Netflix welcomes Mac users to 'Watch Instantly'
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Netflix has expanded its "Watch Instantly" movie streaming player to include Macintosh-owning subscribers.
The company announced on its blog that it is past its first phase of beta testing and was inviting subscribers who wanted to opt in to do so. But the company had a few warnings for prospective users:
• There may be bugs. We are logging all errors, but if you run into problems you can help out by posting details here in the blog comments.
• Not all movies are available to watch with Silverlight. You may notice errors or lower than normal quality when watching certain titles.
• Our new player works on PCs and Intel-based Macs.
• Windows users should be aware that if you opt in, you will need to use Silverlight on all the machines you use to watch instantly.
The company announced that it would be using Microsoft's Silverlight software to deliver streaming movies not only to PCs, but to Intel-based Macs as well. The new Netflix player takes advantage of Play Ready DRM, which is built into Silverlight, for the playback of protected content on both Windows-based PCs and on Macs. According to Netflix, this had not been possible with previous technologies.
Netflix members should expect a "faster, easier connection and a more robust viewing experience with Silverlight," the company said. One of the enhancements is in timeline navigation, which will purportedly improve the use of fast-forwarding and rewinding.
Netflix expects to have instant movie watching available to all Mac computers (not just Intel-based Macs) by the end of 2008.
The company announced on its blog that it is past its first phase of beta testing and was inviting subscribers who wanted to opt in to do so. But the company had a few warnings for prospective users:
• There may be bugs. We are logging all errors, but if you run into problems you can help out by posting details here in the blog comments.
• Not all movies are available to watch with Silverlight. You may notice errors or lower than normal quality when watching certain titles.
• Our new player works on PCs and Intel-based Macs.
• Windows users should be aware that if you opt in, you will need to use Silverlight on all the machines you use to watch instantly.
The company announced that it would be using Microsoft's Silverlight software to deliver streaming movies not only to PCs, but to Intel-based Macs as well. The new Netflix player takes advantage of Play Ready DRM, which is built into Silverlight, for the playback of protected content on both Windows-based PCs and on Macs. According to Netflix, this had not been possible with previous technologies.
Netflix members should expect a "faster, easier connection and a more robust viewing experience with Silverlight," the company said. One of the enhancements is in timeline navigation, which will purportedly improve the use of fast-forwarding and rewinding.
Netflix expects to have instant movie watching available to all Mac computers (not just Intel-based Macs) by the end of 2008.
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