Best Netflix Originals

I enjoyed Narcos season 1, but haven't gotten a chance to watch season 2. Stranger things I really enjoyed and I am waiting for season 2.

I watched the first episode, but it just didn't interest me. Does it get better? If so, I'll give it another chance.

Best show ever

RX I was interested in Bloodline but it seems to be just another family drama. Is it worth it? Whats unique about it?

Great until they do all that weird dancing.

Agree that Bloodline is way under the rater too.

I enjoyed Marco Polo but its canceled AFAIK.

I did! - It is insanely good.

It does get a little boring towards the end, but nonetheless an excellent show, especially for people who speak Portuguese.

I've never heard of Merli, but I'll look into it. I definitely agree with your reasoning for the show "Love". Gus makes me cringe a little inside every time he talks to women.

Comcast (Kablevision) began the vertical integration when they bought NBC. I believe that this trend will continue and in the future all TV will be delivered over IP by streaming in one way or another. The hardware is already moving in that direction as well.

Definitely an interesting change to see Netflix doing this as well.

I cancelled my cable service just yesterday because Netflix carried all the content I cared about. Local channels are already coming across the wire/air and everything else is wrapped up for $8/month.

I feel the same way as TechBanking: I think we're going to see a lot more content provided through IP as content-makers get into the business of delivering that content on their own, or by linking up with a service like Netflix for (I'm assuming) a lower cost as compared to various cable companies.

The wife and I decided that when the kid is born we're cutting cable. There's going to be a lot less sitting around after work and more focus on what's on at 2am.

I'm going with an antenna, Netflix and Hulu Plus (probably). That with a slightly faster internet speed should work perfectly for us.

Thankfully, I have a friend who will log in to the Watch ESPN app for me to use.

Can't decide on whether or not to get cable once I graduate and move into my apartment for FT (cable is included in my rent right now). Leaning towards no - especially if I can continue to use my parents' Comcast info to get into WatchESPN. I have Netflix and Hulu Plus right now and like them both a lot. House of Cards is fantastic as well.

I've been debating cutting the cord for a while now. I'm basically paying ~$100/month so that I can watch ESPN and HBO and I rarely watch any other channels which is ridiculous. I'd estimate that 95% of what I watch is through Netflix (just started House of Cards last night, and thought the first two episodes were excellent) for $8/month.

I'd happily pay $5-10/month per channel that I want to watch (as I do with HBO) and forgo the rest, but I can't see the monopoly that is the cable industry letting me do that anytime soon. IMO, if everyone could piecemeal their TV plans, then cable providers would take an absolute beating, as most people only seem to watch 5-10 channels of the 200+ they pay for, me included.

I don't have cable. Only netflix

I'd cut the cord but I got a stupid good deal which makes expanded basic+internet 5$ more than just internet. I will probably do it when the promotion is over though.

No question in my mind that we won't have cable television soon, but that doesn't box out the subscription television providers.

The fact is that cable / satellite is very shortly no longer going to be the best way to broadcast television. Internet infrastructure is cheaper to maintain and consolidates the amount of infrastructure that has to be in place to continue television service.

There's still a demand for live television, but how quickly and in what manner does cable television shift to internet distribution? Do all the networks set up their own streaming service through their websites, or do companies like Comcast and DirecTV simply shift their methods of broadcast to internet streaming rather than cable / satellite signals?

Pretty much all modern TVs come standard with internet connectivity and "Smart TV" features. To the extent you have an older TV, you can use products like Roku and Apple TV as TV box replacements. This is the revolution that Apple has been trying to bank on with Apple TV, but they are sadly not the only player in this fight. How long till Netflix joins the "Smart TV box" market?

I personally wouldn't be surprised to see Google win this battle. They appear a few steps ahead of everyone in this game, from where I sit. They launched their Gigabit project in Kansas City, they've been pushing Roku and expanding Google TV. These guys understand something: the solution to television in the near future is internet distribution, which demands a solid "Smart TV box" (to replace your cable box) and improved internet speeds (to make certain you don't have to deal with buffering live TV).

Also worth noting, I think, that although the discussion in this thread is centered around cable subscription and cutting out the distribution channels run by Comcast, Time Warner, etc., the suggestion of the OP's post is that Netflix would be performing the role of production financing, which I find unlikely.

So we've watched the music industry, publishing industry, newspaper industry all have the middle man slapped around like a donkey; is it finally time for the television industry to undergo the same?

It's interesting: when you mention the music industry here, I assumed you're talking about cutting out radio? Because although the record labels have certainly lost profit from the elimination of CDs, they are still pretty vital to music distribution as marketers of the "stars".

More importantly, while music and writing are extremely cheap to produce, television/film isn't so. It costs millions to produce a TV series, and thousands to record an album and it's essentially free to publish digital articles. We're talking about different scales here.

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AAPL is reportedly in talks to bring HBO GO to Apple TV. I could see something interesting developing if they 1) decided to put some of that $137B of cash to good use and buy Netflix and then 2) release an iTV that offers a Netflix/HBO GO combo. Food for thought.

I was glad they added it. Rip Miyagi