Damion Chaplin
09-02-2006, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.digitaltrends.com/article11211.html' target='_blank'>http://news.digitaltrends.com/article11211.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Online DVD rental service Netflix today announced a new Web site service which enables subscribers to view movie trailers and previews of movies, selected for them based on their movies tastes and preferences. The previews run sequentially without interruption. "Netflix 'Previews' is like every viewer in a movie theater seeing a different series of trailers based on their personal tastes," said Neil Hunt, Netflix Chief Product Officer. "But it's easier because you're watching the previews on your own computer screen, wherever you want, on your own time.""</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/NetflixPreviews.jpg" /> <br /><br />This is actually pretty cool. If you go to the browse section of Netflix and click the Previews button at the top (next to New Releases), it take you to a page where there are previews constantly playing. These are previews for titles recently released to DVD (not theatrical previews), but that's a good thing 'cause while you're watching the preview, you can click the 'Add' button below the screen and add the movie to your rental que right there. I like it a lot. Of course, I'm not such a huge fan of previews, so I'm not sure how often I'll actually use this function, but it's very cool nonetheless, wouldn't you say?