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Enable a live video streaming option for Macs

By Chad Capellman on December 11, 2007 5:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Problem:
You're prepared to be stuck at the $&$^%#%@ airport for nine &#&$%%#^ hours when you remember you have a Netflix account and you can use your broadband wireless card to watch some movies to kill the time. However, you are on a Mac and you are told the following:

"Your system is not compatible with watching instantly "Your computer's operating system is not compatible with watching instantly. "Try again from a computer running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista."

The Answer:
Steve Jobs and Slingbox (The technology that Netflix is powered by) need to work out a solution to enable the growing marketshare of users who are switching to Macs to be able to get full value from services like Netflix's Watch it Now and the live streaming feature on DirecTV's SuperFan NFL package. Perhaps there could be a conversion through Flip for Mac that could accommodate this?

Enable a live video streaming option for Macs

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