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January 15, 2008

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Netflix now offers unlimited streaming

Posted Jan. 15, ’08, 1:00 PM PT by Cyrus Farivar
Category | Apple » Rivals

In all of the crazyness of Expo this week, we seemed to have missed the announcement yesterday by Netflix that it would be allowing its customers — that is everyone who rents more than two movies at a time — to stream an unlimited number of TV shows and movies.

Or as Netflix itself put it: “Now, subscribers on unlimited plans get unlimited DVD rental, with access to a library of over 90,000 DVD titles — plus, for no additional cost, the ability to stream as many movies and TV episodes as they want from the smaller instant watching library, unconstrained by any hourly limits.”

This appears to be a pre-emptive move against Apple, which has released a similar online rental service at this years Expo.

[via CNET]


4 Comments

fletcher Author Profile Page said:

Now subscribers get unlimited streaming, unless they are on a Mac in which they get nothing, but pay the same as their PC brethren. Make no mistake, NetFlix just told all the Mac users to go to hell.

January 15, 2008 1:07 PM
Rob said:

What is the point of mentioning this on a Mac interest website??

Netflix streaming video will NOT work on Macs and they have no intention of doing so! Who cares about NetFlix?

January 15, 2008 1:33 PM
krye said:

Feelin' the burn already are we, Netflix?

January 15, 2008 1:38 PM
Derik said:

Actually Rob, they do.

January 15, 2008 1:51 PM

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