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Like others we have the 2 DVD package but love the fact that we can watch the free online stuff which we plug into the tv. Between Netflix, Hulu and Satellite I never need to move from the sofa :D

I am currently catching up with the first couple of series of Damages on my mother-in-laws recommendation before the new series this summer and The Vampire Diaries on the recommendation of my sister-in-law (but it's a bit blah so far).

Other shows I watch/have watched/am going to watch (what can I say I love my tv)

Lost, 24, Deadwood, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Life on Mars, Battlestar Gallactica, Glee, Carnivale, Lie to Me, Nurse Jackie, The Big C, United States of Tara, Weeds, Californication, The Event, Army Wives, Being Erica, Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, True Blood, Drop Dead Diva, Entourage, Big Love, Dexter, Supernatural, Eureka, Caprica, The Sopranos, No Ordinary Family, Sons of Anarchy, Rescue Me, Parenthood, V, Top Chef, Modern Family, The Middle, Las Vegas, The West Wing, Nip/Tuck, Bones, The Walking Dead, Fringe, Greys Anatomy, Private Practice, Family Guy, Pillars of the Earth, Spartacus, Rome

The Borgias - coming soon
Game of Thrones - coming soon
Mr Sunshine - coming soon

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I used NetFlix in the States and loved it, now use LoveFilm in the UK, same principle (and dressed up the same, so I wonder if it's linked with Netflix somehow), but much crappier service, VERY slowq Web site, doesn't allow yu to rank order your choices (only High, Medium, Low priority).

Last week I watched "The Secret in Their Eyes" (won Oscar for best international film last year, loved it). It is subtitled which I know some people can't stand.

Also really enjoyed the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and can't wait for LoveFilm to send me teh sequels, bloody useless lot keep sending me stuff from the BOTTOM of my list :thumbdown:). I watched it with the English dubbed, which I thought would be awful but I hardly noticed that the actors weren't really speaking the English dialog.

Other movies I have rated highly in my LoveFilm library:

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The
The Waiting Room
Seven Pounds
I've Loved You So Long
Burn After Reading
Lars and the Real Girl
Dear Frankie
The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
There Will Be Blood
The Player
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Bourne Identity
Monsoon Wedding
Open Range
Fargo
The State Within
Sling Blade
The Bourne Supremacy
Cold Mountain
The Secret in Their Eyes
Our Friends In The North
In the Loop
Doubt
Valkyrie
American Teen
Changeling
A Raisin In The Sun
Brick Lane
The Beautiful Country
The Kite Runner
Dirty Pretty Things
The Bourne Identity
North And South
An Unfinished Life
The Bourne Ultimatum
Unforgiven
Up in the Air
This Is England '86
Small Island
Up In The Air
Brothers

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Ahhh ROME!! Both hubby and I really enjoyed this series! Bought the DVD sets and have watched the whole thing straight through a couple of times!

Rene

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Lots of great suggestions...thanks everyone. :)

Re: Netfliks
 

Same with me but only when i am watching movies. When I am watching normal television programming, I use a pair of Sennheiser HDR-140 wireless headphones and that brings the clarity near to 100% for the great majority of television shows.

However, I don't know what they do with the audio for movies because even with the headphones, I'll miss at least 20% of the words on clearer movies and can barely make out any of the words for most movies. So the only time I turn on closed captioned is when I'm watching movies.

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I get DVDs at the moment, but watch more online. When I'm working, I'll probably downgrade down to online only as I'll have less time on my hands :lol:

So, on my list (some I've watched, some are still to watch)

TV Series:
Dollhouse
Dr. Who
Torchwood
Bones
Nip/Tuck
Heroes
Skins
Wire in the blood
Farscape (loved this when it was first on!)
Firefly
Red Riding Trilogy (a 3 parter)
Gavin & Stacey
Fawlty Towers

Films (just a small selection):
Defiance
Archangel
Shutter Island
Blithe Spirit
The Kite Runner
Rabbit Proof Fence
Grumpy Old Men
Amelie

Re: Netfliks
 

It's supposed to be a different series, but based on the same book.

I rather liked it, the new direction in the second series was good.

If you've not seen it though, I wouldn't bother, bugger of a cliff hanger and you know they aren't doing a third series to take on that new direction.

Downton Abby, Lark Rise...and not a period piece, but a great little series that'll have you balling your eyes out - Single, Married, Other

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If you want a very different romance tear-jerker watch The Secret in Their Eyes. You'll spend half the movie wondering why I said it is a romance but stick it through to the end and you'll gradually catch on. It's about enduring love. [Set in the context of a brutal murder] Definitely not rom-com, though it does also have its lighter moments. And a mystery mind-teaser too, that keeps you guessing. Great film.

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'kin ell lass!! No wonder you don't have time to make it to the Houston Meetup:rofl:

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What I do to make them send me what I want is keep a list off line and just add the one or two movies that I want to see next to their list.
So they don't have a choice, they have to send me something and it's my choice not theirs.

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What??

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LoveFilm I guess:unsure:

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Yes, yes. Sorry about that. LoveFilm.

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I had thought about doing that but I remember with NetFlix getting a warning when my list got too short (they were essentially saying if you only have a handful on your list, you could be waiting a long time if they are not available).

Maybe I'll try it and see what hapens. This week I got three titles that were all on my Medium Priority ranking (I have about 20 that are ranked High). I don't recall ever getting sent a DVD that was outside my Top 10 by Netflix.

[Just deleted all my Medium priority ones and made a list so I can add them later if I want. I now just have about 12 High Priority titles. Let's see what happens]

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I had never watched Dexter until a few months ago and streamed the first two seasons. I never expected to like the show considering the premise of it. It was so good I had to keep going with the DVDs. I was just in the US last week and switched the netflix shipping address from the place that forwards my mail outside the US to the hotel I was staying at. It was nice to get that quick delivery.

It takes me a while to send/receive. When I'm done watching them, I give them to people I know who fly over to the US and drop them back in the mail for me. If I can go through that much trouble to watch Dexter, surely you can wait 2 days for another disc, no?

I stream American Pickers, Family Guy, The Office, some National Geographic stuff, and a few other things and beam them wirelessly to a PS3 so I can watch them on the TV. I save King of Queens, NCIS, NCIS LA, Modern Marvels, Big Bang, and How I met your mother on the DVR.