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Netflix Will Explore Mobile-Specific Cuts of Its Original Series (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader shares an article: Netflix chief product officer Neil Hunt said in a briefing today with journalists in San Francisco that the company plans to explore streaming mobile-specific cuts of its original movies and TV shows, to satisfy what he said was a growing audience of mobile Netflix watchers. "It's not inconceivable that you could take a master [copy] and make a different cut for mobile," Hunt said. To date, Netflix hasn't been delivering different cuts for different viewing platforms, Hunt said, but "it's something we will explore over the next few years." The idea would be to create a version of the content with scenes or shots that are more easily visible or immersive on a mobile phone, since certain shots can be hard to see or can appear diminished on a relatively small phone screen.
Bullshit. Everyone had a collection of VHS movies.
Maybe the neighborhood AV snob would insist on laser disc, but everyone else went with the basics. They bought into the technology that gave them a decent experience at an affordable price. For 10-20 years, that was VHS.