9 Netflix Tricks You Can't Live Without

Movie and TV show binging just got so much easier.

1. Helium.

It's a floating, transparent browser window that allows you to watch Netflix while you work and it will revolutionize your productivity game. I don't know about you, but I get a lot more done when I'm watching Fixer Upper at the same time that I'm churning through my work.

2. The Neflix Enhancement.

This glorious bundle of ingenious Netflix add-ons for Chrome will change your entire life for the better (and for free). With one quick installation, you can get IMDB profiles, trailers, and pop-up ratings from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. 

3. Watch in HD.

It costs the same as a Standard Def subscription and you can see the faces of all your favorite actors, up close and personal. 

4. Watch Netflix from other countries!

You can use the free site Hola or the paid site Media Hint to access the Netflix lists for other countries. Anglophiles, now you can enjoy all those obscure Brit coms from the comfort of your own couch here in the good ol' USA.

5. Create multiple profiles.

This is great if your tastes differs greatly from your partner's tastes (Rom-Coms With a Female Lead Who Falls Down a Lot). With separate profiles, you two can be into totally different types of shows, and it won't affect your ratings or anything else. 

6. Instant Watcher.

It keeps you up to date on what's coming and going from Netflix. Which, as anyone who's gone to watch something and had it not been there can tell you, might literally save you from a panic attack.

7. Flix Roulette.

This is the most fun under the Netflix sun. You use your general tastes — you can specify favorite director, actors, or even keywords — to narrow down your search, Flix Roulette chooses something for you based on what you're into. 

8. Bye-bye to buffering.

Don't even get me started on that annoying Buffering. To kick this annoying feature to the curb, while playing a title, hold down Shift+Opt (Shift+Alt for Windows) and left click to open up a "hidden" menu (called the Stream Manager) with buffering fixes and some other ways to help you out. (If you are using Chrome, press Ctrl+Shift+Alt/Opt+S to access this menu.) Unfortunately, this only works on a computer so if you're watching on your TV, you're gonna have to microwave an extra bowl of popcorn and snuggle up with Buffering because she ain't going nowhere.

9. Reddit to the rescue!


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