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Netflix Silverlight Streaming Beta Now Available for Mac Users
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I just tried logging out and logging in and it worked on both my iMac and MBA.
Nice
I was about to drop Netflix since all I could play it on was my crummy 19" Samsung. Now, it's on my nice 24" iMac. Plays better than on my PC, too. I like the Silverlight player much better. Actually seems more stable. Less buffering. It'll be nice when they add more/better movies. I'll keep it for now. Between Netflix, Hulu, Joost, CBS, ABC, NBC, MTVMusic, and AOL N2TV, there isn't much reason to have cable anymore. I have 2 friends who have hooked up computers to their TVs and kicked cable to the curb. Things are changing.
I was about to drop Netflix since all I could play it on was my crummy 19" Samsung. Now, it's on my nice 24" iMac. Plays better than on my PC, too. I like the Silverlight player much better. Actually seems more stable. Less buffering. It'll be nice when they add more/better movies. I'll keep it for now. Between Netflix, Hulu, Joost, CBS, ABC, NBC, MTVMusic, and AOL N2TV, there isn't much reason to have cable anymore. I have 2 friends who have hooked up computers to their TVs and kicked cable to the curb. Things are changing.
That depends, I would guess, on whether or not you can get Netflix service in your country. If you don't, then no, you can't.
I can't think of why Silverlight would be a rational strike. However, I'll concede the iTunes competitor strike. In that case, maybe I'll just hold out hope that Apple will revisit their pricing model for iTunes rentals. (But I won't hold my breath...)
News traveled a little slow today, but it was a sunday and you can hardly expect macrumors people to be at work.
anyway, The Netflix Mac program works great. not HD, but hopefully that comes someday.
Also, it would be awesome to get Netflix streaming working on Apple TV.
anyway, The Netflix Mac program works great. not HD, but hopefully that comes someday.
Also, it would be awesome to get Netflix streaming working on Apple TV.
is Silverlight an itunes competitor??? or is it a quicktime competitor? i thought more of a quicktime competitor.
I suspect that his point is that rentals through Netflix compete with rentals through iTunes. I don't know what Silverlight would compete with -- aside, maybe, from flash that's encoded with h.264? Or maybe people see it as an Apple competitor in general, since it's a Microsoft technology. I think that's a stretch.
I've been waiting for this for so long. I guess I can get rid of my boot camp now...the only time I ever used it was to watch Netflix Instant Viewing.
Ummm I signed up for a free trial.. the 8.99 one and I go to the instant view thing and I get a page that says it's not supported for Macintosh.
What's going on?
Edit: The link to the Silverlight Opt In doesn't work right on Macrumors.. took me to the wrong page.. I found a proper link from another website which took me to the Opt in page. And i'm good now.
What's going on?
Edit: The link to the Silverlight Opt In doesn't work right on Macrumors.. took me to the wrong page.. I found a proper link from another website which took me to the Opt in page. And i'm good now.
I've been running watch it now on an XP VM in fusion for a while but this is much easier. Nice to see that the Mac is starting to achieve enough market share that companies are feeling compelled to support it.
Silverlight, ugh. That's reason enough not to use it.
I'm not so concerned about competition with Apple or Adobe or their technologies - more competition = good, bring it on - rather, it's more to do with Microsoft's semi-developed Mac products, partial commitment to the platform, and limited feature parity.
Firstly, was Silverlight actually done by the MacBU, or is it like WMP for Mac, which was developed by the nongs in the Media Player group? And how long will it actually last, before Microsoft loses interest and dumps the Mac version, to "consolidate their products and focus on their core apps" like they do every now and then? How invested do people want to get when Microsoft don't have a great track record in keeping things going? And how many Netflix features will be missing, types of videos will be unavailable, and options will be "coming soon"?
Color me skeptical, but that's my $0.04.
I'm not so concerned about competition with Apple or Adobe or their technologies - more competition = good, bring it on - rather, it's more to do with Microsoft's semi-developed Mac products, partial commitment to the platform, and limited feature parity.
Firstly, was Silverlight actually done by the MacBU, or is it like WMP for Mac, which was developed by the nongs in the Media Player group? And how long will it actually last, before Microsoft loses interest and dumps the Mac version, to "consolidate their products and focus on their core apps" like they do every now and then? How invested do people want to get when Microsoft don't have a great track record in keeping things going? And how many Netflix features will be missing, types of videos will be unavailable, and options will be "coming soon"?
Color me skeptical, but that's my $0.04.
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TV land, pal?I give it by the new year, tops.
Sucks that we just signed up for netflix, and were getting excited about mac streaming only to find out that they don't support powerpc... Damn
I can't seem to find the HD movies for streaming? They are all dvdish quality when I stream them...?