Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]
Benjamin Scott
dragonhawk at gmail.com
Thu Jan 27 07:09:16 EST 2011
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:
>> http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection
>> Use the "Watch Instantly" box in the lower left to limit to diskless
>> content.
>
> FYI, the above only works if you are not logged in to a Netflix account.
> If you are logged in, it redirects to WiHome page.
> Choosing SciFi category, for example, shows 17 titles when not logged in.
> Logging in to Netflix, shows 167 titles under that genre.
Ah. I specifically logged out to get that link, but didn't drill
down to make sure it had the same number of titles. I confirm similar
behavior here. Crud.
Playing around, <http://www.netflix.com/AllGenresList> will get you
all the titles, but won't filter for diskless content. Rather dumb of
them -- especially since they expose that info via a publicly
documented web API (that's how InstantWatcher.com works).
-- Ben
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