Netflix is obviously super popular
becomes more and more popular every day
and if you want to know the best ways
that you can get the most out of your
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a future video now today as I said we
are talking about Netflix and getting
the most bang for your buck for your
Netflix subscription you're probably
playing around $10 a month for Netflix
and I want to help you stretch that
dollar a lot of times at least from me
I'll sit down
I'll pull Netflix up and I'll start
scrolling through looking for something
to watch unable to find exactly what I'm
going to mood for so for some of you may
feel if you're having that's a
subscription but you never know what to
watch so in this video I've got 15 tips
15 ways that you can get the most out of
your Netflix subscription let's jump
into it right now now first on my list
is for people who haven't tried Netflix
yes and there are people like this out
there in fact a couple of weeks ago I
was talking to someone and I mentioned
to them the show that was on Netflix and
I said you have Netflix right I don't
know I don't even know why I asked that
question cuz I just think everyone does
and they said no and like I was all I
ever did it I didn't even know what to
say at that I didn't even know what
words should come out of my mouth next
it was so weird to talk to someone who
said no I do not use I've never had a
Netflix subscription so if that's mean
though if you're one of those people
just have a Netflix subscription you can
get a one-month Netflix free trial right
now just go to Netflix calm and you'll
see they probably offer it right there
it's either going to be a two-week free
trial or a one-month free trial they
usually go between those and offering
them so all these links to everything is
down in the description below if you
want to try out Netflix for yourself
just grab a free trial super easy
next tips this one is pretty big there
are secret Netflix categories that you
can't access unless you know
secret code so here's what I mean if
you're looking for something specific or
you're looking for a specific genre
something that's more dialed in than a
huge genre like comedy you can actually
go to a web browser and type in a
Netflix URL and add a code at the end to
tap into their secret category so for
example let me read some of these to you
you go to your web browser and you type
in Netflix com slash browse slash genre
slash and then you put in a coaster for
example slash five 505 is the secret
code for psychological thriller so
anything that Netflix has categorized as
being a psychological thriller you can
access all of them using that URL you
can only do this from a web browser you
can't do this on a smart TV or tablet or
in an app you have to do it from a web
browser now if you swap out five five oh
five in a sense you put in for nine to
two that satires or if you use two six
that's mockumentary and then there are
kind of really specific ones like if you
put in slash seven five nine three zero
that's werewolf horror movie so if you
ever find yourself in the mood for
werewolf horror movies you just put in
that code if you edit that URL and it'll
show you everything that netflix has
that's categorized as a werewolf horror
movie or four nine six one is dramas
based on books so if you love reading or
you just want to watch dramas that are
based on books there you go easy way to
access that stuff now there are over 100
of these secret codes I'm leaving every
single one of these down in the
description below so if you want to take
a look at the full list to unlock
basically the Netflix catalog hit the
description down below and use that
secret tip to find exactly what you're
looking for next up is Netflix profiles
in case you didn't know Netflix now
allows you to have up to five different
profiles on your Netflix account and a
profile basically means five different
sets of recommendations and five
different rules if you want to set those
up as well
so for example you can have a Netflix
profile and your roommate can have a
Netflix profile or your kids can have a
Netflix
file or each of your kids individually
can have a Netflix profile or your
spouse and so what that means for you is
all of your necessary commend ations
when you launch Netflix and you go into
your profile those are going to be
tailored to your likes and your dislikes
so rather than having a family or a
group account where everyone is watching
stuff so yes you've got your kids
watching Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob
you pull up Netflix in the evening after
a hard day of work and all you're seeing
are disney animated movies that's not
the best so instead you give your kids
an account and all their preferences
will be on that account your preferences
will be on your account your spouse your
roommate etc everyone can have their own
account and their own preferences making
it super easy to make Netflix of work
for you next up on my list of ways to
make your Netflix experience even better
it's actually an external website called
what's on Netflix every month Netflix is
adding and removing content there was
adding and removing shows or adding and
removing originals or adding and
removing movies things like that you
never know unless you really pay
attention every month what's being added
and what's being taken away what's on
Netflix is an easy way to see at the
beginning of each month or just at any
time really because they're adding stuff
all throughout the month what's been
added and what's new so it's a cool way
