It was several months ago Netflix announced it would “soon” arrive in the UK, well today is the day. UK users have longed for a great online streaming service with a low cost such as Netflix but have been serveraly limited with only Love Film (Netflix’s largest rival in the UK) getting anywhere near offering a full online streaming experience however it comes with a cost.

Netflix is £5.99 per month in the UK meaning unlimited streaming of Movies and TV shows for a great price.  The quality seems far superior to the the quality of Lovefilm’s streaming and there seems to be several features missing from Lovefilms selection. Also as with Lovefilm you can stream on your console too making it a great edition to the media hubs of our homes!

You can currently sign up for a 30 day free trial at Netflix.com

ITV allow UK users to watch most of their TV programmes online using ITV Player. Now I’m not a huge fan of the ITV Player at all, the amount of times I’ve gone crazy over the player not working is more than several times a week and you only have too look around the ITV forums to see the amount of complaints. However, ITV does have some good shows but the ITV Player is let down with servers that can’t seem to cope with demand, a website that runs Microsoft Silverlight and larger focus on the adverts working than the programs!

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