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Netflix Offline — Watch Netflix anytime without an internet connection
You can download select TV shows and movies on the Netflix app to watch offline later. Watching downloaded titles offline does not count toward the concurrent streaming limit of your plan.
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Neeraj Thakur
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Looks like function of getting into the markets like India where they are already facing stiff competition with local players & YouTube and soon going to have a stiffer one with Amazon Prime Videos.
Netflix Board Meeting Minutes:
2006: Should we launch video streaming? 🤔
2007: We successfully launched video streaming ✅
2008: Should we enable offline viewing? 🤔
2009: We should enable offline viewing ❌
2010: We should enable offline viewing... ❌
2011: Our customers want offline viewing ❌
2012: Our customers really want offline viewing ❌
2013: Offline viewing? ❌
2014: We should enable offline viewing. ❌
2015: Thoughts on offline viewing? ❌
2016: *Adds offline viewing* ✅
@andreyyanovskiy @nivo0o0 pretty sure competition forced them. Streaming or downloading requires the same amount of bandwith
@andreyyanovskiy @nivo0o0 Well, I don't think a lot of 4k videos will fit into an iDevice
@wraldpyk @andreyyanovskiy @nivo0o0 Yeah, they require the same amount of total bandwidth but not the same amount of bandwidth per second. I think his point is that downloading 4K doesn't require you to have a sufficiently fast bandwidth, where as streaming it does.
That's the sound of the door slamming on other VOD providers. Only defence for launching a VOD service will be insanity.
Awesome. We're one step closer to my dream of watching Netflix in VR on Daydream during plane trips. ETA for Netflix VR is end of year so I'm hoping for January usage!
@thatmattgardner That's something I've never thought about: how ethical, moral, safe, or just courteous is it to use VR gear while on a commercial flight?
@jasonsalas If you're staying within your space and not playing very intensive games (you don't want to be throwing limbs everywhere) I'm not sure if there would be any problems besides looking odd. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if when you got onto economy in 5 years time if everyone wouldn't be handed a headset so they can ignore the fact that they're crammed like sardines. You can watch your own movie selection on a theatre-sized screen, explore attractions you can visit after landing, or heck if they fix in-flight wifi you could still work/have meetings.
Plus with the headset the airlines could probably justify another row of seats because people wouldn't notice the 1in less room per seat ;)
@thatmattgardner That's an interesting theory! At the expense of awkwardness (which is always subjective), at least with VR you get privacy. You could watch a horror film on a flight without worrying about offending others. Now, what I'm wondering is possible compounded motion sickness due to HMD latency plus the fact that you're in a moving pressurized vehicle.
Doesn't work for any of the Marvel original series, like Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil. No Arrested Development or Gilmore Girls either. I wonder what deals are preventing these shows from being downloaded.
@delitzer I wasn't surprised to see the Disney-owned content (e.g., Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, Pixar) not be available for download at the onset, even with Netflix's new deal with them. ESPN's 30 for 30 films can't be downloaded, either.
What took so long!? All those flights I've taken in the past eight years!! I could have used this one so much sooner.
Amazon Prime Video has had offline viewing for a while and while I don't use it often, when I do need it, it has been very helpful and pretty easy to use.
After taking a quick look at Netflix's updated app, it looks just as easy. Not all videos can be downloaded but they do have an "Available for Download" section so that helps.
Awesome… oh, wait, mobile platforms only. Sigh. Move along, nothing to see here. (No need to renew my subscription just yet)
@frassmith I'm sure we'll see some variant of support for Microsoft hardware - Metro app for Windows 10 and some client for Xbox. We hope!
I don't get it. Everything is on a data connection. This sounds like wordplay marketing.
Probably the most useful update to Netflix since they introduced online streaming.
Tangent: What shows/movies are people watching? I'm enjoy Black Mirror (related), Tallulah with Ellen Page is great, and Demetri Martin's standup special is hilarious. Oh, and I recently re-watched Heavyweights. It holds up. 😊
