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Netflix Lets Users Watch Videos Offline -- No DVDs Required

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday December 03 2016, @10:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-don't-need-no-stinkin'-DVDs dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Remember when you could watch Netflix videos without an internet connection? With something called "DVDs"?

Well, now you can again, and you don't even need those circular shiny things. Netflix has finally made movies and TV shows available to download, so you can watch them offline, whenever you want, wherever you are.

In IT Blogwatch, we can't decide what to binge watch first.

So what exactly is going on? Laura Roman has the background:

On Wednesday, Netflix announced and implemented...the ability to download TV and movie titles on mobile devices.
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At no extra cost...Netflix subscribers will now be able to save select content to their iOS or Android devices, then watch on the go without the need for an internet connection. Say goodbye to...in-flight movies, Netflix is now airplane-mode compatible.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by opinionated_science on Saturday December 03 2016, @11:39AM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Saturday December 03 2016, @11:39AM (#436498)

    this. Netflix has made convenience sufficient, the community doesn't feel the need to crack it.

    We all know their catalogue ebbs and flows...so we've come to terms with what we need to acquire elsewhere....

    This is neat for flying though - they make their own stuff, which for an 2x4 hour flight is pretty decent.

    Let's not forget the airlines charge $10/min for wifi....(ok maybe $10 a flight, but they wont let you access Netflix - united want you to use their buggy app to access *their* catalogue...).

    So all in all, a +ve move....

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday December 03 2016, @06:45PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday December 03 2016, @06:45PM (#436580) Journal

    the community doesn't feel the need to crack it.

    Netflix has been cracked in the past as a source of 4K rips.

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