{"id":665,"date":"2010-10-04T13:10:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T20:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2010-11-09T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T17:02:18","slug":"netflix-canada-multiple-users-parental-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerabuser.com\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Canada – Multiple Users & Parental Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While waiting for my Wii Netflix application disc, I thought I would post about something that has been a bit of a problem regarding Netflix.<\/p>\n

That problem, is the inability to have multiple users configured and as an extension of that, parental control of those users.<\/p>\n

The issue presented itself almost immediately.<\/p>\n

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The first night while browsing my list of recommendations and previously rated movies, my wife expressed her disappointment that since it was under my name, she can’t rate movies or get recommendations.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that I believe my taste in movies to be exceptional, my wife does not agree.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In fact, our combined taste in movies could easily be shown using a Venn diagram.\u00a0 My movies on the left, hers on the right with a small selection of movies in the middle that we can watch together.<\/p>\n

So far I have rated around 600 movies and TV shows.\u00a0 The recommendations that have come up as a result are reasonable choices that I might enjoy, but these don’t apply to my wife.<\/p>\n

It’s not a big deal, at least for me, that she doesn’t get a personalized list of recommended movies, but it would make the user experience that much better and shouldn’t be very difficult to employ.<\/p>\n

A much bigger issue is the limited parental control.<\/p>\n

The selection of kids movies and TV shows, so far, is pretty good.\u00a0 My kids love iCarly and seasons 1 and 2 are currently available for viewing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My daughter also loves the Hilary Duff movie “Raise Your Voice<\/a>“, but a search of the movie title also brings up “Who’s Your Daddy (Unrated)<\/a>” and “I Love You Beth Cooper<\/a>“.\u00a0 Neither terribly graphic, but not appropriate for an 8 year old.<\/p>\n

In addition to that, recently viewed titles appear on the home page with the option to watch or resume directly from there.<\/p>\n

I appreciate\u00a0 the option to resume previously watched films, but I don’t want my kids to unknowingly resume “American Psycho<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Parental control does exist, but it is a global setting.<\/p>\n

( see \/Your Account & Help\/Change parental control setting)<\/p>\n

Since you only have a single account to access the service, enabling parental control of all films above PG means that nothing above PG will show up.\u00a0 That’s great when the kids are around, but what about when it is time to watch something good?\u00a0 Does Netflix expect me to enable and disable parental control every time I want to use the service?\u00a0 Seriously?<\/p>\n

I initially assumed it would have parental control similar to what we have with cable.\u00a0 I restrict shows above a certain rating and if you want to watch something above that, you need to enter a PIN number\/password.\u00a0 Seems pretty simple and straight forward to me.<\/p>\n

This all ties back to multiple users.\u00a0 Everyone in our house has a computer.\u00a0 Since Netflix allows you to connect up to 6 devices, it makes sense to have multiple user accounts.\u00a0 As the master account holder, I could set specific parental controls for the kids and my wife would be able to have her own ratings and recommendations.<\/p>\n

This way my wife can get recommendations on new crap that she hasn’t seen and I don’t have to worry about\u00a0 my kids growing up to be serial killers.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

ComputerAbuser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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That problem, is the inability to have multiple users configured and as an extension of that, parental control of those users.<\/p>\n

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