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Looks like Netflix have introduced offline view.. Nice.

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/54816


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 9:08 am
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Been using it for the last 2 days for the train ride, BRILLIANT. I know it doesn't mean the same to everyone, but this was good news for me this week.


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 9:13 am
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Yup, brilliant, means I can download a film or two to watch when I'm flying.

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Posted : 02/12/2016 9:26 am
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Interesting. I much prefer download to streaming as broadband and the providers speeds are so unreliable


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 9:35 am
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Nice. Says a "limited selection", how limited I wonder?


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 9:50 am
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Very limited so far, doesn't appear to be working well either (films show up in the 'available for download' section but can't be downloaded).

Limits on number of devices also still apply - if you pay the subscription for 2 devices, you can only download content to 2 devices...


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 9:53 am
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Nice. Says a "limited selection", how limited I wonder?

When Amazon started downloads, I seem to recall the answer being "Very".

Most stuff I want to watch is downloadable now though...


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 9:53 am
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Posted : 02/12/2016 9:59 am
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Certainly makes it look more appealing.

How much space does an avg film take up though? (thinking ipad with limited storage)


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 10:02 am
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It takes time to compress and verify large amounts of content. It takes time to test this content downloaded onto various platforms. It also requires quite a bit of infrastructure to support so personally I am happy to give them a break. The 2 things I tried to download so far were present, but they weren't particularly high demand no doubt, i.e. Cuckoo which I only recently discovered and Black Mirror.

So it's good for me at the moment.


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 10:02 am
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I much prefer download to streaming as broadband and the providers speeds are so unreliable

if only we regulated the market more so they did what they said they did :Wink:

Virgin achieve their download speeds consistently and i would imagine any fibre optic broadband provider does


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 10:02 am
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Hurrah! I love amazon's offline watching, but there's way more stuff on Netflix. Let's hope more things become downloadable though.

Oh and while we're at the requests - more Archer please.


 
Posted : 02/12/2016 10:43 am