January 14th, 2008Netflix vs. iTunes
“Great” news. Netflix has loosened the “Watch Now” restrictions on their site.
Under this program, included with your membership, PC users can stream videos from a library of over 5,000 movies and television episodes directly to their computer via the Netflix Movie Viewer software. The change is that there is no longer any limit on how much you can watch, but rather on how many simultaneous streams:
“1-disc plans may watch on one device at a time, 2-disc plans on up to two devices at the same time, 3-disc plans on up to three devices, and plans with four or more discs on up to four devices simultaneously.”
I say “great” news, because Mac and Linux users are left out altogether.
“We’re required to use Digital Rights Management to protect movies watched instantly online, and right now we only have approval for this protection on Windows Operating systems, not the Mac.”
This move is seen as a response to iTunes movie rentals (expected to be announced this week), so I can’t say I’ll feel too left out.
