No officially words yet on the manufacturer or service provider, but early review has let the cat out of the bag; the long-awaited New Xbox Experience coming this November will not only feature Netflix movie streaming in SD format, but also in HD. Few detail are available for now, but the service will debut at November 19th and the Xbox 360 will be the first hardware to offer HD streaming from Netflix.
Thanks to Microsoft, Netflix subscribers can now access Watch Instantly service via MS’s Silverlight technology on their Intel –based Macs. The company has a growing library of 12,000 movies and episodes of TV shows available for its unlimited plans customers to stream online, but were limited to PC users due to lack of supports from Apple in DRM licensing.
Not anymore, the online version of Red Envelop has adopted Microsoft latest generation of Silverlight to enable protected content playback on Windows and Apple machines.
Two Netflix-capable Blu-ray players are available today from Samsung. The Korean Giant has announced a partnership with the online video disc rental company Netflix to bring audio/video streaming services into the company’s BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray Disc players. Owners of these Blu-ray players will get their update immediate via firmware update.
Early this year, Netflix has announced plan to increase Blu-ray titles and hinted the possibility of raising fees on monthly subscribers with Blu-ray renting option. The Blue-in-Red-Envelop subscribers are probably anxious to wait on the new rate, as if compatible to Blockbuster’s option. The company has formally notified its rental customers of a fees increment according to engadget and what a relief for BD-content renters! Begin at November the 5th, the company will only post a small sub-charge of a dollar + tax per month for subscribers with unlimited Blu-ray movies.
If I’m a Netflix subscriber, I would take a second look at the LG HD 300 Blu-Ray Player. Apart from streaming Netflix’s catalogue of 12,000 movies plus another 2,500 starz titles announced just couple days ago, you get a profile 2.0 Blu-Ray player with built-in internal HD audio decoder with capability to decode DTS-MA up to 7.1 channels out; all for a competitive low price of $349. It’s now available for preorder at Circuity City with availability slated for October the 10th.
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with Starz movie services provider to offer Starz movies available for online streaming. The agreement allows the World’s largest online movie rental service to add additional 2,500 Starz Play movies to its Video On Demands’ library of 12,000 movies and TV episodes.
People interested in technology and home entertainment like to get their hands on the latest, greatest products. Before, it was all about having the top of the line DVD player, receiver and speaker system. And though those things still hold serious importance, there’s one product type that seems destined to swoop in on the home entertainment market. I’m talking about next-gen gaming consoles, the XBox 360 and PS3, in particular.
LG have taken the wraps off of their upcoming Blu-ray player, which also includes Netflix instant streaming. Aside from watching high-definition Blu-ray discs, users can also browse Netflix’s catalogue of over 12,000 titles for instant viewing together with playing back media and images stored on a home network (via the ethernet connection) or on an attached flash drive (thanks to the front-panel USB port).
In case you missed the big news last week, your Xbox 360 is going to be able to stream Netflix movies this Fall. Sure, with a little work you can get this functionality already, but it’s not nearly as smooth as what we’re going to get in a few months. Hit the jump for a video demonstration of the new service.
In what would seem at first glance a surprising move, Roku have opened up their Netflix Player box to tinkerers by releasing the GPL code for the Linux-based download device. It turns out that the DRM decoding is all handled by the NXP PNX8935 chip, probably satisfying any of Netflix’s concerns that opening the box up would potentially impinge on their copyright responsibilities.
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