New Netflix player uses Silverlight to reach Mac, Linux
Netflix announced that its “instant view” streams will be made available to non-Windows users through Microsoft Silverlight. Microsoft Silverlight to enhance the instant watching component of the Netflix service and to allow subscribers for the first time to watch movies and TV episodes instantly on their Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers. Silverlight is designed for delivery of cross-platform, cross-browser media experiences inside a Web browser. It is expected that Netflix members who watch movies and TV episodes instantly on their computers will enjoy a faster, easier connection and a more robust viewing experience with Silverlight, due to the quality built directly into the player
The Netflix instant watching catalog of more than 12,000 choices continues to grow with significant new titles from CBS, the Disney Channel and Starz Play, which the company announced recently. In addition to watching instantly on the PC and Mac via Silverlight, Netflix members can enjoy the same movies and TV episodes on their television with a Netflix ready device such as the Netflix Player by Roku, which was introduced in May, the LG Electronics BD300 Blu-ray disc player and the Samsung BD-P2550 and BD-P2500 Blu-ray disc players, which are on sale now at retailers nationwide, and, soon, the Microsoft Xbox 360.
To enable the new Silverlight player on your account whether you’re a Mac or Windows user.Just follow the opt-in link to get started with the Silverlight player. The catch: Once you enable Silverlight on your account, it sounds as though you can’t go back to the old Windows Media streaming. That might deter you for a couple of reasons. Not all movies are available for streaming with Silverlight, and it’s still a touch buggy.
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