Netflix Newbie Question

[RyanB]

Just signed up for a Netflix trial, and have been going through stuff. Seems to be a LOT of perverted movies on there. Is there any way to change the content that shows up? I know you can do so simply by rating, but an R-rated suspense movie isn't the same thing as a teen sex movie, and I wish I could somehow filter one out and not the other.

Anyone have any workarounds?

 

[Lloren]

Q:
Do you have parental controls for movies that I watch instantly on my PC?
A:
You can limit movie ratings allowed for watching instantly by setting the maturity level on your account.
This blocks watching titles with forbidden ratings, as well as requiring a password when you add DVDs with those ratings to that profile’s Queue.
To set the maturity level:
- Go to Your Account.
- Under Preferences, click on "Account Profiles"
- In the Change column, click on "Edit".
- Set the maturity level.
Please note that watching instantly is only available on the main account. Additional profiles will not be able to watch instantly.

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[Abba San]

It took a while - but I took the time and rated a ton of movies. Now the suggested movies seldom have the crap titles that used to pop up.

We do most of our TV viewing via Netflix or hulu.com - we dumped cable.

 

[The Mighty Gerbil]

It took a while - but I took the time and rated a ton of movies. Now the suggested movies seldom have the crap titles that used to pop up.

We do most of our TV viewing via Netflix or hulu.com - we dumped cable.

Ditto, er well we never had cable to dump but otherwise the same.

 

[RyanB]

Thanks for the responses guys. Just choosing by rating didn't work for me, but I was hoping rating every movie I saw would help weed some of that out. Glad to hear it does because it's pretty disheartening to see the selection there.

 

[ursen]

I set mine by survey and rating a bunch, now it gives me family and animated family like veggie tales.

 

[Abba San]

Another important rating is "Not Interested." I think that has more impact than rating it one star.

 

[Kidan]

it took about three months, but netflix started suggesting things just be the watching habits of my kids.

In fact, since they are the primary consumers of netflix, I have to actively search for other material as nothing on the "home" page is... well, not Backyardigans and similar shows.

 

[RyanB]

Yeah, our primary user will be my 2yo. She likes VeggieTales and Spongebob. Other than that Brittany and I would just like to preview movies without seeing all the smut. Will definitely try the "not interested" for that.