Netflix how much to pay per month. “Everyone is used to the fact that you don’t have to pay for films and TV series”

On January 6, 2015, an American online cinema began operating in the Russian segment of the Internet Netflix, which domestic TV series fans drooled over - after all, it is on this platform that all new episodes of all the most significant American TV series are released. In addition, Netflix is ​​a database of old TV series that are available online on all devices in formats HD and Ultra HD. You can configure viewing according to your needs - choose an audio track and subtitles. We will talk about all the pros and cons of the service in more detail below, but for now the most pressing question: how to register for Netflix (Netflix) and what does the site look like for a registered user?

User visiting the address [link], sees only an invitation to register and try 1 month free(“Start Your Free Month”), as well as the Login button ( "Sign in") if you already have an account. Let's say you are a new user without an account and are ready to try the service Netflix free. Then you need to click on "Start Your Free Month". However, before you do this, please ensure that you have: a) a credit/debit (including virtual) Visa, MasterCard or AMEX card suitable for making online payments; or b) Paypal account. Make sure you have the required amount in your account for the tariff you want to try.

There are three tariffs in total (see picture): BASIC/Main (you can watch from one account only on 1 screen/device at the same time, there is no access to HD and Ultra HD), STANDARD/Standard (you can watch from one account on 2 screens/devices at the same time, you have access to HD quality) and PREMIUM/Premium (you can simultaneously watch from one account on 4 screens/devices, you have access to HD and Ultra HD quality). The remaining options for all tariffs are the same: you can watch on a laptop, TV, smartphone and tablet; unlimited access to films and TV series; You can cancel your membership at any time; the first month is free.

I have chosen the tariff STANDARD to try the service on a laptop and smartphone. I don't need Ultra HD - regular HD will be enough.

I entered my email address and password into the appropriate form, after which the system prompted me to select a payment method.

I have a virtual card MasterCard, so I chose the first item.

Details of the selected tariff are displayed above the form to fill out + the date when the trial period ends is shown. Note the date format: the first digit is the month, then the day, and then the year. My trial period will end on 2/8/16, which is February 8, 2016. Until then, there will be no charges for using the service and I can cancel my subscription at any time without any financial consequences. We fill in the fields as indicated on your card, or according to the rules of the virtual card. The fields are filled in in Latin letters. The first one is capital, the next ones are uppercase.

First name- first name, Last name - last name.

Card number- card number

Expiration date- select the month and year of expiration of your card

Security code- CVV indicated on the card. For a virtual card, it must be ordered separately via SMS.

Be sure to check the box that you want 18 years and you agree to the terms of use of the service and security policy.

For PayPal, it is suggested to go to their system.

After entering the information, you are prompted to select the types of devices on which you will view the content of the Netflix site. I chose Phone or Tablet(Smartphone or tablet) and Desktop or laptop(Computer or laptop).

Simultaneously with the completion of the registration process, an email will be sent to the specified email address with information about your newly created account. An account will not be created if you do not have sufficient funds in your account. To apply for a free month at the STANDARD tariff, there must be on the account at the time of payment (January 7, 2016) 655 rubles 41 kopecks. This amount is debited from your account and returned to it immediately. To be honest, I was a little scared when I received an SMS about the debit, but when I checked the balance, all the money was there, and after some time I received a message about replenishing the balance in the amount of the debit.

After selecting the device type, you also need to select users. They can be added to the appropriate fields. Since I plan to use one for now, I chose myself. This option is made to take into account the interests of all account users in your home. For example, if Netflix is ​​used by spouses and children at the same time, you can create a personal profile for each family member and then load your saved settings when you access Netflix from your device.

Every time you access the Netflix website in authorized mode, or if the site remains open in a tab for a long time without viewing, the Who's watching? (Who's watching?) menu will pop up. Now I have two options: me (Andrei) and profile default KIDS(i.e. children). If I go to my profile, all the programs will be there, if I go to my profile KIDS- exclusively children's films, cartoons, TV series.

This is what my page looks like when I go to my Andrei profile. The choice of series, shows and films is quite large. In the drop-down menu, when you click on the word “Browse”, you can select the genre of interest, and in it there is already a subcategory. You can just stupidly scroll back and forth, or you can use the search by entering the name of the film or series (in English) in the field "Search". Main categories:

TV Shows- all-all series. You can choose a subgenre (Action and adventure, horror, drama, anime, etc.)

