Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

[Benjamin Scott]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:
> There's no equivalent listing I can find in Netflix.

http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection

  Use the "Watch Instantly" box in the lower left to limit to diskless content.

  Or try <http://instantwatcher.com/> for a less pretty, but possibly
more powerful, UI.

>  From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't
> realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That
> was pleasing to find out.

  Netflix needs Silverlight (an implementation of which *is* available
for Linux) and Microsoft's DRM libraries (which are not).

-- Ben