[OT] Apple Rant
Roger Eller
roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Sat May 26 09:37:40 EDT 2012
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> Having a great Friday evening thanks to Apple.
>
<snip>
> So I give up on that and think, OK, let's watch a movie through my new
> AppleTV box. Already watched several NetFlix movies with no problem.
> Ordered a movie. After I've paid for it, I'm told a) it's only available
> to watch for 24 hours, and b) it's gonna take nearly 6 hours to download.
> Leaving town tomorrow so no way I can watch this movie. How come NetFlix
> can automatically adjust their download resolution to my Internet
> connection speed but Apple can't?
>
<snip>
Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
Netflix is licensed for Microsoft Silverlight, which is way ahead of
Quicktime in the compression and streaming department. Apple just doesn't
want to accept that fact.
~Roger
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