ugh, just tried the instant Netflix service (again...second chances man) -- must use IE (6 or better) and has to install not just an .msi but also an activex plugin for drm as well as a windows media player 11 upgrade.

what happened then? I got a typical 'you don't have the rights to this media' drm error popup for every video I tried to play. Problems like this often seem to happen with drm stupidity (at least for me)...not just the added nuisance of the additional signup hoops.

That's when I walk away, and I just wanted to see how well I could watch some movies already in my queue on my pc...and I will do a little work to get something...I just went through captcha and double opt-in just to leave this comment...browsing back to the story when the email verification link wasn't customized to take me back to the story I started registering from (just a suggestion).

When will we all just admit that if you can see it or hear it you can record it.