Especially for those interested in what series are on Russian Netflix - I wrote down all the titles as of 01/11/2016:

Watch series in the original language with subtitles in English Netflix:

The 100 / Hundred

12 Monkeys / 12 monkeys

72 Dangerous Animals Australia / 72 most dangerous animals in Australia

The Adventures of Figaro Pho / Figaro Phobias

Air gear / Air Gear

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Henry Ford / Henry Ford

The Amish: Shunned

The Poisoner's Handbook

Angry Birds Toons / Angry Birds

Animal Mechanics

Archer / Special Agent Archer

Arrow / Arrow

Ascension

Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse

Bates Motel

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom / Little Kingdom

Bernard / Bernard

Better Call Saul / Better Call Saul

Between / Between

Big Bad Beetleborgs / Beetleborgs

Black Mirror / Black Mirror

Black Sails / Black Sails

Blacklist / Black list

The Bletchley Circle / Murder Code

Bloodline / Pedigree

Blue Mountain State / Real Guys

Bo on the Go! / Walk with Bo

Bojack Horseman / BoJack Horseman

Bojack Horseman Christmas Special

Broadchurch/Murder on the Beach

Brooklyn Nine-Nine / Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Caillou / Kayu

Care Bears Cousins

Care Bears Welcome to Care-a-Lot

Chaplin / Chaplin

Club de Cuervos / Ravens Club

Comics Without Borders / Comics Without Borders

Continuum / Continuum

Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley

Danger Mouse / Dangerous mouse

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood / Tiger Cub Daniel and his neighbors

The Delivery Man/Obstetrician

Derek / Derek

Dexter / Dexter

Dinosaur Train / Dinosaur Train

Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda Awesome Secrets Collection

Dreamworks Shrek's Swamp Stories

Dreamworks Shrek's Spooky Stories

The Driver / Driver

Elementary / Elementary

Ella the Elephant

Emperor's Ghost Army

Empresses in the Palace / The Legend of Zhen Huan

Ever After High / Ever After School

The Fall

Forensic Files Collection

Fresh Meat / Fresh meat

Gangsters: Faces of the Underground

Ghosthunt / Ghost Hunting

Grace and Frankie / Grace and Frankie

The Great Train Robbery

Gunslinger Girl/School of Assassins

Gunslinger Girl 2

Hannibal / Hannibal

Happy Tree Friends

Hemlock Grove / Hemlock Grove

Hinterland / Hinterland

Horseland / Horses

Hot Wheels: The Skills to Thrill / Beyond Imagination

How To Get Away with Murder / How to get away with murder

The Inbetweeners

Invizimals / Invizimals. Secrets of the Lost World

The IT Crowd / Geeks

Jane the Virgin

Justin Time / Justin Time

Ken Burns: Prohibition

Ken Burns: The Civil War

Ken Burns: The War

Ken Burns: The West

Knights of Sidonia / Knights of Sidonia

Larva / Larvae

Life's Too Short / Life is so short

Life's Too Short The Special

Line of Duty / Line of Duty

Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar

Making a Murderer

Marco Polo / Marco Polo

Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes

Marvel's Daredevil / Daredevil

Jessica Jones / Jessica Jones

Master of None / Master of all trades

Max & Ruby / Max and Ruby

Max Steel / Max Steel

The Mind of a Chef

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries / Lady Detective Miss Phryne Fisher

Mother Goose Club

Mushi Shi / Master Mushi

My Babysitter's a Vampire / My nanny is a vampire

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic / My little pony

MythBusters / MythBusters

Narcos / Narcos

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

NOVA: Ben Franklin's Balloons

NOVA: Decoding Neanderthals

NOVA: First Man on the Moon

NOVA: Ground Zero Superpower

NOVA: Why Planes Vanish

Oggy and the Cockroaches / Oggy and the Cockroaches

Orange is the New Black / Orange is the New Black

Oscar's Oasis / Oscar's Oasis

Pablo Escobar, el patron del mal / Pablo Escobar, master of evil

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures / Pac-Man in the world of ghosts

