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Netflix “Watch Instantly” coming to Macs

Posted by Joshua Karp on Oct 27, 2008 12:05 pm 13 comments
Filed in Apple, Mac OS

One of the biggest virtues of Netflix membership for the past year or so has been the Watch Instantly video on demand service. Providing access to thousands of titles, Watch Instantly has quickly become one of the main selling points of the company’s subscription services. Up until now, however, the videos have only been available for consumption from the comfort of a Windows-based environment. Starting today in limited trial, Netflix is offering its Watch instantly service to Mac users. The videos are being delivered courtesy of Microsoft’s Silverlight framework, and will bring Netflix’s catalog of over 12,000 titles to any Intel-based machine. Sound good? Yeah, we’re pretty excited too. Unfortunately the company is rolling it out in staggered rounds so it might be a while before this update hits your account dashboard. If you do happen to have it enabled, give it a spin and let us know what you think.

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  1. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 12:14 pm, MadMike Said:

    Well, it’s about damn time.

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  2. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 12:16 pm, Jeremiah Said:

    So it’s just arbitrary whether or not your account is set up for that? Seems a bit weird…

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  3. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm, champ22 Said:

    OMG i think i just wet myself

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  4. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 1:15 pm, Jon Said:

    So I’m not normal cause I use Windows? and why don’t they let people use FireFox to watch the movies. I hate using IE.

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  5. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 1:30 pm, MadMike Said:

    Pathetic. IE is a security risk. Netflix is stupid.

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  6. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 2:10 pm, BBtrapped Said:

    “On a Mac. Like a normal Person” LMAO

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  7. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 3:00 pm, Brent Said:

    It’d be nice to somehow hack this into Apple TV.

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  8. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 3:12 pm, MadMike Said:

    http://xkcd.com/86/

    That’s what I think.

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  9. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 3:57 pm, Volter Said:

    its about time, ill check to see if it works when i get home and ill report back…thanks BGR

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  10. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 5:46 pm, Nikolaus Said:

    So can we expect Linux support this year? I would love to play NetFlix on my PS3 which runs Xubuntu.

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  11. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 6:50 pm, volter Said:

    well i get home excited to try this and this is what i get:

    Our apologies — instant watching is currently not supported for Macintosh.

    We are working on a solution for Mac users and expect to have it available by the end of 2008

    GREAT!!!!!

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  12. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 9:50 pm, phoneexperiment Said:

    What if I have a mac, but no intel inside?

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  13. On Oct 27, 2008 @ 10:02 pm, phoneexperiment Said:

    You know what really chaps my hide? I’ve been angry since they first excluded me with this “watch instantly” thing. I finally jumped for joy a few months ago when I found out that I could watch instantly through my xbox live late in the fall…only to find out that I can now watch it through my mac…late in the fall. Thanks netflix.

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