netflix's instant watch - Page 2

Warp Coil · April 6 2008, 06:20 PM

Doesn't instant viewing only work on PCs using Internet Explorer?

Useless for me. How about throwing us mac users a bone?

Chaos Descending · April 6 2008, 07:42 PM

Cicero wrote:

Unless viewed at a small resolution, regular DVD is rather grainy most of the time. (Artifact and image loss obscure a great deal of detail.) Do you watch the videos on full screen, or only in a small window?

Full screen. They look as good as any of my DVDs do.

Messianni · April 6 2008, 08:28 PM

Warp Coil wrote:

Doesn't instant viewing only work on PCs using Internet Explorer?

Useless for me. How about throwing us mac users a bone?

Sadly not yet. It has to do with Netflix's use of Microsoft DRM and Windows Media Player.

I love Instant Watch. Not only do I get a good dose of older Doctor Who, but it's also how I got into Dexter!

When it breaks, though... oi, don't even get me started.

Autobot · April 6 2008, 09:19 PM

I've had great success with the instant viewing, I have my computer hooked up to my plasma tv in the living room and I really enjoy the quality. Although I do agree there are not a lot of choices for most movies I'm interested in seeing. But I did recently watch the original Knight Rider's 2-hr pilot and an episode of the A-Team!

Twilight · April 6 2008, 09:55 PM

I love Instant Watch.

When it was first launched there wasn't much content on there, but now there's TONS of great stuff.

I watch Netflix movies more through IW than I do physical disks, now. And the recent change to unlimited viewing is great.

I really wish they didn't use Microsoft's DRM so that you could watch from Macs or from Linux. But overall, it's great.

Just watched on instant watch, recommended to everyone:

The Man from Earth (2007)
The Nazis: A warning from History (fascinating documentary series on the rise of Nazism in post WWI germany, through the fall of Hitler)

J. Allen · April 6 2008, 11:29 PM

^ The Man from Earth is definitely on my "to watch" list for Instant Watch.

J.

April 6 2008, 06:20 PM	#16
Warp Coil Rear Admiral Location: MD, USA	Re: netflix's instant watch Doesn't instant viewing only work on PCs using Internet Explorer? Useless for me. How about throwing us mac users a bone? __________________ "I managed to find Uno and Checkers, and also parts of Battleship and most of the pieces of Candy Land, which I figure, I can mix together to create a fabulous new game, CandyShipBattleLand. War never tasted so good." - Lorelai Gilmore

April 6 2008, 09:19 PM	#19
Autobot Captain Location: San Diego, CA	Re: netflix's instant watch I've had great success with the instant viewing, I have my computer hooked up to my plasma tv in the living room and I really enjoy the quality. Although I do agree there are not a lot of choices for most movies I'm interested in seeing. But I did recently watch the original Knight Rider's 2-hr pilot and an episode of the A-Team! __________________ Autobots, Transform and Roll Out!

April 6 2008, 09:55 PM	#20
Twilight Vice Admiral	Re: netflix's instant watch I love Instant Watch. When it was first launched there wasn't much content on there, but now there's TONS of great stuff. I watch Netflix movies more through IW than I do physical disks, now. And the recent change to unlimited viewing is great. I really wish they didn't use Microsoft's DRM so that you could watch from Macs or from Linux. But overall, it's great. Just watched on instant watch, recommended to everyone: The Man from Earth (2007) The Nazis: A warning from History (fascinating documentary series on the rise of Nazism in post WWI germany, through the fall of Hitler)

April 6 2008, 11:29 PM	#21
J. Allen Probably Satan™ Location: A Quantum State	Re: netflix's instant watch ^ The Man from Earth is definitely on my "to watch" list for Instant Watch. J. __________________ “In all of the time forward, and backward, throughout the universe, we have all been alive and dead, and all at the same time.”

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