SAY IT’S SO: Netflix May Soon Let You DL Your Fave Shit To Watch Offline

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April 20, 2016

One of the biggest difficulties with using streaming services such as Netflix in Australia, is our lacklustre internet.

So, what would be really handy? Allowing us to download shows and TV at a speed our crappy connection can handle, to enable offline viewing, right?

It has been previously stated that this oft-requested feature wouldn’t happen, with Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt saying,

“It adds considerable complexity to your life… you have to remember that you want to download this thing.

It’s not going to be instant, you have to have the right storage on your device, you have to manage it, and I’m just not sure people are actually that compelled to do that.”

However, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in an interview recently that the streaming giant was considering it as an option, giving hope to the broadband-challenged:

“We should keep an open mind on this. We’ve been so focused on click-and-watch and the beauty and simplicity of streaming.

But as we expand around the world, where we see an uneven set of networks, it’s something we should keep an open mind about.”

However, this does bring up the issue that heavy-hitters like Universal and Disney may not be too keen on this, because it would mean that people would not buy physical copies, or even digital copies elsewhere.

So, we continue to live in hope that OS companies will take mercy on us and our terribly slow innanet.

And in further SVOD news, Netflix is adding a tonne more HDR content in 2016.

While you do need a HDR TV in order to see the full advantages, Netflix is our fair country’s only source of HDR so far, giving us Netflix Originals ‘Marco Polo’ and ‘Daredevil’.

Here’s some of the HDR titles they’ll be adding these titles by the end of the year:

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Bloodline

Chef’s Table

Hibana

Knights of Sidonia

Marvel’s Daredevil

Marvel’s Iron Fist

Marvel’s Jessica Jones

Marvel’s Luke Cage

Marvel’s The Defenders

The Do-Over

The Ridiculous Six

So, if you’re planning on enjoying the full benefits of this ~very high and dynamic~ goodness, you’d best get to steppin’ and purchase one o’ them fancy up-to-date Ultra HD/HDR televisions.

I WOULD THANK YOU TO QUIETEN YOUR VOICE AND TAKETH MY PERSONAL WEALTH.