ah802
10-23-2008, 09:46 AM
You’ll soon be able to stream Netflix movies on certain Samsung Blu-ray players. You’ll still need the $8.95 per month Netflix subscription to use the service. Since you’re streaming movies on a Blu-ray player, you might as well pony up the $1 for the Blu-ray rental service, too. Xbox will be able to do this soon.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/23/streaming-netflix-movies-on-your-samsung-blu-ray-player/
Streaming movie quality still sucks though. It has it's merit just not for the family room or bedroom.
Joe Las Vegas
10-24-2008, 01:25 AM
Nov 19 on the 360: http://www.highdefforum.com/gaming-systems/80760-new-360-dashboard-nov-19-a.html
Question is, how will it work, will the movie be good for only 24hrs since it will be a rental? will it take HDD space?
ah802
10-24-2008, 11:45 AM
It does not stream videos in the high-definition Blu-ray standard, but does offer Blu-ray DVDs through its by-mail service and recently began adding $1 to monthly membership fees to provide unlimited access to high-definition Blu-ray movies.
This system is also available through a $100 set-top box made by Roku Inc. Customers who already own Samsung BD-P2550 and BD-P2500 Blu-ray players, priced at around $400 each, can upgrade these devices at no additional cost to enable instant streaming from Netflix's streaming service.
Members can visit its website to add movies and TV episodes to instant queues and will then be able to display these choices on their TVs, using a wired broadband connection and user interface.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE49M0IY20081023