Peaky Blinders

Pee-wee's Playhouse / Pee-wee

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Peg + Cat / Peg+cat

Penny Dreadful / Scary Tales

Peppa Pig / Peppa Pig

Pokemon: Indigo League / Pokemon: Indigo League

PopPixie / Magic PopPixies

Power Rangers / Power Rangers

Pretty Little Liars

Ray Donovan / Ray Donovan

Real Rob / Real Rob

REsidue / Sediment

The Returned

Richie Rich / Richie Richie

Robin Williams Remembered

Rosemary's Baby / Rosemary's Child

The Royals / Members of the Royal Family

Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X

Russell Peters vs The World

Sabrina The Animated Series / Sabrina

Scream / Scream

Secrets of Chatsworth

Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace

Sense 8 / Eighth Sense

The Seven Deadly Sins / The Seven Deadly Sins

Sex: My British Job

Sid The Science Kid / Sid - little scientist

Sinatra. All or nothing at all / Sinatra: All or nothing

Skins / Skins

Slugeterra / Slagterra

Some Assembly Required

Sonic Underground / Sonic Underground

Space Racers / Space racers

Spartacus / Spartak

Special Ops Mission / Willis Special Mission

Stewart Lee's comedy Vehicle / Stewart Lee's Humor Machine

Strange Hill High

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Adventures

Suits / Force Majeure

Team Hot Wheels: Build the Epic Race

Teletubbies / Teletubbies

That 70s Show / Show of the 70s

Timmy Time / Timmy the Sheep

Timmy Time Christmas Surprise

Timmy Time Seaside Rescue

Top Boy / Leader

Trailer Park Boys

Trailer Park Boys Live at the North Pole

Trailer Park Boys Live in Fkin Dublin

Trailer Park Boys Xmas Special

Transformers Prime / Transformers: Prime

Rescue Bots / Transformers: Rescue Bots

Tree Fu Tom

Tweeny Witches / Alice's Squad of Sorceresses

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt / Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Under the Dome / Under the dome

A Very Murray Christmas

Vexed / Badass

Video Game High School

W/ Bob & David / With Bob and David

Wakfu / Wakfu

Weeds / Datura

Wet Hot American SUmmer / Hot American Summer

Winx Club / School of Sorceresses

WordWorld / World of words

Yuki Yuna Is a Hero / Hero Yuki Yuna

Zig & Sharko / Zig and Sharko

Navigation through the series is as follows: click on the picture with the series and a banner with an overview, menu and player opens. The series starts playing from the first episode of the first season (tab Overview).

Tab Episodes(Episodes) - navigation by series and seasons. Seasons can be selected under the series name on the left.

Tab Details(Details) - information about the actors, age limit, audio track, subtitles, as well as a description of the series in a few words.

The remaining items on the menu, except TV shows, are films and cartoons.

Action & Adventures- films of the "action" and "adventure" genres, including in combination with other genres. Examples: “The Matrix Reloaded”, “I Am Legend”, “Sin City”, “Kill Bill”, “Indiana Jones”.

Children & Family- children's films and cartoons. Examples: “Kug Fu Panda”, “Maya the Bee”, “The Smurfs”, “Ella Enchanted”, “How to Train Your Dragon”.

Comedies- comedy films and cartoons. Examples: "Bride Wars", "Mean Girls", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Sex and the City", "We're the Millers".

Documentaries- documentaries and TV series.

Dramas- dramas. Examples: “American Beauty”, “Pulp Fiction”, “The Notebook”, “Doubt”, “Gone with the Wind”.

Horror- Horror. Examples: "Scream", "The Shining", "Gremlins".

Independent- films from independent film studios. Examples: "Oil", "Clerks", "Good Will Hunting".

Romance- romantic dramas and comedies. Examples: "Grease", "Roman Holiday", "The Great Gatsby", "Casablanca", "Knight and Day".

Sci-fi- science fiction films. Examples: "Batman", "Green Lantern", "Lord of the Rings", "Gravity".

Thrillers- thrillers. Examples: "Loma Confidential", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "The Conjuring".

The section for children is simply huge and there are many subcategories. Watch not rewatch!

When the choice is made and we want to watch an episode/series/movie, a player opens in the same browser window, in which there is navigation throughout the entire season, we can scroll (that is, we need to select a place), we can select language for the series as well subtitles. As of January 8, 2016, there was no Russian language in the tracks or subtitles. Since I know English quite well, this is not a problem for me, but rather a chance to practice once again and remember what I have forgotten. I really liked the navigation - fast and convenient!

For TV series and movie buffs with a short memory - all movie and TV series icons have a function "Add to my list"

How to cancel your Netflix Netflix subscription without paying anything

And now the most important and important point - how to cancel your Netflix subscription without paying anything? Go to the upper right corner, place the cursor on the name of your profile and select in the drop-down window "Your account"(Your account). To cancel your subscription, click "Cancel Membership"(End Membership) under "Membership and Billing". In the same section, you can configure various functions, for example, displaying subtitles, selecting the site language, viewing view statistics, and so on.

