Netflix Starts Movie Streaming Subscription
Netflix starts movie download!
In a today announcement , Netflix indicates that you’ll be able to download and view movies on your PC through your Internet connection with movies beginning to play in as little as 10 seconds after the download starts.
The service will roll-out to Netflix subscribers at no additional charge over the next six months; The initial movie catalog will be around 1,000 titles and the streaming quality appears to be dependent on the throughput of your Internet connection. Netflix is betting that cellular data connections will continue to rise in terms of throughput as they mention “we’ll work to get to every Internet-connected screen, from cell phones to PCs to plasma screens. The PC screen is the best Internet-connected screen today, so we are starting there.”
There is no mention about HD contents.
Here are some fun facts about this “new offering†from Netflix:
- It’s streaming, not download. GOT that!
- No burning video to a DVD Still, this is free to existing subscribers, the only “applaudable†move by NetFlix. Or, as Donna Bogatin says, “unlimited DVD rental does not equate to unlimited online movie watching.â€
- Only 1,000 titles will be available, or less than 2 percent of the Netflix catalog.
- You need a 3 megabit/second connection to watch a DVD-quality movie. Oh, let’s see how those discount DSL users really feel about the picture quality of NetFlix.
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