Minimalist movie buffs, rejoice - you'll soon be able to stream Netflix movies without the clutter of a set top box. LG will unveil a new line of HDTVs this week with instant Netflix movie streaming built right in.
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Netflix-equipped HDTVs coming from LG
LG Network Blu-ray Players getting CinemaNow & YouTube in 2009
LG have announced two new streaming content providers that users of their 2009 network Blu-ray players will be able to access. Both CinemaNow and YouTube have joined Netflix, which is the only media-on-demand provider currently accessible to users of the LG BD300. That means a choice from 14,000 pay-per-view CinemaNow titles from the major movie studios, broadcast and cable television shows (as well as more than 250 independent film titles and music videos from all major labels), together with unlimited access to YouTube's catalog.
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HDI Dune BD Prime: media streamer & Blu-ray deck in one
If you're looking for a dual multimedia player and Blu-ray deck, your options are pretty limited; however HDI will happily sell you their Dune BD Prime. Available in four variations, each with different connectivity, the HDI Dune BD Prime has HDMI 1.3, optical and coaxial digital and 7.1 analogue audio outputs together with composite, component and S-Video video outputs; it also has three USB 2.0 ports to connect external hard-drives containing video and audio files.
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Vudu unveils Holiday Special with $200 deep discount
If you’ve been thinking about a internet streaming media player, here’s your chance to take advantage of last minute Christmas discount. Vudu has slashed $150 off of their VUDU media player along with a $50 movie credits, to offer you a limited time only internet streaming package at $149.
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Roku Netflix Player gets HD streaming with firmware v1.5
As tipped back in November, Roku have begun streaming Netflix content in high-definition. Owners of the Netflix Player by Roku will find their media players automatically updating to firmware version 1.5 over "the next few weeks", at which point the will be able to access Netflix's catalog of "hundreds" of high-definition titles.
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VUDU RIA to offer web based streaming to TV, free for subscribers
Just couple months ago, Vudu added its HDX video download with quality equivalent of Blu-Ray, then a high-end rack-mount version of HD media streamer a month later; the company is now hoping to secure the increasingly crowded online streaming market, with a newly launched Rich Internet Application Platform that offers total of 120 channels web based video content to its subscribers, with no extra cost.
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SageTV HD Theater internet-enabled media streamer
SageTV have unveiled the HD Theater, a relatively low-cost high-definition media streamer that puts content stored on your home network, or streamed across the internet, onto your HDTV. As well as supporting UPnP streaming content from a computer or NAS, the SageTV also recognizes local storage via its two USB 2.0 ports. Install SageTV Media Center on a PC and you have a full DVR.
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Netgear EVA9000 gives YouTube 720p HD video demo
Netgear's EVA9000 Digital Entertainer Elite has been quietly wowing the preview crowds with some pre-CES demonstrations. The 500GB mediaplayer is capable of streaming HD 720p video over your WiFi draft-n network, in addition to pumping out full 1080p high-definition content from your PC.
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HD videos download service gains Blu-ray recording in Japan
Look ma, it’s not fair; they got all the Blu-ray recorders in the world and now gaining permission to export downloaded HD contents directly onto Blu-ray recordable disk at its full extent. A Japan-based Tsutaya online Corp will soon become the first videos content service provider in the world to enable Blu-ray Disk recording of its library of 412 movies and TV shows. Half of its including dub HDTV contents from US favorite shows like Heroes, Desperate Housewires, Lost, Cloverfield, No Country for Old man etc. Videos will be encoded in 1080i MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 with VBR compression rate up to 20Mpbs.
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Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite with 500GB and 1080P coming soon
Facing the increasingly crowded multimedia streaming players market, Netgear is set to launch its elite lineup of a digital media player with price and features that may fall short of competitions. The new EVA9150 Digital Entertainer Elite streaming media player, though packs with largest storage for its kind (500GB), supports free videos and photos from Youtube and Flicker, and with 1080P full HD output on contents from your PC, is planning to launch at a suggested retail of $400 without major content providers on-boarded.
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Amazon offering free VoD “The Dark Knight” with DVD purchase
If you have plans for purchasing The Dark Knight anytime soon, then you're probably going to want to purchase it through Amazon. Why, you may be wondering? Well, it seems if you buy the DVD or Blu-ray version of this film, you'll get a VOD version of it for free.
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Netflix ‘Watch Instantly’ arrives on TiVo: streaming SD & HD
Now we know why TiVo were so keen to deny that Amazon HD rumor: heaven forfend it should over-shadow today's announcement of Netflix SD and HD on the Series3, TiVo HD, or TiVo HD XL DVRs. First promised back in October, the service offers Netflix's 12,000-strong catalog of movies and TV episodes direct to your TiVo, with no premium above the standard $8.99 subscription. A mixture of standard-definition and high-definition titles are available.
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