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Netflix to offer Mac streaming by 2009

Apple customers will have access to 12,000 streaming titles, after Netflix can sort out issues with DRM.

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Computing | by Stephen Schenck | Fri Oct 3, 2008 8:18AM | 2 comments

Netflix has posted that work is in progress to allow Mac users to stream TV & movies to their computers. All subscribers except the lowest tier are granted unlimited access to Netflix's more than 12,000 streaming titles, viewable on a PC or any of several stand-alone devices, such as Roku's $100 Netflix Player, LG's BD300 Blu-ray player, and the Xbox 360 shortly. Due to the company's use of Digital Rights Management to prevent piracy, Mac users have been unable to access the content with available OS X media playback software. Netflix says that it is busy working on making videos available using a DRM supported by Macs, assuring Apple customers that a solution will be available by the end of the year.

[Via Gizmodo]

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Jeff Chefetz (1:17 PM on Sun Dec 28, 2008)

Can I buy a bluray today that will wirelessly connect to my MAC (with "airport" router) so that I can watch movies on my TELEVISION?? I had ordered a Samsung BD-P2500 for this reason but have been told that the Samsung won't work with my MAC computer.

PLEASE CLARIFY!!!

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Stephen Schenck (6:05 PM on Sun Dec 28, 2008)

The Samsung BD-P2500 plays Blu-ray discs as well as streams Netflix films for viewing on your television. It doesn't connect to your computer at all - whether you have a Mac or PC is irrelevant. It uses a wired Ethernet interface, so you can't connect it wirelessly to an Airport.

What does this have to do with watching Netflix streams on a Mac?

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