>> BRIAN: Which do you spend more time doing?
Watching stuff on Netflix or browsing in Netflix?
>> JASON: It's really kind of the equivalent of
being at like a Blockbuster Video, if you remember those.
>> Blockbuster Video!
>> It is! >> [high pitched] Oh, this is hilarious!
You're adorable.
>> ROBOT VOICE: The Modern Rogue
is good at watching movies.
[mechanical keyboard clacking] Secret bitrate menu. [feedback]
>> Check this out, right.
Here, I'm watching my favorite show
about travel hacks right here.
>> Oh, this is a good one.
>> I hit Shift, Control, Alt, and S in Chrome.
Boom!
>> JASON: Buffering sucks.
You can fix it.
This is how, by adjusting your audio
and video bitrate, or on the CDN,
which server farm you're tapping into.
You can actually do this on the consoles as well.
>> It's like a variation of the Konami code.
It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right,
up, up, up, up, up, up, up,
and it'll open the same menu.
>> Do you get like 30 free movies
or something like if you enter that into the--
>> No, no.
>> It just brings up the menu, okay sorry.
>> ROBOT VOICE: Netflix Enhancement. [sharp feedback]
>> This is a Chrome add-on
that you can use that will, within Netflix,
show you the Rotten Tomatoes rating,
the Metacritic rating, and the trailer
as you pull up each movie.
>> BRIAN: All right, so now when you mouse over,
oh look at that!
There we go. So, you get the IMDB rating on there.
>> JASON: Yeah, pull up a movie.
>> BRIAN: Dude, that's great.
Hold on. >> Go to a movie--
>> BRIAN: Let's look at-- this show looks really good.
[laughter] These guys look awesome.
>> JASON: [stammering] Is there a trailer for it? Is that what the camera is right there?
>> BRIAN: Ooh, good call.
[heavy thud] Oh right on!
Oh geez, it definitely is playing a bootleg
of the same episode. [laughter while audio of the episode plays quietly]
>> ROBOT VOICE: Predictive rating system.
>> The star ratings on Netflix, a lot of people don't realize that
that is not the aggregate that they're showing you.
They are just showing you
what they think you will rate the show as.
>> That's their predicted amount of liking it, yep.
>> Strangely enough, Hacking the System--
>> Thinks I like it four stars!
>> It thought I was going to rate it one star.
[hemming and laughter]
>> ROBOT VOICE: Subverting geo-blocking.
>> A lot of people would use VPNs,
or virtual private networks, to access the movie catalogs
for Netflix in other countries.
>> Stuff that's geographically blocked.
By the way, that's relevant now
because the new Star Trek series
that's being developed just for CBS Online-- >> Yes.
>> will be available internationally the very next day
on Netflix, but not in the United States.
>> Yeah, and--
>> So, if you had a VPN, you could [mumbles] "Oh look, I'm over here."
>> Yeah, and when I read that, I thought,
[scoffs] "Well I can get around that."
Well, Netflix has started cracking down on it,
unfortunately. >> Yeah!
I guess those days are over?
Netflix is banning all of the well-known ones.
There are still a couple
of lesser-known VPN services out there,
or you could create your own.
>> See, that sounds like voodoo.
How does one figure out how to create their own VPN?
>> JASON: You Google "create your own VPN."
>> Of course, why wouldn't it be? >> Yeah.
>> It's the internet.
>> ROBOT VOICE: Keyboard shortcuts.
>> BRIAN: Right arrow, left arrow,
for forward and rewind.
>> JASON: And if you do page down, it will pause,
which I don't know why you would use that, because
[Brian stammers incoherently] the space bar.
>> Yeah, space bar is play/pause, right? So--
>> Yeah, everybody knows that. >> What's the the point in that?
>> Also, you can mute with M.
>> Oh, that is a good one.
>> JASON: Yeah, if you want to watch Hacking the System
just for the sexy hosts, you don't want to hear
their stupid words-- >> All right.
>> JASON: M. [laughing]
You can do full screen with escape and F.
Look at that guy! Looking like a badass on the front--
>> He's a rebel.
>> of that Camero that he nearly wrecked
on the I-10. >> Has it out for this guy.
>> Yeah.
>> ROBOT VOICE: Optimizing HD.
>> If you go to netflix.com/hdtoggle, you get all
of these playback settings that you can do,
auto, low, medium, high, right?
