Watch Netflix Like A Pro With These Shortcuts

We all know Netflix is awesome. It's kind of a universal understanding at this point. However, [...]

By Charlie Ridgely

We all know Netflix is awesome. It's kind of a universal understanding at this point. However, what if the streaming service could get even better?

Aside from waiting for Netflix to replace that terrible "thumbs up" rating system, there are a few tools that users can utilize to make the viewing experience even better.

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Thanks to CNBC, there is now a great list of shortcuts and tips that can help you maximize your streaming time on Netflix.

First and foremost, there is an entire list of keyboard shortcuts that will greatly help those watching on a computer. If you don't want to pull up a menu and interrupt your stream, try these great key commands.

  • Space/Enter - Play or Pause
  • F - Full Screen
  • Esc - Exit Full Screen
  • S - Skip Intro
  • Left Arrow - Rewind
  • Right Arrow - Fast Forward
  • Up Arrow - Volume Up
  • Down Arrow - Volume Down
  • M - Mute

If you're having trouble with buffering, you can manually adjust your bit rates and levels so that you won't have to wait for the content to load. For users on a computer, hold down control + shift + alt +s (control + shift + option + * on Mac) to bring up the options. If you're watching on a game console like Xbox or Playstion, enter up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, up, up, up, up on the directional pad to bring up the "Get Help" screen.

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Not only can the user experience for Netflix get better with individual shortcuts, but there are other apps and websites that can add to the fun.

For starters, there is an extension for the Google Chrome web browser that allows you to watch Netflix with your friends, even if you're in different places. Showgoers For Netflix is an app for Chrome that puts an icon in the upper right corner of your browser. Upon clicking that, you'll enter into a theater-style room, where you can send a private link out to your friends, and they can join the viewing party with you if they have the extension. There's even a chat function that allows you talk with everyone in the room while your show or movie is streaming.

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'Super Netflix' is a useful tool that allows users to check and see if titles are streaming properly before you give them a try. It also lets you add subtitles that aren't supported by Netflix, dim and brighten the streaming to your likening, and it is even testing a feature that blurs spoilers out of the descriptions.

If the "thumbs-up" rating system isn't working for you, Ogres Crypt has created a much more in-depth search and suggestion process for the titles on Netflix. There's also a site called What's On Netflix that updates almost every day with new additions and departures.

If you're looking forward to testing out some of these great apps and shortcuts, and need some suggestions on what to watch, check out the full list of July additions below!

Coming July 1-8

Avail. 7/1/17

Titanic

The Originals: Season 4

Free Willy

Disney's The Mighty Ducks

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

The Secret To Netflix's Success

Capo "El amo del tunel": Season 1

El Barco: Season 1

The Truth Is in the Stars

Deep Water: Season 1

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Hostages (Israel): Season 2

Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang

The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion

Liar's Dice

Offspring: Season 6

Boat Trip

Mixed Signals

Delicatessen

Caramel

Yours Fatefully: Season 1

The Ultimatum: Season 1

Unriddle II

Actors Who Play Multiple Netflix Roles

Unriddle

Yes We Can!: Season 1

Spice Up: Season 1

World at Your Feet: Season 1

Emma

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Last Night

Out of Thin Air

Witnesses: Season 2

The Longest Yard

Jackass: Number Two

Punch-Drunk Love

Are We There Yet?

Are We Done Yet?

The Land Before Time

Dad

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

Here Alone

Spawn: The Movie

Code Name: The Cleaner

The Astronaut Farmer

Best in Show

Proof of Life

Matchstick Men

Taking Lives

Police Academy

Avail. 7/2/17

El Chema: Season 1

Avail. 7/3/17

Diamond Cartel

Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story

Avail. 7/4/17

The Standups: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 7/5/17

iZombie: Season 3

Avail. 7/6/17

Speech & Debate

The Void

Butter

Avail. 7/7/17

Castlevania: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Dawn of the Croods: Season 4--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Degrassi: Next Class: Season 4--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Luna Petunia: Season 2--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

1 Mile to You (Life At These Speeds)

Avail. 7/8/17

Bad Santa 2

Horse Dancer

Coming July 9-31

Avail. 7/9/17

Lion

Avail. 7/11/17

Gabriel Iglesias Presents The Gentleman Jerry Rocha

Avail. 7/14/17

Friends From College: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

To the Bone--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Chasing Coral--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 7/15/17

Rake: Season 4

West Coast Customs: Season 4

Avail. 7/17/17

Uncertain Glory

Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness

A Cowgirl's Story

Avail. 7/18/17

Aditi Mittal: Things They Wouldn't Let Me Say--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Ari Shaffir: Double Negative: Collection--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Orange Is The New Black Star Teases Season 6

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce: Season 3

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Avail. 7/20/17

Pretty Little Liars: Season 7B

Avail. 7/21/17

Ozark: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Last Chance U: Season 2--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

The Worst Witch: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 7/22/17

Railroad Tigers

Avail. 7/24/17

Victor

Avail. 7/25/17

Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Munroe Island

Avail. 7/28/17

The Incredible Jessica James--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Daughters of Destiny: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

The Adventures of Puss in Boots: Season 5--NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 7/31/17

After The Reality

Checkpoint

Dark Night

Taking Earth

Being Mary Jane: The Series: Season 4 -- Date TBD

Titles Leaving Netflix In July

Leaving 7/1/2017

Blazing Saddles

American Pie Presents: Band Camp

Flicka 2

9/11: Stories in Fragments

Secrets: The Sphinx

Batman

Working Girl

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

An Unmarried Woman

Hello, Dolly!

MacGyver: Seasons 1 - 7

Ghost Whisperer: Seasons 1 - 5

Futurama: Season 6

Day of the Kamikaze

Mystery Files: Hitler

Mystery Files: Leonardo da Vinci

Nazi Temple of Doom

The Hunt for Bin Laden

The Incredible Bionic Man

History in HD: The Last Bomb

Secrets: A Viking Map?

Secrets: Richard III Revealed

Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission

Titanic's Final Mystery

Samurai Headhunters

F Is For Family Gets Renewed

America's Secret D-Day Disaster

Black Wings

Blondie's New York

Bombs, Bullets and Fraud

Death Beach

Hip Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes

American Pie Presents: Beta House

Hugo

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

While You Were Sleeping

Kate & Leopold

El Dorado

Leaving 7/3/17

The Last Samurai

Two Weeks Notice

Leaving 7/6/17

Los Heroes del Norte: Seasons 1 - 2

Leaving 7/11/17

Opposite Field

Leaving 7/12/17

Sleeping Beauty

Adventures of Pepper and Paula

In the Basement

Leaving 7/13/17

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain

Leaving 7/15/17

Lessons for a Kiss

All That Glitters

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