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Netflix Quietly Adds HD DVD Rentals

By the Betanews Staff | Published March 13, 2006, 4:59 PM

Following through on a promise made earlier this year, Netflix has quietly launched a new feature that enables subscribers to obtain their movies in HD DVD, if available. With the high-definition format still getting off the ground, however, few titles are currently offered.

Netflix subscribers must first set up their account for HD DVD through the service's Preferences page. A "Format" column will then appear in the Netflix rental queue, and customers can select HD DVD to be the default rental format. Netflix plans to support Blu-ray when the Sony-backed format launches in May.

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stratagem13
Mar 14, 2006 - 4:40 PM edited

I just hope they keep them seperate from the current format.

I'd be tempted to send it back to them broken if they sent me an HD-DVD.

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mjm01010101
Mar 13, 2006 - 11:35 PM edited

I wonder if these HD DVD's shatter as willingly as the regular kind courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service...

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WickedLester
Mar 14, 2006 - 11:11 AM

Never gotten a shattered or broken disc here....

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Kompressor
Mar 14, 2006 - 2:30 PM

Ditto.

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pc.pain
Mar 14, 2006 - 7:41 PM

Got enough of them here to dump netflix.

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