The discrepancy isn’t massive but it’s still sizeable. The standard setting offers smaller file sizes, while the higher quality setting obviously offers sharper video and a corresponding increase in file size. But Netflix has been working overtime in the past few hours, issuing an update that allows users to choose between standard and high quality. When the function was initially released this week, you couldn’t choose a quality setting for your clips. “We are exploring adding the ability to save to a separate SD card as we continue to improve this feature,” the company added. Of course, your phone generally needs to support adoptable storage (from Android 6.0 onwards) to install apps to the card. In other words, if you choose to install Netflix on the microSD card, it’ll save videos to the card. But according to the streaming service’s help page, Netflix will save videos to wherever the app is installed. But if Netflix is going to put limits on content downloads or enforce limits set by others, it really ought to at least tell its users what the limit is, or at least warn them that they’re approaching it.Netflix doesn’t let you choose where to store downloaded video clips, making for a rather weird omission. Having any download option at all is superior to not having one, and we lived with not having one for years.
That’s a stupid way to handle it, to be perfectly honest. But some of Netflix’s work is apparently gate-kept in this manner as well, and the company doesn’t give you any warning that you’re on your last downloads before you hit the error. One reasonable interpretation of these rules is that they’re imposed by the content rights holders, who don’t want to give up on selling you Blu-ray or DVD disks, as opposed to an endless download option that they don’t get any revenue from. If you would like to watch the TV show or movie sooner, you’ll need to connect to the Internet and stream. After seeing this message, you will only be able to download your TV show or movie again on or after the date referenced in the error message. Some TV shows and movies can only be downloaded a limited number of times per year per account.
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