When Netflix announced about a month ago that it would provide streaming movies to it’s subscribers I got really excited. You see, sometimes I’ll hold onto a movie for a couple of months without ever watching it because I won’t be in the mood for that particular movie. For instance, I had “In The Mood For Love” for at least a couple of months before it was returned because I rarely found myself with the patience or interest to read subtitles for an hour and a half (I know, I know. For shame. I’m lazy). This results in a waste of my subscription dollars.

With streaming media I could just watch those movies whenever the mood strikes me. Anyway, Netflix said that the feature should be rolled out by July or so. With streaming movies, a person with an $18 per month subscription should be able to watch 18 hours of online video a month. Last week I have found a way to get this feature immediately. If any of you Netfix subscribers are interested follow the steps below:

1. Log into Netflix.

2. Click on “Your Account”

3. Look for a small graphic on the right column that says “How can I watch movies on my PC?”

4. Click the “Start Now” link, and voila, you have a new tab next to Queue.

This worked great for me. After hooking my computer up to my television I loaded up Cowboy Del Amor, which I thought was a great movie. I’d love to hear what others though about this flick (post in the comments). The streaming quality was excellent. Both picture and sound were great. The only thing lacking, when compared to having the actual DVD mailed to your house, are the special features and director/cast narration.

While perusing the internet today I came across this streaming Netflix hack that will trick Netflix into thinking you watched just a few minutes of video, when you actually watched a 2 hour movie. Netflix will probably fix this hole soon, not to mention I’m pretty sure it breaks your terms of service, but i though I’d post I’d here if anyone wanted to give it a try. Here is what you do:

1. Wait for the movie to finish downloading, and then disconnect your network adapter.

2. Clear your browser cache and cookies.

3. Reconnect your network adapter after you’ve finished watching the movie.

4. Netflix will subtract a few minutes from your clock, allowing you to watch dozens of additional movies this month.

On top of all that you’ll find some really cool Greasemonkey scripts behind the jump. Enjoy.
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You are seriously missing out if you don’t check out the covers after the jump.
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