What do I need I liked the Netflix service:

This gives you the opportunity to try out the service for quite a long time in order to finally decide whether I need it or not, whether it will work with my Internet, and how high-quality the content is in the online cinema. You can evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages and only then make a decision, and not immediately take a pig in a poke, and then spit and demand money back.

Netflix app for Android

There are no restrictions on online viewing. You can watch anything and as much as you want. It is worth remembering that the system is equipped with DRM copy protection.

With my Internet, all videos load and work quite quickly (I work via Wi-fi). If you connect via a cable, then it will be absolutely gorgeous to fly.

A huge variety of TV series and children's programs. For those who really have nothing to occupy themselves with, this will be just the thing. There are different situations. Someone wants to be distracted, someone is sick, someone is moping.

Intuitive and convenient functionality, as well as the ability to select an audio track and subtitles. This is the first time I’ve seen this in online cinemas. Cool!

What do I need did not like on Netflix:

The service was launched in Russia, and everything is in English - from the menu to the series itself, films and programs. So far, access to the platform has been opened, but we’ll see what happens next.

Quite a high price per month of subscription for the non-adapted version. Of course, it’s good to watch in English, but for such money everything should be translated into Russian... Otherwise, the meaning is lost.

Navigation within the series in the application on a smartphone is not very convenient. When you just start the series, everything is fine, but then you simply can’t access the navigation.

A modest selection of films - they are in the catalog to the extent that they are. For a change.

The repertoire for each country is separate. That is, materials available in the United States or other countries may be blocked in Russia. I don’t like such restrictions - some kind of discrimination occurs on a geographical basis.

I bet on the online viewing service Netflix three stars and I recommend it to those who know English well or are learning it, who want to taste a huge selection of new series online, at the same time as the whole world. I like everything so far. As new delights and comments emerge, the review will be updated (see date in the title).

PS: I compared the contents Netflix and their direct competitor Hulu(they are closed to all countries except the USA). Eh... Netflix, unfortunately, is much poorer both in terms of quantity and interestingness of content. Someone there at the launch of Netflix promised that they would crush Amediateka...Somehow it doesn’t seem so to me. For now, all the cards are in the hands of Amediateka, and if they lower the price, they will generally win the “battle” with the international giant in a single country.

Sincerely, Andy Goldred

February 13th, 2012

There are the following nuances:

1) Everything is in English. But most have subtitles.
2) Netflix does not work in Russia.

The first problem is your personal problem, but we will solve the second one.

The following things will be needed:

1) American debit card for paying for Netflix, because the service, in addition to checking which country you are visiting from, also checks the country in which the card was issued. You won't be able to pay with a Russian card. For the same reason, you won’t be able to use Russian PayPal.

UPDATE: in the comments they say that a virtual QIWI card is also suitable - it is not tied to an address. This significantly reduces the amount of hemorrhage, try it and let me know if it works.

UPDATE 2: The Yandex.Money virtual card also works, and it is much more convenient than Qiwi, since it can be replenished, and it is valid for a year, not three months.

2) American VPN.

I want to emphasize that even though you will violate the ToS, all this is absolutely legal from point of view law methods. You don't have to cheat and almost no need to falsify data. We will need any plastic card from a Russian bank, documents, a camera or scanner and a little patience.

Go.

Let's get a card

The EntroPay service allows absolutely legal get a virtual American Visa or MasterCard without being tied to any address or name. All you need to do after this is to periodically top up the balance on the card in any convenient way. Naturally, there are commissions - 5% is charged for replenishment. These are gigantic sums, but they are unlikely to make a significant hole in the budget.

Please note again that we need EntroPay only to pay Netfilx, since Netflix checks the country in which the card is issued. An American card is not required to pay for VPN. Well, that is, you can use it, no one will forbid you. Or you may not use it. But you can only pay for Netflix with an American card or American PayPal.

Naturally, this service is not the only one. But this particular one is accepted by Netflix and HULU, but, say, it is not accepted by iTunes. That is, don’t even try: you’ll get hemorrhoids. If you have successful experience with other similar virtual card services, write in the comments.

So, registration. Click SIGN UP.

1) Enter your data. Necessarily your personal real data (later it will be clear why), real address, date of birth, indicate the country, select USD as the base currency. Login, password, secret question, answer to it - to your taste.