to find out things that are on Netflix
that aren't necessarily showing on your
Netflix dashboard another cool place to
go is the Netflix best herb subreddit
where reddit members post their hidden
gems and also some not go ahead and gem
some pretty hyped up shows as well but
basically their picks for what's good to
watch on Netflix and you can go in and
you can read the discussion as well to
see why people liked it and also which
people didn't like it just another way
to get some good recommendations of what
to watch on Netflix by the way if you're
a fan of Netflix you should also check
out plex
big shout out to Plex I'm a huge fan of
Plex and I've been a longtime user if
you're unaware Plex is a service and an
app you can download it to an iPhone
from the App Store or to an Android
device from the Google Play Store and it
allows you to stream content stored on
your home network it's super simple to
use super simple to set up and it's free
there is a paid version called the Plex
pass and that gives you early access to
new Plex features lets you watch content
line gives you mobile sync cloud sync
and camera upload and so much more so be
sure to check out plex I'll leave links
down in the description below to the
free download of plex as well as the
plex pass all right next up is a cool
tool that I like it's a Chrome extension
actually so it only works in the Google
Chrome web browser and it's called an
enhancer so the letter N and then the
word enhancer but all squished up into
one word what an enhancer does is when
you're browsing Netflix it actually adds
in a couple of things it adds in the
Rotten Tomatoes score it adds in the
IMDB rating and it adds in movie
trailers for any movies that have them
which is pretty much every movie has a
movie trailer right so while you're
browsing Netflix if you're unsure if
something is good or not you can see the
IMDB rating you can see the run tomato
score and you can also watch the movie
trailer just to get a feel for that
movie and see if it's something you want
to spend your time on because one thing
I hate is taking something on Netflix to
watch them like 10 minutes in feeling
like I just wasted my time I'm not
really enjoying this drop a comment
below if you've been there next up on my
list is Rotten Tomatoes Netflix section
so if you don't want to use a Google
Chrome extension or you don't use Google
Chrome at all but you still want
something similar you can go to Rotten
Tomatoes comm and look at their Netflix
section their Netflix streaming section
will have ratings for everything that's
available on Netflix so it gets another
way to find out if something is worth
watching and what the critics and what
fans think of these shows movies next up
on my list is Netflix roulette sometimes
you don't want to go to rotten tomatoes
you don't want to watch movie trailers
you just want to just see something
random and have a play that's what the
Netflix we let website is all about you
just go in and you can just play
roulette you can have it spin for you
it'll show you something randomly picked
on Netflix or you can put in some
parameters like I want to watch a TV
show or I wanna watch a movie or I like
this director and just show me something
random and it'll show you something
random if you don't like it you just hit
hit spin it'll show you something else
random just another cool way it's a kind
of surface stuff that you may not even
know is on Netflix without doing too
much work because again it takes 40
alright next up on my list this is for
all the binge Watchers out there a lot
people who binge watch shows like to do
it with other people's and whether you
have friends over or you have a roommate
or you have your girlfriend boyfriend
husband wife etc binge watching is huge
it's the way a lot of people consume TV
nowadays but sometimes the people you've
been watch with has to leave town it's
one a business trip if they're going a
family trip basically separated for
whatever reason it is and then you have
to not watch it you can't binge cheap
you don't want to cheat on them by
binging and continuing a show without
them I have a friend who did that you
know what I'm talking about
Eric you did that to me with Breaking
Bad I'm still salty about it and
actually I'm going to tell you what
happened we were watching Breaking Bad
all together right bunch of like season
four it was like a week with it's me
Eric and he comes over to watch at the
beginning of season 4 something he says
made me realize he already saw Episode
one of season four something like oh
watch this is a good part something like
that and then come to find out he didn't
just watch one episode before this new
rush the whole season he did watch the
whole season four we had watched
everything else together
not cool Eric so if you don't want to be
that person then you should check out
show goers for Netflix show for Netflix
is pretty cool it allows you to select a
Netflix show and then invite other
people to watch it with you at the same
time so it's all synced up no matter
where they are you can be in New York
and they can be in California and you're
all watching at the same time and then
it also sets up a chat window so if you
want to chat about the show or whatever
you can do that in the window and it's
more than two people you have a bunch of
people in there all watching the same
show all in the chat window allow you to
keep on binging even when people are far
away next up on my list is parental
controls this may be obvious to some but
a lot of people don't realize Netflix
