Netflix.......how long before "new films" are on Netflix ??

[welsh dragon]

This is a pretty comprehensive intro;
http://www.alphr.com/software/10022...-to-know-about-the-app-formerly-known-as-xbmc

Thank you for the link.

 

[Roadhump]

Depends.

As a f'rinstance regarding films, I'm currently watching Sicario (September 2015) , while Mrs M watches Brooklyn (Jan 2016). The rule of thumb, I think, is Netflix for TV, Prime for films, although that holds true only so long as the things you want to watch are present. There are enough differences between the two for us to justify both services, although we don't pay for Sky, BT Vision or anything like that.

Netflix has a lot of very good original programming (there's a new David Cross special they've just commissioned that I'm keen to watch, there's Stranger Things, Breaking Bad, Narcos, Marco Polo...) but Amazon have some decent offerings too (Vikings, for instance, is oddly compelling, Transparent was very good indeed). The other issue, of course, is that if the distributor has negotiated an exclusive with another service, you'll never see it on Netflix or Prime. (Game of Thrones, I'm told, is reserved for HBOs own streaming service - The Walking Dead does seem to come to Prime, but with a long wait indeed).

If you absolutely have to watch things as soon after release as possible, you'll need to either pay to stream, or buy the Blu-Ray.

You can get just about anything via Amazon Video, including Game of Thrones, but you have to pay for much of it (not sure if that is what you are saying in your last sentence).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Season-Epi...id=1471163046&sr=1-2&keywords=game+of+thrones

I have Prime and whilst a lot of the content is watchable for free (via your Prime membership, so not completely free), a lot of other stuff you still have to pay for, per episode or series, in addition to your membership. But it is great for some things, e.g. they have approx 200 episodes of the X files for free. I have never been unable to find anything I wanted to watch, whether a movie or TV series, and have searched for on Amazon, but admittedly I have never tried the latest films as they are released.

I also have Netflix, which I pay for for my daughter, which is better for TV series than for movies IMHO, all content is covered via your membership fee, and whilst the range is good, it isn't as wide as Amazon if you are prepared to pay extra for content not covered by your membership fee.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I've had Netflix and Amazon in the past. Both were very hit and miss in terms of new and old content appearing. I hated the fact that for example season 1 and 2 were free, but if you wanted to continue watching series 3 if was £18.

Search Amazon for "Android TV box" - no subscription, no fees, access nearly every film and TV show ever made. New films come on there as soon as they are in cinemas, but often low quality. After a couple of months, 720p or 1080p streams are available. You can also stream sky ports, BT sport etc live, or watch catch-up. There are literally tens of different apps to watch any particular type of content.

You will need at least 3mb internet speed (and unlimited data, otherwise you might incur a charge), but I would recommend getting at least a 10MB wired connection if you can. Obviously, the faster your speed, the better.

Kodi is the software that it uses. Within that, there are various different apps that do the same thing in a slightly different way. Such apps include Exodus, Stream all the Sources (SALTS). The most well known one was Genesis, but I think that has chnaged to Exodus now.

It might sound rather high-tech, but in fact all you do is turn the thing on and navigate through the menu. You find a film/tv show that you want, and click on it. It will then find sources from all over the internet and give you a list, usually sorted by highest quality first. If you start watching a 1080p film and it buffers, you can simply press stop and select a lower quality version.

I'm currently trying to get my brother in law to trial mine for a week, with a view to him cancelling his £120/month sky package.

 

[John the Monkey]

You can get just about anything via Amazon Video, including Game of Thrones, but you have to pay for much of it (not sure if that is what you are saying in your last sentence).

Exactly so - I was wary of limiting the OPs options to Prime alone, as there's Google, Wuaki TV, NowTV &c &c, some of which don't need either a subscription or a membership fee in addition to the payment for the streaming content.