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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 03 2016, @06:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 03 2016, @06:54PM (#436583)

    That's what I was thinking. Why watch a movie on a 3"x5" screen? Unless you have perfect vision and even if you do, it's not the same experience as watching on a larger screen. Too much detail is lost unless you use a magnifying glass. I also don't get high resolution screens on small phones. What's the point?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @03:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @03:40AM (#436756)

    That's what I was thinking. Why watch a movie on a 3"x5" screen? Unless you have perfect vision and even if you do, it's not the same experience as watching on a larger screen.

    Sure, it's not the same experience. But until you can roll up a larger screen and stuff it in your pocket, there will be some people who accept "not the same experience" in exchange for "lugging less stuff".

    I also don't get high resolution screens on small phones. What's the point?

    Even if you can't see every pixel (and some of us can), text at the same physical size is more legible with smaller pixels. At some point it's not worth it, because higher resolution does cost money, processing power, and battery usage, but there is a real upside.