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Title    Netflix Lets Users Watch Videos Offline -- No DVDs Required
Date    Saturday December 03 2016, @10:23AM
Author    Fnord666
Topic   
from the we-don't-need-no-stinkin'-DVDs dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/12/03/0015252

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.
...
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.

Original Submission

Links
  1. "Phoenix666" - https://soylentnews.org/~Phoenix666/
  2. "watch Netflix videos without an internet connection" - http://www.computerworld.com/article/3146344/internet/netflix-lets-users-watch-videos-offline-no-dvds-required.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+computerworld/news/feed+(Latest+from+Computerworld)#tk.rss_all
  3. "has the background" - http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/30/503886181/no-internet-connection-no-problem-netflix-adds-offline-viewing
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=17254
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