MarcsBro was the one who gave me the heads up on this.

People who have Netflix might be interested to know that in addition to however many DVDs they get a month, they'll also be able to get a number of additional hours for online viewing of movies.

So, for example, if you're on the 3-DVDs-a-month plan, you'll be able to watch another 18 hours' worth of movies/tv shows online free of charge. The cheapest plan will give you an additional 6 hours' worth.

They're starting small — only 1,000 titles will be included at the start — but by June 2007, the option will be available to the entire customer base.

For more information, here's the press release.