including these would be great.