>> I am not confident in how well auto works.
I will just always put it on high
unless it just totally starts buffering.
>> BRIAN: Oh, no, that's a good point, actually.
Although, this matters a lot
if you have some kind of data caps
that you're working with, so you'd want to stick it
on low all the time. [vhs tape ejection]
>> ROBOT VOICE: The Netflix ID bible. [sharp feedback]
>> All right, so what is the Netflix bible?
>> You know how there are different, weird categories
on Netflix? >> Yeah!
"Subversive movies starring... Raul Julia?" [laughs]
>> Yeah, exactly!
"Tense, suspense thrillers," "movies about Xerxes."
[both laugh]
>> "Movies for ages 11-12,"
like that is a very precise category.
>> Those always pop up, and sometimes you can find them
and sometimes you can't.
Go to netflix.com/browse/genre/ then the number.
>> BRIAN: Whatever the number is.
>> Yes. >> Got it.
>> BRIAN: And I'm going to spin the wheel.
Let's do deep sea horror movies.
>> Leviathan. >> Oh, yeah, of course!
>> DeepStar Six.
>> BRIAN: Oh, good old
Harbinger Down. >> Sharknado.
Harbinger Down's actually pretty good.
[incredulously] >> Wait, no, it's got one star!
>> It's pretty good.
It's decent. >> It's got 4.5,
[through laughter] it's got 50 on Metacritic.
>> JASON: It's got Lance Henriksen in it,
so don't bother with that.
It's awesome! >> Okay, all right.
3-Headed Shark Attack?
>>> BOTH: Avalanche Sharks!
>> JASON: I think we've definitely got to watch that one.
>> Oh my god, I feel like we've stolen fire from the gods.
[laughter] This is amazing!
Oh! Have you heard about the nonsense Netflix titles?
>> What? No.
>> So, they do stuff for internal testing.
They create shows that don't actually exist,
that is just like boring b-roll crap.
Have you seen this? >> Really‽
>> Oh, this is wonderful!
[vhs ejection]
>> ROBOT VOICE: Example show. [sharp feedback]
>> JASON: Okay... >> BRIAN: Hey, look, it's Example Show!
[confused] >> Episode is spelled wrong.
[laughing] >> Wait, it is‽
>> Yeah! Pull--do the--
Yeah, look, episode is spelled wrong.
[bursting out in laughter]
How long is this?
>> BRIAN: And it just says
"There's no crying in baseball!"
It's a great show.
[Brian laughs] >> What is this?
>> This is the stuff they use for internal testing,
but that you can find the URLs to.
Is that amazing?
>> It's like Netflix is having a stroke.
[Brian laughs]
>> BRIAN: "There's no crying in baseball,"
that's my fav--I can't believe
that's what's in the closed captions.
>> Skip ahead, I've got to find out what happens now.
[outrageous laughter] Yes!
And he's moonwalking with a laptop!
[without breath] >> Ah, it's so good!
>> Oh my god. [Brian takes in a deep breath to revive his laughter]
>> Example Show is my favorite Netflix Original.
>> This is great. [laughter]
I wonder if he works for Netflix,
or if they hired an actor. >> [unintelligibly] Oh my god, he should.
>> EXAMPLE MAN: Tributaries follow him to Rome
to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?
[increasing in anger and severity] You blocks, you stones,
you worse than senseless things.
O you hard hearts-- >> Is this Shakespeare?
>> EXAMPLE MAN: You cruel men of Rome, knew you not Pompey? >> It is Shakespeare.
>> It's about to start talking about--
[beeps] [Brian laughs]
Oh, this is so amazing.
[Brian laughs] >> I'm going to go home and watch this.
[optimistic] So, is--there's an episode two?
>> I don't know, here-- >> Well, skip ahead!
>> BRIAN: Look, it says "Example Show,"
[with dynamic tonality] "An example of a show, an example of a show--"
>> JASON: "An example of a show."
>> "Starring actress" >> "Actress."
>> "and actor." [laughs]
>> Go to episodes.
>> BRIAN: All right.
Oh there's two! >> JASON: Two episodes!
>> BRIAN: There's a second episode of Example Show.
>> Yeah!
It's the-- >> BRIAN: It's the same episode! [both laugh]
Well played, Netflix. Well played.
[laughter]
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