Speaker 1: The tools to make Netflix work better for you. What's
Speaker 1: going on? I'm Rich Demiro, this is Rich on Tech. Well,
Speaker 1: maybe it's just me, but pretty much any conversation I
Speaker 1: have these days somehow ends up on one of two topics,
Speaker 1: the iPhone or Netflix. These are two pretty big forces
Speaker 1: in our lives. And I'm on this new thing where
Speaker 1: I sort of refuse to pay six dollars to rent
Speaker 1: a movie on iTunes. I'm already paying fourteen dollars a
Speaker 1: month for Netflix's Top plan, which includes four screens at
Speaker 1: a time, HD and Ultra HD, and the ability to
Speaker 1: download videos on four phones or tablets, which, by the way,
Speaker 1: I've maxed out. Mix that with the forty dollars a
Speaker 1: month I'm paying for DirecTV Now and the ten dollars
Speaker 1: a month for YouTube Premium, and I don't want to
Speaker 1: pay for any more TV shows or movies, which is
Speaker 1: why I'm trying to make the most out of my
Speaker 1: Netflix membership and do my best to avoid what generally
Speaker 1: happens on a Friday night, which is you spend more
Speaker 1: time trying to find something to watch on Netflix than
Speaker 1: you actually do watching Netflix. Keep in mind, I'm not
Speaker 1: binging shows, so movies are really the only thing that
Speaker 1: I'm interested in watching right now. Now. I tell you
Speaker 1: all this because there's a new Chrome extension that helps
Speaker 1: you make the most out of Netflix by letting you
Speaker 1: browse all of those so called secret categories. I did
Speaker 1: a blog post on this a couple of years ago
Speaker 1: and it went crazy viral. Basically, it was all the
Speaker 1: secret codes that you can use to find all the
Speaker 1: categories that Netflix puts their movies in. Well, this Chrome
Speaker 1: extension lets you browse all of those categories. And when
Speaker 1: I installed this, I realized there are a bunch of
Speaker 1: other Netflix Helper extensions that you can really use to
Speaker 1: customize your experience. Keep in mind, these are all extensions
Speaker 1: for the Chrome web browser, so the way to use
Speaker 1: them is to browse for movies on your computer, then
Speaker 1: add them to your list on Netflix, and then you
Speaker 1: can watch them on your TV, your tablet, or wherever
Speaker 1: you watch. So let's get to that first one. It's
Speaker 1: called Better Browse for Netflix. This lets you explore all
Speaker 1: those secret categories on Netflix that aren't really secret, but
Speaker 1: Netflix does organize movies in a million different ways, and
Speaker 1: this extension lets you search those categories and browse them.
Speaker 1: So while Netflix might give you the ability to look
Speaker 1: at dramas and then see a section labeled because you
Speaker 1: added Million Dollar Baby to your list, Better Browse lets
Speaker 1: you see everything that's available, including anime, action, anime comedies,
Speaker 1: anime dramas, or classic dramas, classic TV shows, or classic
Speaker 1: war movies. Then you've got the films based on a
Speaker 1: book category, martial arts movies, monster movies, movies for kids
Speaker 1: age two to four, or various other age ranges. And
Speaker 1: this alone is great for finding movies for the kids.
Speaker 1: Better Browse integrates right into the Netflix homescreen and it
Speaker 1: is an extension I will be keeping for sure. Next
Speaker 1: up an extension called super Netflix. This lets you customize
Speaker 1: just about every aspect of your viewing experience, including this
Speaker 1: speed that you watch a show in. You can go
Speaker 1: from a halftime to four times faster. According to the description.
Speaker 1: This can be helpful if a movie is slow, or
Speaker 1: maybe if you're trying to learn a new language. Using
Speaker 1: Netflix movies, you can also change the streaming video quality,
Speaker 1: blur images, and episode descriptions so you have absolutely no
Speaker 1: spoilers whatsoever. As you browse, you can skip those intros
Speaker 1: and more. Super Netflix comes from a website called Subflix.
Speaker 1: It currently has over one hundred and sixty thousand users
Speaker 1: on Chrome. Next up, Netflix Party. This is a Chrome
Speaker 1: extension that lets you watch Netflix with friends. Of course,
Speaker 1: both parties have to have Netflix, but this helper extension
Speaker 1: lets you watch remotely with friends by syncing up the
Speaker 1: video playback and adding a group chat right next to
Speaker 1: the movie, so you can talk about what's happening on screen.
Speaker 1: I guess you could also dial up the other person
Speaker 1: on speakerphone, but that might get kind of complicated with
Speaker 1: the movie dialogue playing in the background. Netflix Party has
Speaker 1: over three hundred thousand users. Next up, rate Flix. This
Speaker 1: is super helpful. It shows you a title's rating across
Speaker 1: various services right on the Netflix screen, so you'll see
Speaker 1: ratings for Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and Metacritic when available, of course,
Speaker 1: and this can help you make much more informed choices.
Speaker 1: The ratings are also shown on the playbar of the
Speaker 1: title that you're currently watching, and you can even click
Speaker 1: on an IMDb rating to be taken straight to the
Speaker 1: page for that title. Again, this stuff is not going
Speaker 1: to show up on your team, but you can use
Speaker 1: these tools to search for things to watch on your
Speaker 1: computer and then add it to your list to watch later.
Speaker 1: And if you are watching on your computer, check out
Speaker 1: an extension called Netflix Pause Removal. This is a simple
Speaker 1: helper app that takes away that dreaded continue watching button
Speaker 1: in Netflix. This way you can binge on forever without
Speaker 1: any interruptions. There you have it, simple tools to help
Speaker 1: you get the most out of your Netflix subscription. You
Speaker 1: can find links to these Chrome extensions in the show
Speaker 1: notes or on my website at richontech dot tv. Thanks
Speaker 1: so much for listening. I'm Rich shamiro I'll talk to
Speaker 1: you real soon.