Comments on: Exclusive: A first look at Netflix’s test of personalized profiles

By: smc

smc — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:07:48 +0000

rating helps some, i know this because i share my account with a roommate with very different tastes, and i do still get recs based on what she watches, but since i’m the only one currently rating things, most of the recs lean towards what i watch anyway. still i’d like to see multiple profiles because she’d benefit from seeing recs that are meant for her and not me. she feels like there’s no selection while i find plenty of new things to watch. i can’t help but feel a personalized profile would change her opinion.

By: Greg Scott

Greg Scott — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:13:08 +0000

This point needs to be emphasized. After Jr is in bed and we get a chance to watch something we want.. sorting through Thomas and Friends and Yo Gabba Gabb does not make picking a movie -we- would want to watch any easier.

Sign me up for the beta, I wouldn’t even care if this feature works well, just get me in the program!

By: Ryan J.

Ryan J. — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:23:20 +0000

Silly people who think that wanting some parental controls makes you a bad parent. Some parents want parental controls, others don’t. Okay, that’s what parenting is all about. Each parent tries to decide what’s best for each of their children. Cars have seat belts and some parents may require their kids to use them, and others may not. Is it really all that offensive to have parental controls so that parents can choose to use them (or not)?

By: Kelley

Kelley — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:27:23 +0000

Why it it taking so long to restart this, Netflix had it over five years ago? They stopped it in 2008!!!! Not sure what the hold up is for this every so simple fix.

By: guitzilla

guitzilla — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:19:45 +0000

If I could just set a password on these profiles and then be able to log into a different profile on the device (WII, xbox, mobile device etc.) and be able to switch profiles only if logged in as the main account holder that would solve the problem for me. Right now there is no way to log in on the devices as the profile so the kids get my selections (or more often I get only theirs!). Seems like a simple addition/development effort that would solve the issue.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:50:28 +0000

I got Amazon Prime too. It sucks too. I like the idea be it long overdue or not. The one thing I am not reading here is that there will be a way to lock kids out of parents profiles. Just having separate kids profiles and loading them with age appropriate content does not keep a kid from selecting dads profile and being able to see anything at that point. There is a netflix kids currently but no password protection for the full side of the site so kids can just select either one.

By: MTT

MTT — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:43:00 +0000

Netflix can’t get the DVD profiles to work, it’s been “temporarily unavailable” for almost a year now!!!!
What makes you all think that these will work!
Canceling my account and getting Amazon Prime!

By: swattz101

swattz101 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:42:02 +0000

My PS3 uses my Netflix profile for both mine and my son’s PS3 profile. My Netflix suggestions are full of his anime cartoons and none of my SciFi shows seem to matter.

By: Eugene Rosenfeld

Eugene Rosenfeld — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:27:37 +0000

MultiQs looks pretty cool. Do you know if it’s available on Sony PS3?

By: jedipunk

jedipunk — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:59:58 +0000

MultiQs.com can do some of those things via ROKU, but is not fool proof.