A Collection of My Netflix Tips And Tricks

I have tried DSTV, Showmax (https://showmax.com/), DSTV Now (https://now.dstv.com/), YouTube TV (https://tv.youtube.com/), Hulu (https://www.hulu.com/) and Netflix (https://www.netflix.com). It's only Netflix I renew every month.

In today's post I am going to share the exciting tips I have snagged over the years of using Netflix (even before it was publicly available to us in Nigeria).

1. VPN opens you up to amazing new contents.
If you have always logged into Netflix from Nigeria, you are missing out on a lot. There are many wonderful movies (especially new and hit movies) that are geo-locked. Just logging in to your Netflix account from USA or Canada or UK or France or Germany or Australia opens you up to new great movies.

So how do I achieve this without leaving Nigeria? VPN. Specifically, I use ExpressVPN (https://www.expressvpn.com). After trying many VPN providers, they are the only provider that consistently worked.

I usually set my location to USA or Canada, they have the largest collection of interesting movies and more recent hit movies.

2. Pick a genre
The new layout of Netflix tries to guess what you'll like to watch. The problem is that after a while you would have watched all the good guesses. Why not pick the genre you love and focus more on discovering the exciting movies in that genre that the homepage list omits.

3. History
Ever wanted to recommend a movie you recently watched but can't remember the title? It has happened to me many times. Now I simply go to my viewing history to get the name. It's under Account.

4. Search actor or actress' name
When I am getting frustrated with the movies I am being presented with, I just hit the search on a favorite actor/actress. Interestingly, I have done this on Jason Statham, Nicolas Cage, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Pierce Brosnan, Mel Gibson, Ryan Gosling, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Reynolds and Matt Dimon. I also click on their names in the movie details to pull up other movies they were in.

5. Avoid movies (not series) produced by Netflix
The movies produced by Netflix are mostly crap. I always feel like I wasted 2hrs whenever I watch them. So I just completely avoid them. However, their series are good. 

6. You can download to watch later on the PC and phone apps
If you have great internet access somewhere (I didn't say your office), you can download movies when there to watch at the airport lounge, at night at home and somewhere else you do not have cheap data. I have too much data and too little PC/phone space that I don't do this. Nevertheless, it is a tip worth sharing.

Cheers.