Xbox 360 Netflix streaming announced.

Mase

I know this saves me from buying the Roku STB as I would rather use my 360 for this and save $100 and from having to add yet another component to my setup which would in turn add more cables and more headache..

So long as their offerings differ from each other I see no reason why NF would not put or I should say Microsift allow for NF to offer HD viewing.. Of course this is just me speculating so take it for what its worth

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DeadmeatHD

You need two things.

1. Xbox Live Gold Subscription.($50 a year)
2. Netflix subscription.($9 a month)

If you have a Netflix subscription worth more than $9, then you can watch your Netflix movies on any device you like, be it PC, Roku, or Xbox 360.

You cannot watch Netflix movies on PS3 and Wii as Microsoft has console exclusive streaming rights.

Type A

Cool, this is a nice feature (though I dont think its everything you think it is). PSN is launching their own movie service this summer sometime, and netflix on demand doesnt have the greatest selection but I already subscribe, so no more using the htpc to watch netflix.com

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Question: Does NetFlix have "Their own" content that is somehow different from the studio's content? Did I read that correctly?

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Dr. Jones

It may not make much of a difference. With Comcast and TWC planning on going to hard caps and overage fees for their broadband services, it's going to kill this kind of streaming all together. Esp. if TWC goes ahead with it's 5gb per month basic tier level.

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• The Xbox Live Video Marketplace is the worlds largest Video on Demand service (Including Digital Cable, Satellite, etc services).
  
• You can bring a group of friends with you (via their new dashboard update) and can all watch the movie together. (Like with the Harry Potter HD DVD) the difference being only one person has to have a copy of the movie.

http://formatwarcentral.com/index.ph...ents/#more-903

eng050599

An interesting service, but will this function outside the US?

kamspy

Also, the content to choose from in the Netflix 'watch it now' section is usually Full Screen 4:3, and 2.0 stereo audio.

Wake me up when they are streaming every movie day and date in HD with 5.1 surround. Hell, I'd settle for Dolby Vanilla Digital.

scsa

I agree with Dr. Jones and Kamspy its not going to be a big deal at all especially since Dead Meat made the topic the 360 fan boy that he is. I would rather buy Blu-Ray or even rent Blu-Ray from netflix then to waste my cap limit that I most likely have on comcast. I mean I got in trouble downloading 400 gb one month downloading HD would be way more bandwidth every month cable companies aren't going to like it and will not let that happen.

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Netflix share price is up. Market thinks it's a big deal that Netflix has access to 11 million Xbox 360 users in USA.

People like you are a minority. Convenience is the name of the game, and nothing beats streaming in convenience.

Beta-guy

I and others buy/rent Blu-ray because they want to see their movies in the best way possible, streaming over internet, you're not even going to get DVD quality why should we downgrade our expectation of our movie experience just so we don't have to go to the movie store for 5 minutes?

and the thing about streaming is the people getting the cap is increasing it's a growing trend among ISP's even if that wasn't an issue, you're looking at the other failing of streaming, I don't get a permanent copy, I'm a movie collector, Blu-ray allows me to collect movies, just like DVD did. so why are you cheering on something that fails on 2 counts?

anythingwt

Well said, Beta-guy, and welcome to HDF!

This streaming option is cool, but wont offer the quality of BD, and also wont offer the luxury of being able to own a hard copy of the movie with HD audio and video. In this market, some will love it and take advantage of the service, but the masses aren't ready to transfer completely from physical media to downloads.

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crazyal

The FCC is putting pressure on all HSI providers to stop this practice. Right now I don't know how much they can stop them from doing so but cable companies and telcoms are smart enough to know not to piss off the FCC.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080711/...a_comcast_dc_1

Just like BD and HD DVD were brand new a few years ago so is this. The fact that so many companies are trying to get into this should tell you something, it's not likely to fail. It will mature just like speeds of the net will increase as needed. Will this be a big threat to BD, I don't know.

What I do know is I look forward to the day that I have access to an unlimited list of movies only a click away for $10 a month. I look forward to the day that all these movies will be in HD equal to what cable companies provide right now and in time will equal BD. The only movies I'll buy are the ones I really want.

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crazyal

If you read Lee's post about NEC's new SOC that had HDD support you have to ask why. Clearly this isn't going to be used in the PS3 and BD's have no use for a HDD. So why add it?

I thought I read somewhere that Panny and LG are working on BD players that can also stream movies. They most likely will be adding a HDD to serve as a buffer or to store a movie for later playback, unsure at this time.

I'm also sure that the list of people who people who said the public wouldn't be ready to drop CD's and only buy digital versions of songs. Sure there are those who try to say it's different because you can buy only one song and that's why that's different.

But video streaming is the rental market. No more going to the store, no more waiting for the mail. A future of just click and watch is something that has appeal, just not to those who want the very best in picture and sound, or about (my guess) 5% of the masses.

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anythingwt

I was talking about this with Lee the other day. The number of people who want the best picture and sound is going to naturally start going up. HDTV is the new fad, so after someone drops a couple thousand dollars on a new HDTV, their gonna want to get as much HD content as they can get. Yes, some may not understand the concept at first, but once they start viewing HD at home, I see people becoming somewhat "addicted" to it. They wont want to watch SD anymore.. ESPECIALLY the people who buy big screens and hook up their old $30 wal-mart progressive scan DVD player, with composite cables. They will then be looking to upgrade because their DVDs now look like crap on their 50" screen, they go to BB, and voila! There is BD being advertised everywhere, and it looks 1,000 x's better than what their crap DVD player can accomplish.

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