2) Select the payment method “by plastic card”. Bank transfer is slow, not optimal, and doesn't seem to work unless you have an American bank. Enter the number and expiration date ( Expire), CVV/CVC code (available on the card), your first and last name precisely as they are indicated on the map. At this stage nothing will be withdrawn; you can top up your balance later.


3) Activate, confirm, gain access to your account. At the LOAD stage you will be asked to top up your balance, select 20 USD (minimum amount) to start with, or you can refuse to top up at the moment, because it won’t happen anyway, because...

And here is the first obstacle. After registration you get access to your account, but to activate your account you will need to confirm your address, and there will be problems with this, because EntroPay, in addition to identification, also requires any official a letter (a notice from a bank, an invoice for something, etc.) containing your name and address. That is why the address must be indicated a) the one in the passport, b) in Russian letters. They don’t know Russian there, they won’t be able to transliterate, and they will compare what is written in the document with what you indicate.

Scan and photograph the page from your passport with your last name and photo, the registration page and some official letter, if you have one, go to HELPDESK, create an activation request and attach pictures. I didn’t have any official letters, so I had to correspond with support and persuade them, emphasizing the fact that in Russia the registration address must be indicated in the passport, the passport is the only legitimate identification document, and no additional identification is needed. Eventually the account was activated.

Share successful arguments for correspondence in the comments.

After activation, we top up the virtual card with any desired amount. 20 USD is enough to start with, you can add more at any time.

Registering an American VPN

We have a map, and now we need to pretend that we are in the USA.

VPN is a technology with which you can organize an encrypted communication channel “on top” of an existing Internet connection through a special server. Sites that process requests and check from which address you are accessing them will assume that you are not at home, in a third world country, where all civilization reaches with a significant delay, but, for example, in an advanced bourgeoisie.

Again, I emphasize that this is completely legal.

The only thing that is important to us in this case is speed and only speed. We are not interested in encryption or coverage anywhere other than America.

There are also quite a few such services, but the best results with Netflix were shown by HideMyAss.com (referral link, if you don’t click on referral links on principle, type the address using pens). It costs 12 bucks a month. There are discounts when paying for six months/year. StrongVPN also showed good results, but dig this one yourself, then we will consider HMA.

There are no pitfalls in registration. You can pay with anything, from anywhere and in any way. Payment methods and personal data are not important in this case. But setting up and further work is a more interesting question.

Setting up a VPN quickly

So, you have registered with HideMyAss and paid for access. HURRAY, THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!

Now we’ll figure out how to quickly set up everything in order to register and watch through a browser, and at the end of the article we’ll get into tuning: how to set up routers, for example.

HMA provides work with two main transports: PPTP and OpenVPN, any of them can be configured manually, or through their client program. We will need it in any case, so click DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE and download the version for your operating system. Let's launch it and first of all go to the SPEED GUIDE tab. It looks like this:

You need to check all American servers (just in case, I’ll say that they start with USA), and uncheck all the others. DISCONNECT EVERYTHING THAT CLOGS THE CHANNEL - torrents, shmorrents, or anything else, press the FULL TEST button, and go save the world for 15 minutes while HMA tests which server will give you the best speed.

In the end you will get the following picture:

Remember the fastest server - in my case it is USA, New Jersey, Clifton (LOC1 S2). Megabytes per second for download are quite enough for comfortable viewing even in HD. The testing log will be saved automatically.

Go to Dashboard, enter your login password (the same one you use to log into your account), select a server, click “CONNECT TO VPN”.

HURRAY, WE'RE IN AMERICA!

Registering with Netflix

Go to Netflix.COM, enter your email and password twice.

We enter the card details. Feel free to use your first and last name. Unlimited DVDs to choose no need, otherwise you will have problems with the lack of a US address where these DVDs can be sent. You will also need a Zip Code (similar to our postal code). Well... has everyone watched Beverly Hills 90210?

All. You have successfully registered!

VPN fine tuning

It's pretty obvious that

1) I don’t want to constantly turn off the VPN in order to watch something.
2) Any VPN is always slower than most home Internet channels in Defaultcity and Defaultcity-2.
3) Watch in a browser, if you can watch on TV - fi, lieutenant.

Therefore, you need to configure your router so that traffic that only relates to watching Netflix goes through the VPN. Almost all home routers support VPN via PPTP.

