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dspalton

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Not sure if covered or not but the Mrs just discovered that you can stream films & tv shows straight from the cloud without downloading them.

Dave
 

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aDRock1154

aDRock1154

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dspalton said:
Not sure if covered or not but the Mrs just discovered that you can stream films & tv shows straight from the cloud without downloading them.

Dave
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I found this out yesterday. Probably in my list of top 5 favorite features.

Also, hope this makes its way to GM.
 
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bobbba

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Jul 7, 2008
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Tried it and it worked but got a storage space warning just after it started. I wonder how much it needs and if it auto deletes the film afterwards.
 
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PrometheusGeek

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madsci954 said:
Are you sure it's real streaming and not playing while it downloads?
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Was going to ask this too. This is how it works on iOS 6 too... It begins downloading. And you can start watching it right away. Not streaming, but watching while downloading.
 
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Defender2010

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It seems it works like iTunes Match - not actual streaming only. It downloads too . I did a few tests - had 7 GB free on my iPhone then 'played' two films (scrubbing through them to view different parts), checked free space after this and it was 2.9GB free. Conclusion - it downloaded both the films in the background. Shame it is not 100% streaming.
 
aDRock1154

aDRock1154

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Defender2010 said:
It seems it works like iTunes Match - not actual streaming only. It downloads too . I did a few tests - had 7 GB free on my iPhone then 'played' two films (scrubbing through them to view different parts), checked free space after this and it was 2.9GB free. Conclusion - it downloaded both the films in the background. Shame it is not 100% streaming.
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Thanks for testing... It figures it's too good to be true (streaming)
 
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