Great app for Netflix users
May 14th, 2009
A while ago my Netflix account was switched over to the new Silverlight player instead of the Windows Media Player version that worked great before. In a word, it sucks. The quality is a lot blockier than before; there is a crapload of screen tearing, and it doesn’t stop your screensaver/monitor power saver from turning on.
Fortunately, the last one is correctable. I was perusing the Netflix forum when I found this app. It acts as an entry into Internet Explorer and turns off the screensaver for you. Now if I could just find one that forces vsync to turn on for the Silverlight player, I’d be set.