Xbox 360 Netflix streaming announced.

QuantumIguana

It's not a choice of physical media or streaming, we are going to have both. The collectors will have the ability to to purchase disks; those that want to watch a movie just once, and don't care to own it will have streaming as an option. I watched "The Madness of King George" a few days ago streamed to my TV, and it was pretty good, but I have no need to own a copy or to see it again.

Mase

I view this as a + even though it will not be replacing my HD collection, but as we all know not everything is in HD and a lot of the stuff they have to offer via Netflix instant watch is not in HD in any shape or form.. NF instant watch is fast convienent and I have even used it to kinda preview certain films that are avaiable on Blu-Ray but was not sure if it waranted an actual rent or not..

Since I own both a 360 and subscribe to Nerflix this is a great perk, again this is not replacing my lust for HD its just another option for someone who enjoys movies and TV shows.. Now when NF does start offering HD streaming that will just add to what already is a nice perk..

Oh and a lot of the content is widescreen despite what others have said.. I know The Office was and a lot of the anime is also..

__________________

pjc

So, you're bashing this and you don't even have the ability to use it?

scsa

guess what pj we get the same service kind of now since the ps3 gets its own movie service now and we get blu-ray so we win.

__________________
BLU-RAY Movies (27) Donnie Darko, Twister, Me Myself and Irene, Austin Powers 1, Austin Powers 2, Austin Powers 3, Friday the 13th, Halloween 1980, Halloween (2007), Smallville season 7, Freddy Vs Jason,Iron man, Transformers, Sarah Connor Chronicles. Independence Day, and Tropic Thunder,Die Hard, Die Harder, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Die hard 4,The Dark Knight, the matrix, The Matrix 2, The matrix 3, Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Spiderman 3. [/b][/color]
[/color][/b]

Beta-guy

and it upconverts too

kamspy

Tversity trumps all.

I'm not letting MS spy on whats on my media center.

II SAL II

yes Glow we appreciate Quality HD. but if bored in my living room and want to catch a flick i dont have to wait 2 or 3 days for it to be mailed to me, i can simple stream it in 420p or soon 720p. whats not to like about that. If its a movie that im die hard about, i will buy it on Blu-ray and pay 30.00 for it. but im not going to go out and buy every new release on blu-ray just becasue its 1080p.. its just more practical to have some this content available to me. you will find a flaw in everything !!!

kamspy

Netflix "watch it now titles" are around 80% Full Screen.


AKA artificially cropped to 4:3 format.

Enjoy not watching 40% of the picture!

pjc

Thanks, I will

pearl-drum-man

Since I have a 360, XBL, and Netflix this will be a nice little feature. I hope the picture works well on the larger HDTV screen. I do occasionally watch a streamed Netflix movie on my computer, so this will replace, hopefully enhance that.

__________________
Samsung 32" LCD LN-S3238D
Toshiba HD D2
Yamaha YHT-390BL 5.1 HTiB
Samsung DVD-VR375 DVD recorder/VCR
Xbox 360

Mase

So is it lonely up there?

You have been on a tear lately, adding absolutely nothing to threads. The only thing you are accomplishing is showing everyone how closed minded and childish you are..


anyways what Kampsy doesnt even know because I am betting he doesnt even have a NetFlix account is out of that percentage that is full screen most of it is old TV shows and movies where everything was fullscreen. Netflix has plenty of older titles and of course they are not going to be widescreen, also when it comes to tv shows or movies, the majority of them that would intrest someone in my age range (aka someone who would be affected by NF joining with XBL) a much larger % of them are shown in their native widescreen format..

__________________

MikeRox

So they see downloading as the future now... ah I get you, and in this fast-moving tech-world. Before downloading takes over, I'm sure they'll happily switch onto something else that is definitely the future. It's nothing to do with technology. It's purely to do with how they think they're going to generate their green.

I am, I like my video quality to look better than something that fell out of my ass.

In that case Netflix were retarded not to get this set up on Wii first. Christ even the BBC got that right

Is it not hypocracy to market the Xbox 360 as a "true high definition console/entertainment hub" then have most of it's stuff in SD?

Btw, for the record, I'm far from against this idea, I think it's a nice addition to the 360, well it would be if I could use it, because I'd love to be able to watch TV shows downloaded or streamed to my Xbox 360. In fact I'm looking forward to TV shows

I just think it's hilarious that deadmeat is now proclaiming it the death for PS3, and for all optical media all because a console that has enjoyed a moderate success in 1 territory has added it.

As you said deadmeat, average person doesn't want high def. Average person also doesn't want Xbox 360. Therefore how is netflix on the 360 going to be the end of home video as we know it?

__________________
REGION B 4TW!

Latest HD additions - I Love You Man - 17 Again - Born on the 4th of July - Paul Blart: Mall Cop - Monsters, Inc.

HD Movies - Um... Lost count >_< bout 250

Latest Gaming Additions - Mirrors Edge - Scene It BOS - Wartech: Senko No Ronde - Lego Indiana Jones/Kung Fu Panda 2 pack - Silent Hill

kamspy

I've had netflix for over a year. I just tried Gattaca "watch it now" on my PC. It was 4:3.

Where's the beef?

eng050599

Well it's confirmed, Canada (and the UK) gets screwed again:

-No Netflix (either on the 360 or otherwise)
-No PSN video service

I wasn't overly interested in the Netflix service as it's only SD, but the PSN service looked passible (Early reviews indicate that the video quality is higher than iTunes or XBL, but the file size is bigger). Looks like it's still Blu- Ray or nothing.

kamspy

TVersity and ISOhunt make an even better pairing then any of the above if you have a PS3