They also need to add in iPad multitasking. I want to be able to watch my Netflix while doing other things on my iPad Pro.
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With limited data and a 128gb iPhone this would open up Netflix for me. As it is I don't use data for video so no Netflix away from wifi.
That may be so, but given that there are already multiple solutions for offline video viewing (as you said yourself), I doubt that adding Netflix would make any difference. I also don't care at all how much the airlines pay for the licenses. I almost never use the airlines' IFE anyway because it usually doesn't have the content that I want, the screens and sound are crappy, and it is also too unreliable (even more so the new Wifi streaming-based "bring your own device" systems).
Netflix and YouTube work fine for me with my paltry 1.5Mbps connection. I only have the basic, 1 screen option on Netflix and whatever I watch on YouTube is just set to auto quality - 360p I guess it goes with. No complaints about the picture quality on either. Of course watching something on Netflix or YT is about all I can do online at that time...
From what I have read, Netflix is dumping the content as they ramp up their own content. Basically, since the studios are restricting them so much they are moving on. For Netflix this has been a good strategy so far as most of their new content has been high quality. But I do wish someone would break the backs of the studios.
We have itunes, google play, and Amazon as three places where you can buy just about any song in the world. And if you don't want to buy there are plenty of streaming destinations. The same goes for books. It is only in the TV/Movie world where there is not a one-stop shop. You have to go to the movies, when it dies there it goes to cable, then to VOD, then finally (months later) to streaming. And they all don't have the same stuff. The content on Hulu, Amazon and Netflix is all different. It is a mess and I hope someone finally finds a way to fix the mess.
I already have this. Buy the actual disc, rip it, load it onto your device.
Why wait for Netflix?
Why wait for Netflix?
NF is a major player in the video industry, so anywhere it chooses to venture there will be ripple effects. And your gripes with in-flight IFE should be directed at the airlines, it's not NF's job to solve problems other companies have created
Portable DVD players do the trick quite well for a lot of people.
NF is a major player in the video industry, so anywhere it chooses to venture there will be ripple effects. And your gripes with in-flight IFE should be directed at the airlines, it's not NF's job to solve problems other companies have created
Portable DVD players do the trick quite well for a lot of people.
DVDs are so last century
Because there's something called LICENSING. The feature is easy to implement, the rights licensing is not.
How is the licensing any different? The user is licensed to watch the content. Does the method of delivery matter?
Well, I hope they do it even with a broader audience in mind. I travel a lot and there's no better time for me to watch those shows my wife hates, but can't because either on a plane or in another country. At least for their own content, I mean, there can't be any licensing problems with that.
Perhaps, but they are still being widely sold and NF still offers to post them to you.
I'd settle for the picture-in-picture functionality in iOS video apps finally making its way into the Netflix app.
Someday...
Someday...
wouldn't this lower their bandwidth costs? There must be lots of people re-watching the same content lots of times on Netflix and netflix is paying for that bandwidth. Only downloading data once is surely a win for netflix financially?
Depends on how you approach it. If people download, watch some stuff and then delete to make room for other things, then no. If you download some stuff and watch it over and over, then yes. However, I would have thought that most people are likely to fall into the first camp.
I've been using Amazon's download option for prime video for quite a while. I don't find it complex at all. There's a Download tab and all the content I've download is there. Simple. I can still go to the guide and pick any other video to stream and of its already downloaded, it just plays. Simple.
I wouldn't mind paying an extra $1-2 for the privilege to play offline. YouTube Red is Google's way of charging for offline viewing. Not sure how well that's need received.
I wouldn't mind paying an extra $1-2 for the privilege to play offline. YouTube Red is Google's way of charging for offline viewing. Not sure how well that's need received.