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Aug 26 2010

NetFlix instant streaming movies to your iPhone …awesomeness?

17200v1 max 450x4501 NetFlix instant streaming movies to your iPhone …awesomeness?The Mac web, or more specifically, the iPhone web is buzzing about Netflix for iPhone today. This is huge for NetFlix subscribers who find themselves in need of on-demand entertainment as it allows them to instantly watch movies and TV shows from the service’s vast selection of titles streamed from their servers directly to the iPhone’s screen.

Since I’m in Canada and still awaiting the arrival of the promised NetFlix service, I have to go by second-hand accounts. Mel Martin from TUAW says…

The new iPhone version has excellent image quality, supports fast forwarding and rewinding of the video stream, and like other incarnations of Netflix, allows you to pick up where you left off if you stop a movie and restart it. As Netflix members will appreciate, you can pause a movie you are watching on a Netflix device at home, and start the movie on the iPhone app and it will resume at the same place.

GeekSugar has a very helpful word of warning: make sure you use the app when you’re connected to wifi or expect a huge cell phone bill.

Like I said, I can’t try the app—I wish I could. Just based on the buzz and the strong potential for a service like this in the marketplace, I have to assume this is awesomeness.

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Mar 30 2008

Apple TV 2.0.1 update and how to take advantage of it

moviegenres 20080330 194046 Apple TV 2.0.1 update and how to take advantage of itFriday, Apple snuck out an update to the Apple TV that adds Genre sorting to your My Movies menu.

Sorting TV shows by show has allowed Apple TV users to easily navigate to the specific episode of the specific show they wanted to play by allowing them to drill down to just the show they were concerned with. Sorting through a long list of movies in My Movies wasn’t so easy; all your movies were all in one scrolling list with no way to organize them. That has changed with the Apple TV 2.0.1 update.

To update your Apple TV, go to General under the Settings menu and scroll down and click on Update Software. After the update is complete (your Apple TV will need to restart), you will be able to show your movies in the long list or by genre.

To organize your movies, you will need to make sure they have been appropriately label by genre. Open iTunes, select your Movies library and select your first movie. Under the File menu, choose Get Info… and, on the window that pops up, click the “Info” tab. Now you will see several fields in which you can clarify information about the selected movie. Direct your attention to the Genre field in the lower left. Fill in the genre of the movie you selected and then click the “Next” button beneath the Genre field. This will switch the window to show information for the next movie in your Movies library list. Set its genre. Continue in this manner until all your movies have been categorized by genre and then click “OK” in the lower right of the window. The next time you sync your iTunes Movie library with your Apple TV, your movies will be viewable by genre and much, much easier to navigate.

Enjoy.

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Aug 3 2007

Apple releases minor iTunes update

Sayeth Software Update:

With iTunes 7.3, you can now activate iPhone service and sync it with your music, TV shows, movies and more. Also, you can now wirelessly share and enjoy your favorite digital photos from any computer in your home with Apple TV. iTunes 7.3.2 provides bug fixes to improve stability and performance.

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