Big dramas about nothing.

grolschie: The Neon movie library seems very small.

You have to go to the rentals section.

But if the included movie selection is small, then it isn't going to give much of a reason to be a longer term subscriber IMO. That is one reason why netflix is so successful, it is largely due to the quantity of content.

That is one of the beef's I had with Neon in the past.  They only really keep the "latest and greatest" movie content available.

Once a movie is a few months old, it drops off the platform.  Probably licensing related.  But they do not keep their back catalogue.

Similar issue with TV Programmes (not necessarily Neon related) where a platform only have the last couple of series - i.e. you don't have the option to watch from the beginning.

quickymart:

A few other annoyed people as well.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12346358

No one thought to test this before launching it?

mattwnz:

grolschie: The Neon movie library seems very small.

 

You have to go to the rentals section.

But if the included movie selection is small, then it isn't going to give much of a reason to be a longer term subscriber IMO. That is one reason why netflix is so successful, it is largely due to the quantity of content.

kharris:

quickymart:

 

A few other annoyed people as well.

 

 

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12346358

 

 

 

No one thought to test this before launching it?

 

You really think they didn’t test. Of course they did. There are a lot of different variables. I think their one mistake was telling people to update the old app. They should have just told people to delete the old app and install the new one.

This is Sky we're talking about, who were historically slow to embrace the internet and anything related to streaming, for a long, long time. But if it was all sorted within an hour? That's okay then. Just sounds like a few tweaks required to the library, going on the comments here.

gzt: Hmm. One of the movies I intended to watch is advertised on Neon's Facebook as Streaming Now back in December.

Ready Player One. Looking at Neon-Lightbox now - this is a rental.

Did this change status or was always rental for Neon, or is Sky yet to add the full list of available movies for Neon-Lightbox? I'll have to ask Neon.

Ready Player One really needs to be enjoyed with a good Dolby ATMOS setup :)

This begs the question .. if one is paying for access to certain content on a sub par platform (e.g. Ready Player One on Neon), is there an ethical issue with "obtaining" the same content at a decent quality to make it enjoyable?

herbthedragon:

This begs the question .. if one is paying for access to certain content on a sub par platform (e.g. Ready Player One on Neon), is there an ethical issue with "obtaining" the same content at a decent quality to make it enjoyable?

kharris:

quickymart:

 

A few other annoyed people as well.

 

 

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12346358

 

 

 

No one thought to test this before launching it?

 

You really think they didn’t test. Of course they did. There are a lot of different variables. I think their one mistake was telling people to update the old app. They should have just told people to delete the old app and install the new one.

Thanks. Its still not working so deleted and downloaded, now its fine.

kharris: It’s available on neon in HD 2.0 for $5.99 or on Google play in HD 5.1 for $6.99.

I thought its a pretty great collection of HBO content for $9.99 a month.

I wonder how long they get to keep the HBO stuff exclusive, and what other future content ideas they have.