actually does have parental controls so
parents you can create a profile like I
mentioned earlier give that profile to
your kids and you can set the parameters
for what they can watch on Netflix there
are four levels that Netflix has they
have little kids older kids teens and
adults and whatever restriction you put
on the account they can watch anything
at that level or below anything above
that level that they try to watch it'll
require a four digit PIN
that you would have to input so you can
lock out content and you don't
necessarily want them to watch next up
is a service that helps you determine
where to watch content have you ever
been watching a show on Netflix or in
the middle of a movie or just had
something in your Netflix list that you
wanted to see and then it was removed
from Netflix I hate when it happens
especially midseason of a show the
website where to rock is cool because
you can go there type in the name of
that content the show in a movie and
it'll tell you where else you can watch
it and sometimes actually start there if
an old show or movie pops into my head
I'm like oh I want to see that I wonder
if it's playing on any streaming service
rather than going into Netflix and then
going into Hulu and then going into
Amazon etc you can go to where to watch
type in the name and it will tell you
where you can watch that content if it's
available online they'll tell you where
you can rent it or if it's available for
streaming for free etc where to watch is
a really cool resource all right next up
is the rating system in case you didn't
know
Netflix used to have a five-star rating
system whenever you watch something or
if you've already seen it before
and go in and rate that content between
one and five stars and Netflix would use
that to recommend content to you in the
future
what they found was the majority of
people only use two of those five
ratings 1 star and 5 stars every now and
then they may veer off but for the most
part people put in 5 stars or 1 star and
so they actually change that recently so
they got rid of the 5 star rating system
and instead now the thumbs up and a
thumbs down so whenever you watch a
piece of content make sure you go in and
just give it a thumbs up or thumbs down
either you liked it or you didn't like
it and that's going to help Netflix
continue to recommend things that it
thinks you'll enjoy based on your
recommendation if you like all this
stuff you'll probably like this stuff
too and if you dislike all of this stuff
so we probably shouldn't show them this
other stuff that they're probably not
going to like either all right next up
on my list is a way to save money on
Netflix and that is through getting a
standard definition plan most people
don't know this so Netflix is typically
$9.99 a month that gives you
high-definition streaming and streaming
on up to 2 devices at one time but if
you don't care about the quality of your
strips you don't care about
high-definition you just want to save
money you can actually downgrade your
plans you're going to your
plan and choose the standard definition
plan that's $7.99 a month instead of
$9.99 a month so you save yourselves 20%
off each and every month now you can
only stream to one device at a time
instead of two but if that doesn't
matter if all you do is stream to let's
just say a smartphone or a tablet to
watch Netflix you don't care about
streaming to multiple devices at the
same time you can save yourself some
money by switching to the standard
definition plan alternatively you can
also spend more money on Netflix my next
tip is for people who have a higher
definition display behind me I have a 4k
display that supports high dynamic range
HDR Netflix is one of the streaming
services that provides 4k streaming with
high dynamic range content if you have a
TV like this you may not realize that
you're not getting that content though
because it comes at an extra fee so if
you want to be able to stream 4k HDR
content you go into your settings and
you actually choose the Netflix premium
streaming plan and what that cost is
$11.99 per month so it's $2 more than
the standard plan and that allows you to
stream 4k HDR
on available titles and also upgrades
you from being able to stream on two
devices at a time to streaming on up
some four devices at one time and next
on my list is another way to save money
it's not going to save you money on your
Netflix plan but it may save you money
on your data plan if you don't have an
unlimited data plan and you watch a lot
of Netflix on your smartphone on the go
you may be killing your data plan and
you may be hesitant to even stream
Netflix when you're out and about but
there's a setting you can go into your
Netflix account and change your playback
settings what that allows you to do is
basically reduce the size of the stream
coming from Netflix by about to 90%
depending on the setting choose so then
when you're streaming when you're on the
go you're using a lot less data and
therefore avoiding those data origins
again if you have an unlimited plan
probably won't affect you unless you
start getting throttled but it is
something to consider keep using Netflix
but don't allow that but start causing
you to have to pay more to your
telephone company so there you have it
guys those were your 14 tips to get the
most out of your Netflix subscription
save a little money get more
entertainment
make it easier to find the stuff that
you really want to watch let me know
what you think of this list in the
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