First, go to the PPTP Servers section in the HideMyAss account, write down the IP of the server we need (the fastest one, which we defined above). ATTENTION! To connect via PPTP, a separate login-password pair is used, not the one with which you log into your account. Look for it on this same page. We configure and connect so that not all requests go through the VPN, but only to those subnets that we need.

After a little digging, we find out that we need, in addition to the Netflix subnet itself, all the Amazon EC2 subnets where Netflix stores content. No problem. This list is quite enough:

2) Go to Netflix, start playing any movie. Wait until the movie starts: everything should start normally.
3) Close the browser, and you can continue to launch it as usual - everything will work.

PS.

Try it, comment, share. And it would be more likely that services like Netflix would become global, so that we wouldn’t have to resort to harsh multi-steps like this.

If everything worked out for you, write in the comments. If you have any problems, write too, and we’ll think about how to solve it.

Thank you for your attention.

Content:

Having built a reputation for renting movies on DVD using the DVD-by-mail business model, Netflix now provides a more convenient way to show movies: Internet video streaming. A service called Instant Watch gives you access to a huge selection of movies online. There are many ways to set up Netflix on your TV. For example, you can buy a special router, use a console set-top box, or connect your computer to a TV. Whatever method you choose, here you will find instructions for each of them.

Steps

1 using a media player that plays streaming video

1. 1 You will need a multimedia player that plays streaming video, such players will give you the opportunity to watch videos from YouTube and listen to music from Pandora and use many other services. Here are some players:
   • Apple TV
   • Boxee
   • Sony Streaming Player
2. 2 Connect the player. Connect the player to the TV to establish an Internet connection.
3. 3 There are several ways to connect your media player to your TV:
   • Connection using HDMI cable. If you have an HDTV input, then you will choose this option, because the high-resolution image looks great.
   • Connect using usually an A/V cable if you don't have an HDTV. Correctly connect the cables from the yellow/red/white output to the corresponding color input.
4. 4 Internet connection. After you have turned on the player, you will need to connect it to the Internet. Most Internet players have wireless Internet access, which means you don't have to run cables everywhere to get a signal. Just enter the access point name and password when you turn on the device.
   • If you do not have a wireless Internet connection, then use this option: connect an Ethernet cable from your router to your player.
5. 5 Let's check if you've done everything. You have connected the multimedia player to the network, to the TV, and also set up the Internet. But before you enjoy watching videos on TV, lying on the couch, and not sitting at the computer, check this:
   • Download updates for your player. Perhaps the speed of work will increase, and new opportunities will appear.
   • Adjust the resolution, especially important for HD.
   • Consider linking the player to your online account. Some players will show you what you're watching on social networks, and will also recommend movies depending on your preferences and the preferences of your friends.

2 connecting a computer to a TV

1. 1 Check the description of your TV to determine the type of video input connector. There is an HDMI input, which gives a high-definition picture, VGA - uses an analog signal to transmit color information with a resolution of 640 * 480, SVGA - the general name for video adapters that are compatible with VGA, but have expanded capabilities in relation to it: resolution from 800 * 600 and number of colors up to 16 million
2. 2 Determine what outputs your video card has. Look where the monitor is connected to your computer (this is what the video card is). Pay attention to what other outputs the video card has. This is how the signal will be transmitted from the computer to the TV.
   • DVI is a digital video interface, very often found as an additional output, but note that this is a different type of output (it is not in the previous list). You may need to buy an adapter cable.
3. 3 Buy the necessary adapter cable to connect two sockets: output on the video card to the input on the TV. Two different inputs means you'll need at least one converter to connect two different cables.
4. 4 Make sure that the computer and TV are turned off and connect the cables correctly (to the correct sockets). After this, restart your computer.
5. 5 Next, you will need to extend your monitor screen onto your TV (optional). If you are using the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, here is what you will need to do:
   • Right-click on your desktop and click on "Screen Resolution"
   • Select settings
   • Select your primary and secondary monitor. There are also several options for displaying images on an additional monitor. For example, there are duplicate screens, i.e. the picture that will be displayed on the main display will also be displayed on the secondary display. We will choose “expand screens”.
   • For clearer images, select a higher screen resolution on your second display.
   • Click “Ok” and the settings will be saved and this window will close.
6. 6 Turn on your computer screen on your TV. This step is the same as the step to connect the TV to the player, but this time you will just need to select a different option to connect. If you did everything correctly, you will see your computer's desktop on your TV.
   • Note: The TV will not have a taskbar. Everything is fine, there is no taskbar in the extended screen.
7. 7 Drag the browser from the monitor screen to the TV. To do this, you will need to drag the browser to the edge of the screen and drag it further until the mouse cursor and the browser page itself are on another screen.
8. 8 Select the show or movie you want to watch on Netflix and press play. You are now the proud owner of streaming video from Netflix.

