NetFlix is the best streaming movie service you can have in Italy "> Amazon Prime Video, the choice of which of the movie websites has the best offer becomes a comparison almost exclusively between NetFlix and Sky's Now TV, which are the ones with more content (third with a lot of detachment is Mediaset's Infinity TV which, as we will see, is not worth it). The problem with all sites with subscription films and TV series except Netflix is that they appear to be treated as B series services.
For example, speaking of NowTV, it seems as if Sky considers its offer on the Internet only an accessory and low cost service compared to Sky's normal PayTV, as if it were only a vehicle to invite subscribers to subscribe to Sky.
Now TV, compared to Netflix, offers many more popular content such as the Walking Dead and Game of Thrones TV series and many first-run films.
In addition, Now TV also allows you to subscribe to watch football matches live, albeit with a lag (i.e. a delay) that is even higher than pirated sites.
NowTV has higher prices than Netflix and very annoying limits, such as the inability to watch movies by connecting your PC to your TV with devices such as Chromecast or via the app for smart TV.
Sky still wants you to buy a TV decoder box, that is a useless black box to be able to open Now TV on the TV.
A major flaw of the Italian streaming movie services that are not Netflix is the incredible ambiguity of the prices, with many limitations and optional activations (such as HD quality for example) that increase the subscription price without even realizing it.
Netflix, for its part, is very transparent and clear.
The available subscriptions are final and have no surprises.
Netflix has no limitations on watching TV, supports the connection with Chromecast and provides a dedicated app for almost every model of Smart TV so you can quickly access it without turning on the computer.
Netflix is very fast and never stops even if you have a cheap internet connection.
It also supports HD viewing on 4K screens at no additional cost, has exclusive content such as films and TV series produced by Netflix itself and a rich section of cartoons for children.
The biggest difference between Now TV and Netflix, however, is all in how websites and apps are conceived on devices .
While that of NowTV is very advertising, with "find out more" or "activate now" banners that disturb the selection of the film or video to be seen, Netflix has a very clean site, with movie posters, a list divided into categories and especially an ability to recommend films that we may like based on those already seen.
Netflix's recommendation engine is great for finding new things to look at and alone worth the ticket price for how much it pampers you.
The comparison between the apps is even embarrassing, with Netflix being available for practically any type of device that can connect to the internet (cell phones, tablets, TV) and that works almost all on its own, in a super intelligent way.
You can either start seeing something and let it go into automatic play all day or resume the day after the TV series where you had arrived without having to search.
NetFlix also allows you to download videos to your smartphon to view them offline when you don't have an internet connection.
Netflix movies and TV shows can be viewed on any TV by connecting Netflix to the Chromecast, which NowTV does not allow you to do.
NowTV has a static app, where you always have to look for what to see and which often crashes on many devices.
Finally, the comparison of costs.
Both Now Tv and Netflix services can be tried for free.
While Netflix is a very fast registration only with Email, password and credit card or Paypal connection, Now TV has a registration form that, as you can easily imagine, inserts us directly into the lists of customers to be tortured with proposals and offers from calls center.
In addition, Netflix can be deactivated with a click, while Now TV is more subtle, it only has a 15-day free trial period and hides a bit the option to renew the subscription, without warning the user, as if to want to screw him .
Netflix costs 10 Euros per month with all HD videos and the ability to connect from two different computers or devices (such as smartphones) simultaneously.
By paying 12 Euros instead of 10, Netflix allows you to watch movies with 4K Ultra HD quality and the ability to connect from 4 devices.
The thing about simultaneous devices is a big advantage because it allows you to divide the same Netflix subscription between two or four people.
Netflix has a rich catalog, even with first-run films, exclusive films, popular TV series such as Lost and Breaking Bed and exclusive TV series such as Sense8, Orange is the new Black or Tredici.
NowTV costs much more than Netflix, 15 euros for three ticket subscriptions (Cinema, various broadcasts and TV series) the first month which even become 20 Euros after the first month .
Also you cannot watch NowTV on two screens at the same time, unless you pay 3 Euros more per month.
If it weren't for all the differences seen above, it would also be a fair price given that Now TV has the entire catalog of Sky content, therefore TV series such as Game of Thrones and Walking Dead and Westworld, first-run films, shows like X Factor, Masterchef, Italia's Got Talent, many high quality documentaries from Sky Arte (international network).
Infinity by Mediaset is the third of the movie and TV series streaming sites, much lower than NetFlix and Now TV for the catalog.
Aside from interesting TV series like Mr Robot and Shameless or great classics like The Big Bang Theory, there is not much else and even the films are not prime TV.
The Infinity TV site is significantly lower than Netflix so much that it seems almost abandoned, not to mention the application that crashes often.
Watch movies on Infitiy TV, without automatic shooting and without any intelligence.
In short, if the Sky catalog was in Netflix, we would certainly have had the perfect and unbeatable streaming service, but since this is not the case, if you have to choose (because in the end nothing prevents you from subscribing to both, especially given that Netflix costs very little), Netflix doesn't really fight and is much better than Now TV, Infinity and any other online movie service that exists today.
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