Apparently, Netflix pulledStar Trek III: The Search for Spock from its instant streaming service. The company has had much criticism over errors in the way it’s streaming movies, especially the subtitles. Specifically, they pulled The Search for Spock to correct the Vulcan and Klingon subtitles. Apparently, the film had been streaming with English dubbing over the alien languages, but the service will reinstate the original audio and supplement it with English subtitles. But not the ones from the original DVDs – Netflix will use their own subtitles instead, ensuring the accuracy of the Klingon-to-English and Vulcan-to-English translations. I think they must be finished correcting them already, because I am able to pull up the movie on Netflix, though I don’t have the time to watch it right now.
This seems pretty stupid. The subtitles are already on the DVDs. I guess the folks at Netflix have some spare time on their hands.
Last month Netflix announced that it would be launching multi-user profiles this summer. Despite the fact that a subscription to Netflix only costs $8 per month, many subscribers are likely to share their subscriptions with family members or friends. Sharing one profile meant that all users would have to deal with suggestions and recommendations that were generated based on everyone’s viewing habits. Multiple profiles on a single account will allow each user to have his or her own profile, and thus his or her own set of personalized suggestions and recommendations.
Individual user profiles will also have their own Recently Watched lists and Instant Queue. Each profile can also be connected to Facebook so as to pull in personalized suggestions from friends on the social network. Netflix says that user profiles will roll out for iOS, Apple TV and other devices such as PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and new Blu-ray players and Smart TVs in the next few days. Support for Android and Nintendo Wii has also been promised. It was only a couple of days ago when we spotted multi-user profiles popping up in Apple TV, the feature is now finally being rolled out for everyone.
Today, Netflix started rolling out the user profiles we’ve been hearing about. Huzzah, you can finally share an account with your roommate without your feed getting carpet-bombed by episodes of Jericho.
Back in June, Netflix announced that it would be rolling out individual user profiles at some point over the summer, and today they’ve done just that. The company is finally ready to release a feature for its streaming service that many users have been dreaming about for awhile now, and it’s finally here. Individual profiles […]
Netflix is finally ready to deliver individual profiles for its streaming service, meant to satisfy households with shared accounts by providing everyone their own settings, viewing history and (where available) queue. Profiles are coming to all Netflix regions starting today, but may take a couple of weeks to appear on every account as they roll out gradually. Device support will also take some time to hit everywhere even though most clients (the PS3 is shown above) are ready for profiles today. Two platforms not yet sorted are Android and the Nintendo Wii, where support will arrive “later in the fall” and in mid-August, respectively. Once the new feature is available however, it should be easy for users to access and setup, as we learned from Chief Produce Officer Neil Hunt that focusing on ease of use was the company’s main priority. We’ve also had a chance to check it out ourselves, check after the break for a few more details and quick video preview.
It has only been a few days since Google released Android 4.3. The latest Jelly Bean update is currently available for Nexus devices only, other manufacturers will have their own release time-frames. A lot of users have reported a bug in the Netflix app that’s causing quite an issue for those running Android 4.3. If the user launches Netflix app and the devices goes to sleep due to no input from the user for a select time period, it won’t come back up if the power button is pressed. Pressing the power button once normally brings the device back from sleep, in this particular case, the power button has to be pressed so that the device can be restarted.
Judging by the complaints received so far, it doesn’t look like its necessary for a video to be playing in the Netflix app. Merely launching it and letting the device go to sleep will trigger this bug. Fortunately, both Google and Netflix are aware of this bug. Google Dan Morrill left a comment on Reddit saying that they have their “top men” working on it. Hopefully a fix will be just around the corner. Have you experienced this bug on your Android 4.3 running Nexus device?
Numerous reports have been received of the fact that Netflix personalized user profiles are showing up on Apple TV. This feature itself is expected to be launched in August. However, a lot of users have reached out to Macrumors saying that they are already able to see personalized user profiles in the Netflix app on Apple TV. These profiles allow users of shared accounts to keep all of their interests and recommendations separate from other members that use that same Netflix account.
Previously, Netflix only offered a single interface for all users. This meant that recommendations and interests would be compounded based on the input from all of the users, they wouldn’t be tailored for one individual user. On the Apple TV, users will be able to manage profiles, as well as create queues and see the list of recently viewed items. Netflix has said that the official release of this feature will take place this summer, after that individual users would be able to set up their own profiles on the web which would then be accessible through Apple TV.
In a bit of a change-up from past fees from notable console-selling brands, the Sony PlayStation 4 has been revealed this week to be coming without fees for online chat or third-party app streaming for apps such as Hulu and Netflix. This news came aside reassurance that a $50-a-year PlayStation Plus subscription would have a big of a flip in which services it offered. A PlayStation Plus subscription brings a user free online multiplayer – users will not be able to play multiplayer online without this subscription unless the games they are playing are also free-to-play.
Sony’s PlayStation Access let this fact and other bits and pieces be known this afternoon in a Q and A video which also stated the friend limit to have been lifted to 2,000. This will allow you to work with Party Chat with essentially anyone you meet.
You’ll also be able to keep your current PlayStation Network name, avatar, and information therein – it all transfers over with great ease.
This session made note of the DualShock 3 controller not being able to work with the PlayStation 4, also confirming the tip that the PlayStation Move will work just as it does with the PlayStation 3. Sony went on to made certain the distinction between the colors of the original PlayStation 3 (Piano Black) and the PlayStation 4 (Jet Black) to make sure everyone could get the hint – there very well may be different colors for the console once it’s past launch phase.
It was confirmed that the Sony PlayStation 4 will be supporting 3D content, but no confirmation of what or when was made. “We’ll have more news coming soon” is as far as Sony will go at the moment. The PlayStation 4 will have a 500GB drive inside, it was also asserted, and just like the PlayStation 3, users will be able to expand.
Sound good enough for you for now? Let us know how you’re feeling about what Sony’s let the world know so far about this next-generation console and if you’ll be planning on partaking as well!
You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Breaking Bad fans in the UK looking for instant gratification won’t have to resort to the torrents anymore, as new episodes will hit Netflix in Ireland and the UK immediately after airing in the US. British viewers are accustomed to longer waits for such shows, but after broadcaster AMC worked with Netflix UK to make episodes of The Killing available sooner, the pair have now followed suit with Breaking Bad. Creator Vince Gilligan said the show has become a “phenomenon” in the countries, and added that he’s “delighted” that fans there will be able to enjoy it earlier. Magnanimity aside, the move will no doubt take some of the sting out of the piracy that’s inevitable with a long lag, too. Check the PR after the jump for more.
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