Movies in my pocket
I read this morning of a new application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that improves the Netflix on-demand movie experience. So, I pointed my iPhone 4 to the App Store and downloaded the Netflix app.
After logging in with my Netflix user name and password, and after poking around the app for a while, I decided to see what the on-demand feed of a movie on my phone would look like. I clicked into “The Big Lebowski,” a 1998 movie starring Jeff Bridges. The total elapsed time from the moment I started downloading the application was less than three minutes. Probably more like two minutes.
I'm already a mobile movie-watcher, downloading flicks to my iPods or slipping a disc into my laptop, but I hadn't watched an on-demand flick this way. I was impressed. The feed was smooth, the image on the iPhone 4 screen was crisp and clear and the sound was, well, the sound of speakers on a mobile phone. Next time I plan to plug in my headset.
I had to stop the film a couple of times, and the Netfilx app let me resume the movie where I stopped it, just as I’d be able to if I were watching Netflix on my computer.
Sure, I prefer to watch films in the theater or on my big-screen, surround-sound-equipped home theater, but I liked the small, 3.5-inch screen.
The Netflix folks are really starting to live up to their name, delivering movies through the Internet. I just wonder how much longer they'll be mailing digital video discs to customers.
Screen shot of Netflix app on my iPhone 4.
Read more about the Netflix app for Apple devices:
Netflix App Comes Just In Time (The Street.com):
http://bit.ly/netflixnow
