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Netflix raising Blu-ray price tag, again

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Mar 30th 2009 No Comments

netflix2 113x85 custom Even though Netflix added a $1 to subscriber’s monthly payments if they wished to keep the ability to rent Blu-ray discs just a bit ago, they are now raising the price once again. In fact, this increase constitutes nearly a 20% hike.

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Netflix Updates hit Facebook

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Mar 24th 2009 2 Comments

What isn’t on Facebook these days? Well, it looks like now you can let your friends know what movies you’ve rented and watched too with the Netflix Updates application for Facebook. It’s a simple way to let people know one more thing about your personal life.

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Netflix doesn’t throttle connection

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Mar 23rd 2009 No Comments

netflix 480x359 Some people thought that Netflix was throttling their service awhile ago, but now it seems that was all hearsay. According to Neil Hunt of Netflix, they do not throttle their movie streaming service at all. Rather, the problem with connection speeds lies solely with the ISPs. Continued »

Netflix instant-streaming for Nintendo Wii?

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 23rd 2009 1 Comment

A recent Netflix survey has suggested the possibility of the company’s streaming DVD rental appearing on the Nintendo Wii. According to the survey, the system would require a “Netflix Instant Streaming Disc” – at a one-off cost of $9.99 – which would be loaded into the console whenever titles from the user’s Netflix subscription were to be streamed.

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LG “connected” Blu-ray player BD370 now on sale

By Daniel Lim on Monday, Mar 16th 2009 No Comments

Last month we reported the newly announced LG “connected” Blu-ray Players could deliver earlier than expecting, and here it’s; one of them, the BD370 is spotted at major retailer for $299.

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Neuros LINK gets Netflix streaming support

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 17th 2009 No Comments

Back when Neuros offered developers cash prizes for adding new functionality to their LINK media device, one of the primary goals – and most interesting – was getting Netflix working. Well, coders put down your pens, as the $2,500 bounty has been claimed and there are now instructions to get it running on your own open-source set-top box.

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New update enabled YouTube on LG’s BD300 Blu-ray player

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Feb 13th 2009 No Comments

The amateur, highly compressed Youtube videos on small screen is tolerable, anything bigger than 50-inch is completely useless, the expanded low quality picture surfers, more like pixilated boxes all over the screen. But they do have HD version now , and yesterday, LG has released software upgrade to enable Youtube streaming on their networked BD300 Blu-ray player.

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LG Blu-ray BD370 to ship early than expected?

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Feb 6th 2009 No Comments

LG Electronics dished out a pair of “connected” Blu-ray players, LG BD370 and LG BD390, at CES 2009 with estimated shipping date of Q2 and Q3 respectively for US region, but decent debut in Japan with imminent release suggests US buyers may get their hands-on early than expected.

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CES 2009: Samsung Yahoo! Interactive TV Experience

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jan 7th 2009 No Comments

At a press conference at CES 2009 today, Samsung announced the latest generation of their Interactive TV Experience, with HDTVs integrating DLNA media streaming, online video from sites such as YouTube, streaming movies from Netflix and similar providers, connected Yahoo! Widgets, and media such as photos, video, music and stocks. Yahoo! are calling this Cinematic Internet, bringing user choice, openness, community and customization to the television screen, controlled solely by a remote control.

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CES 2009: LG NetCast on LCD & Plasma HDTVs for YouTube, Netflix & Yahoo!

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jan 7th 2009 No Comments

LG today announced their new NetCast Entertainment Access system that brings Yahoo!, Netflix and YouTube content directly to selected models in the company’s HDTV range. Both LCD and plasma TVs with the NetCast technology will be available, starting with the 47- and 42-inch LH50 LCD models and 60- and 50-inch PS80 plasma models.

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