3 Netflix connection via game console

1. 1 The most important thing is that your set-top box supports Netflix. Today, Sony's PlayStation 3, Sony's PlayStation 4(?), Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 support Netflix, which means you can watch the Lord of the Rings movie first and then play it. At the same time, there are several “Buts”:
   • For Xbox 360, you will need an Xbox live Gold account as well as a Netflix account to access content from Netflix.
   • Wii does not display streaming video in HD quality.
2. 2 Make sure you have everything you need to connect: cables, free space. For example, for the Xbox 360, you need at least 5 megabytes of free hard drive space and high-speed Internet to run the Netflix application. Make sure you have all of this before you begin.
3. 3 Install the application if necessary. Install the app from your console's app store. This app will be very easy to find in all three stores.
4. 4 Log into your Netflix account and start watching videos. When you log in for the first time, you will need to log into your Netflix account first, the console will remember your data and will fill in the data automatically the next time you log in. If you have enough space on your console and everything is in order with your account, then you will start watching the video immediately, enjoy!

• Many computer games will also work on a TV.
• You can simply drag the media player (or other media software) from the computer screen to the TV screen.
• You were able to connect your computer to the TV, but you received a distorted image. What's wrong? You may simply need to update your graphics card driver (see the caveats below) or you may simply need to change your TV's screen resolution.
• You can work with many Windows applications on a second screen (in our case, a TV).

Warnings

• Your video card driver may not support the required resolution for your TV. If this is the case, then you will need to update your driver to select the correct resolution. Go to the manufacturer's website to update the driver (with changes regarding compatibility with the TV).
• Almost all, but still not all, programs in Windows will work correctly on an extended screen.

What you will need

• TV with HDMI (high-definition multimedia) or VGA (component video interface) input.
• A computer that will be located nearby and a video card with two outputs.
• A cable to connect your computer to your TV, and the input and output must match, for example, HDMI-HDMI, otherwise you will need an adapter.

Pros and cons of a new service for Russians.

What happened

From today in Russia there is officially an international streaming video service Netflix. The popularity of the service in many countries is incredibly high. Many Russian residents were specifically looking for ways to bypass regional restrictions to use it even at a time when it was pointless to even dream about Netflix coming to Russia.

The largest online cinema offers its users access to more than five dozen TV series and hundreds of films for every taste, and new releases appear directly on the day of release. There is no need to wait for the series to appear on various resources. Just launch the official application or go to the Netflix website, where the latest series is already waiting. Piping hot!

You can use the content provided by Netflix if you pay for a subscription for a period of 1 month. The plans are as simple as possible and extremely clear. There are only 3 of them and they differ from each other in only three parameters. Whatever subscription the user chooses, he will be provided with unlimited access to all films and TV series available in the library.

You can watch them from anywhere. Laptops, desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and, of course, TVs with set-top boxes are suitable. To get acquainted with the capabilities of the streaming service, it is provided month of free access. If you don’t like it, you can cancel or change your subscription at any time without any penalties.

Price issue

Let's get back to the plans and the cost of each of them.

• Basic plan. View from one device in standard quality for 649 rub. per month;
• Standard plan. Simultaneous access to HD content from two devices. 799 rub. per month;
• Premium Plan. Access to TV series and movies in Ultra HD from 4 devices for 949 rub. per month.

One of Netflix's tricks is the creation and release of their own series, which cannot be obtained legally anywhere else. Fans of quality films and television series have watched or at least heard about the House of Cards series, which is one of several of Netflix's own productions.

In the United States, the video streaming service in question is the most popular and often replaces cable television, which often costs users more. You will have to get used to the Russian prices of the service at first. Content divided by 11 genre categories, each of which best suits the interests of users.

• Television shows;
• Action & Adventure;
• Children's and family films;
• Comedy;
• Documentaries;
• Dramas;
• Horror films;
• Independent films;
• Romantic movies;
• Science fiction and fantasy;
• Thrillers.

