Comments on: Macs getting Netflix “Watch Instantly” with Silverlight

By: Atone

Atone — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:29:17 +0000

Hey PowerPC Hackintoshers:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3707/mac-os-x-install-silverlight-2-on-non-intel-systems-ie-powerpc-or-osx86-installs/

Works like a charm on Dell Mini9.

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By: Atone

Atone — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:19:31 +0000

Yet a new reason to lament Silverlight’s refusal to work with PowerPC macs…

My Dell Mini9 running OSX is on a build for the Intel Atom… which runs as a PowerPC grrr

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GNC-2008-10-28 #419 Sorry about Missing a Show | Geek News Central — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:41:21 +0000

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By: Linux Can Now Access Silverlight; The Rat Race Between Silverlight and Adobe Flash Continues

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:52:58 +0000

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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:49:52 +0000

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By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:05:16 +0000

“Hasn’t been completely abandoned” is close to accurate.

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Podcast Ep 57 10-29-08 Movin and Shakin - Geekazine.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:36:29 +0000

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By: NATEtheGREAT

NATEtheGREAT — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:02:35 +0000

i downloaded my update for silverlight and when i click watch instantly it is still just telling me to install the plug-in and will not let me watch.. help me?

By: Bored

Bored — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:26:55 +0000

does silverlight require an expensive media server to enable the adaptive bitrate streaming?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:58:06 +0000

they have to use silverlight since they’re drm backend is windows media. it’s not because flash is better or worse than silverlight

By: Macs getting Netflix “Watch Instantly” with Silverlight « World News

Macs getting Netflix “Watch Instantly” with Silverlight « World News — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:23:37 +0000

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By: David

David — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:10:00 +0000

NOOOO! Silverlight OSX maxxed-out my CPU so much that video SKIPPED on my dual-core mac. I had to bootcamp XP to watch the Olympics.

Flash video still uses too much CPU but at least it WORKS.

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By: ntopics

ntopics — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:07:33 +0000

This is going to be really fun
to see movies this easily.
The variety is huge just like
the company. I wonder how this
will effect dvd sales.

thanks from tony

By: Alb

Alb — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:08:43 +0000

Microsoft is a partner of Netflix.