- It only works with Windows.
- You could only watch a limited number of hours of programming per month.
- The selection was on the small and obscure side.
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| 2 | Joey Celis | 47 | 0 |
| 3 | Jay Hathaway | 45 | 16 |
| 4 | Drew Olanoff | 30 | 25 |
| 5 | Christina Warren | 15 | 4 |
| 6 | Kristin Shoemaker | 14 | 12 |
| 7 | Lee Mathews | 13 | 17 |
| 8 | Nancy Messieh | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Emily Price | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Danny Mendez | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | Alan Silcott | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Todd Ritter | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Ian Dumych | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Jason Clarke | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Adam Maras | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Dolores Parker | 2 | 6 |
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12-28-2007 @ 10:06PM
Joe Beaulaurier said...
Oh lawrd! Windows only? That's only going to support 90+% of the market. Oh, the sheer idiocy of it, it's just incomprehensible. So worth pointing out as a significant failing of the service. And the Linux folks... I can't even think how many are knashing their teeth in that camp. It must be yet several whole percentage point units there.
Oh, the humanity.
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12-28-2007 @ 10:18PM
MrKniceGuy said...
Bwaahahah!!!! Brilliant!!!
12-28-2007 @ 10:17PM
jus10 said...
Well I'm part of that minority. I have 3 Linux boxes and a Macbook. One of the Linux boxes is hooked to my HDTV so I can watch movies from it just like I would from the HD-DVD player.
Hulu can do it, why not Netflix?
12-29-2007 @ 5:21PM
Mike said...
Yes, Joe, because non-Windows users are a minority, that gives you free reign to be a jerk.
All Brad did was *mention* that it only supports Windows, which is a true fact. (Actually, it's not just Windows-only, it's XP or better and Internet Explorer only) Frankly, as a primarily Mac user, I find it to be a pain that I can't take advantage of this service as easily as I'd like.
That said, I don't think it's going to change anytime soon, as they appear to be using a Windows Media DRM technology, somewhere in the neighborhood of playsforsure except it works. It's a vastly different game from Hulu, just10 -- Hulu lets you embed vids on your site a la YouTube, whereas Netflix is trying to keep you from spreading the videos.
I have tried it though, and it's a mostly great service that works well even on not-great internet connections and the catalog has been steadily growing since its initial very blah selection.
12-29-2007 @ 5:22PM
Joe Beaulaurier said...
@mike - I'm driven to my 'jerkiness' by more than a mere mention. It was the ranking as one of "three major restrictions."
12-28-2007 @ 10:17PM
aanidaani said...
They may have 6,000 movies, but 5,950 are trash.
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12-29-2007 @ 2:18PM
RP said...
What are the 50 good ones? You'll save me a lot of searching! :-)
12-29-2007 @ 5:24PM
RP said...
I've tried it on the PC, and the quality is impressive -- flawless!
Mac users -- does it run in Parallels? (All my Mac friends seem to run Parallels anyway, vs. whining.)
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1-03-2008 @ 8:33PM
archivis said...
The netflix viewer runs just fine for me on my Mac Pro via Parallels, even fullscreen.
2-24-2008 @ 6:54PM
PhillyCope said...
chika chika yea
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