News: Netflix, the popular mail DVD delivery service, has announced that it will start rolling out a new “Watch Now” feature that will stream movies over the Internet, at first to a limited number of subscribers but eventually to all Netflix subscribers. (More here) The movies must be played on a computer, and will reportedly have anti-piracy measures.
Analysis: This is a logical next step, but my guess is that it won’t be that attractive to many people. People watch DVDs on their TVs, and until the Internet delivery allows people to easily transfer a file to the TV, I don’t see this feature as replacing the popularity of the mail order delivery.
January 16, 2007 at 6:16 pm |
lets hope this idea gets worked out!
http://www.undernation.com
January 16, 2007 at 8:24 pm |
Most new TVs are equipped to serve as computer monitors, all you need is a connecting cable. Of course this isn’t stopping Apple from telling people they need an expensive new device to do this wirelessly. Really, not a big deal; even prior to digital sets there were imperfect convertors.