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The Hacking Netflix site has an interesting bit of news: Glitch Exposes "Netflix Player".
Could this be the big TiVo-Netflix partnership offering downloadable movies that was announced last year? If the screenshot is real, it sure looks like a similar screen to what you get when you connect your TiVo online account with your TiVo boxes.
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I'm betting that you'll see a MovieLink-like service from NetFlix before it works with TiVo.
Posted by: jstevenson | July 11, 2005 at 03:35 PM
Yep, this seems to be more of a Netflix branded set top box than a link with Tivo.
The name your box field seems to suggest it's not talking about your Tivo box but your Netflix box. I'm sure the tivo link won't be too far behind but Netflix is going to want to get all the mileage it can out of this before letting content loose for Tivo subscribers.
Posted by: MikeM | July 12, 2005 at 09:30 AM