How Netflix Could’ve Looked in the 1950s

ThePhlico Predictawas a TV that , in design terms at least , was right smart ahead of its meter . But what if it had total lade with Netflix ?

Well , that ’s what a bunch of Netflix technologist wondered , too — so they decide to conform one of the fifties TV stage set so that they could take in the streaming overhaul on its ageing screen . The telecasting below , indicate out The Verge , shows that they succeeded during a consecrated jade day .

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The resulting set has a round-eyed parallel control condition on the side to scroll through menu , allowing modern shows and moves to flick into life on its grainy back - and - white screen . Incidentally , the Predicta was was one of the first television set to feature a near flat projection screen , though it looks pretty ropy these days .

The hack day also spawned some other , more utilitarian , results too — including an app call OK Netflix that can identify a show you want to watch from lines of script , and an algorithm called Smart Channels that can produce curated channels for drug user based on their see histories . Some of those may yet turn into real feature article — though the Predicta probably wo n’t .

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