The profile settings provide the ability to switch to child account, where the child will not see content that he has not yet reached. After activating the profile for children, the number of genre categories will decrease to seven positions. The categories “Action and Adventure,” “Horror Films,” “Independent Films,” and “Thrillers” will disappear from the list.

Another feature of Netflix is ​​the careful selection of content. To improve the quality of the service, the company takes into account the opinions of its subscribers, and also monitors the most popular films and TV series on pirated resources.

Why Netflix is ​​interesting in Russia

You can’t please everyone right away, so despite all the advantages at the time of launch, the service has a number of points that will make the majority of potential Russian subscribers think.

Let's return to Russian realities. The top-notch content in Netflix's library is without a doubt worthy of attention for the reasons listed above. Today the service started working for residents at the same time 130 countries, where it was previously unavailable.

The main nuance The problem is that so far the video service has virtually no content for Russian-speaking users. Of course, this point will be worked out over time, but potential clients may lose interest. One of the solutions to the problem was to add at least subtitles for the first time, but Russian is not among the available languages.

The second nuance is the considerable cost of the subscription, which is comparable to the price tag of Russian streaming services. The latter, by the way, provide access not only to international series, but also to domestic ones. This allows you to get access to more series for almost the same money, for which you subscribe.

On the other hand, if things are going well with the English language, then you should definitely familiarize yourself with the Netflix catalogue. Quality content and recommendation system will allow you not only to expand your cinematic horizons, but also to find a new series for a pleasant pastime.

​And most importantly:​ You can try all Netflix features for free for the first month.

Since January 6, 2016, Netflix has expanded its broadcasting influence to another 130 countries, including Ukraine and Russia (and excluding Crimea). Now we have access to a civilized subscription to media content without registration and SMS dances with VPN and payment methods. I have been waiting for this service in Ukraine for a long time, so I signed up for a subscription, since the first month you can get acquainted with the service for free. An overview of the service is below.

Let's launch

Miraculously, the application automatically logs me into Netflix (this is because I registered with an email from a Google account)

The main screen looks the same, except for the interesting “secondary screen” icon

By clicking on the icon, we get a list of TVs on your network that already have Netflix installed. Those. Videos can be played from a smartphone/tablet directly to the TV. The app on your TV will automatically launch and playback will begin. Moreover, if you started broadcasting on TV in the middle of the film, then it will start from the same place, minus 5 seconds.

The series card looks like this

Description, “broadcast on TV” and “share to different social networks” icons, “add to my list” button and selection of seasons and episodes

But when I tried to take a screenshot of the player interface, nothing happened. This is what the notification shows

Those. The application blocks the ability to take a screenshot of a video. The player interface is slightly reminiscent of YouTube. There are icons for changing the audio track and subtitles, selecting an episode and season, and the sound adjustment icon calls up the system slider. The brightness and speed of the video are not adjustable.

The search button activates the search, which is logical :)

Search by titles of films and TV series, actors, directors, genres, etc. Voice search is present and working. All you need is well-honed English pronunciation :)

Content

No matter how large and foreign a company is, no matter how beautiful applications it creates, the most important thing is content. People will pay money to access it. And then a huge hole appeared. There is no content as such for Ukraine. Sad but true.

Some personal statistics. Today I watch 23 TV series. And they are massive. There are 4 of them available on Netflix. And only 1 completely, because it ended in 2013. And 1 more has a Russian audio track. For example, the same House of cards, the pride of Netflix, is not available to us. Like Breaking bad. And they are there. People from America write that Netflix has almost all the top video content that comes on cable channels.

The situation is the same with films. I spent 30 minutes clicking on different movies and couldn't find one with a Russian track. Not to mention the Ukrainian one.

Total

On the one hand, I’m glad that Netflix has suddenly burst into our country and is offering its service. On the other hand, everything is somehow chaotic. It seems like there are a lot of films and TV series - see how many you can fit. Hone your English skills. But I watch TV series to relax and unwind, and not to strain myself, understanding the pronunciation of this or that actor or trying to understand some legal or medical term. I generally keep quiet about jokes.

My personal opinion is damp, very, very damp. If Google play music and Apple music are right with music content, because... While knowledge of foreign languages ​​is not a necessity when listening to music, this does not happen with video content. Moreover, the volume of this content is very limited. Again, foreign companies are stepping on the same rake. They bring us enlightenment in the form of civilized payment for content, while limiting the availability and quantity of this very content for ordinary citizens.
Don’t they understand that we have all this, and even more and better, and for free?

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