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No Netflix for Xbox Live-Averse

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Playstation 3’s upcoming support for Netflix isn’t enough to shake Microsoft, which will still require an Xbox Live Gold subscription to stream Netflix movies through the console. IGN confirmed that Microsoft won’t offer Netflix streaming to users of the free Xbox Live Silver service, a bare-bones offering that doesn’t include online play, among other features. [...]

Playstation 3 Gets Netflix. What About the Wii?

Monday, October 26, 2009

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Starting next month, the Playstation 3 will be able to stream Netflix Instant Watch movies, and just like that, the Xbox 360 and Netflix are no longer an exclusive couple. But does this open relationship signal a similar offering for Nintendo’s Wii? Doubtful, for now at least. The details thus far: PS3 owners will be able [...]

DVD: The Short Goodbye?

Friday, October 9, 2009

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Over at Yahoo Tech, my friend Chris Null blogged about an interview the Motley Fool did with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in which the DVD-by-mail tycoon says he thinks DVD has two years left as the primary delivery format for movies. That’s a little like hearing the president of McDonalds opining that burgers are on [...]

How Long Can the Xbox 360 Hold Netflix?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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A big hoopla was made in the games and tech blogosphere today when Microsoft bragged about its exclusive partnership with Netflix. The agreement brings streaming Netflix movies to the Xbox 360, and not to competing consoles. (Of course there are still plenty of other non-gaming options.) As Crispy Gamer’s Kyle Orland points out, this exclusivity has [...]

Netflix: An iPhone App Litmus Test?

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Rumor has it that Netflix may be bringing its Watch Instantly video-on-demand service to the iPhone. Unless there are insurmountable issues with content licensing, actually, it would be startling if it Netflix didn’t want to be on the iPhone. (In some respects, the iPhone land grab reminds me of the mad rush to release Windows [...]

Amazon-Netflix? Let’s Make It Happen, Please.

Monday, July 13, 2009

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At this point, it’s just a rumor that’s giving Netflix’s stock a nice goose: Speculation has it that Amazon.com might move to buy Netflix, a merger that makes immense sense to me. Between its Amazon MP3 service and Video on Demand and the Kindle and Audible, Amazon.com is working overtime to reinvent itself for the [...]

Bravia Gets Netflix. What About Playstation 3?

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Thanks to a partnership with Netflix, Sony Electronics’ Internet-capable Bravia televisions will be able to stream Netflix movies starting this fall. That’s great news for Bravia owners, but I want to know whether Sony ever intends to bring Netflix to the Playstation 3. The odds of finding out for sure are admittedly slim, so let’s take [...]

VHS Lives On Through Mail-Order Arthouse Rentals

Thursday, April 23, 2009

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Netflix it’s not, but a new mail-order rental service from Chicago-based Facets Multimedia has something for the super-dedicated indie niche. The Facets service rents DVDs and, more interestingly, VHS tapes of independent, experimental and world films, and launched last month with little fanfare, Video Business reports. While Netflix and Facets overlap a bit on the DVD [...]

5Words for March 27th, 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

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Tech stuff, exciting and new: iPhone SlingPlayer: Cross your fingers! iPhone Skype’s due soon, too. How Google could go wrong. Arrrgh: Tech-company layoffs galore. Netflix adds new personalization features. Apple sells contract-free iPhones. Yes, stars use Twitter ghostwriters. College computer labs are obsolete. Eee PC gets optical disc. Apple announces developer conference dates. A no-tech hour? Naw. Get more out of Craiglists.

Roku’s TV Box Adds Amazon Video on Demand

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Roku’s little $100 digital video player–also known as the NetFlix Player–just got a lot more interesting…and a lot less Netflix-centric. The company is rolling out support for Amazon’s Video on Demand, adding Amazon’s 40,000 movies and TV shows to the 12,000+ offered by Netflix’s Watch Instantly service (there’s some overlap). It’s the least expensive, most [...]

5Words for February 23rd, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

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Monday? Again? Here’s what’s newsy: AOL beefs up Bebo service. Microsoft wants severance money back. Ten iPhone Apps Apple Nixed Web radio: In trouble. Still. Sorry, no YouTube Oscar clips. Yahoo management shakeup imminent. Microsoft offers free tech training. Streaming-only Netflix coming. Eventually. That Last.fm RIAA story? Fiction. America: Tops in broadband. Really? J0bs misses Apple annual meeting.

5Words for February 20th, 2009

Friday, February 20, 2009

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Let’s get newsy, shall we? Found: Atlantis. In Google Earth! Intuit questions Mint user claims. Greeeeaaaaat: Conficker worm variant appears. Is this leopard a clue? CBS and Hulu are squabbling. Pirate Bay: YouTube pirates more. Apple kills 20-inch display. Senior citizen shoots analog TV. NetFlix may offer streaming subscriptions. Asus might make Android netbooks. Apple: Buying all Samsung’s memory? Hackers bump Xbox Live players.

Boxee Adds Netflix, But Not on AppleTV or Ubuntu

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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Open source media center platform Boxee said Thursday that its latest release would add support for Netflix, however only for users of its Mac OS X port. While the company offers both a version for Ubuntu Linux and AppleTV set-top boxes, neither are supported in this initial release. Boxee says the issue with not being able [...]

Netflix on the Xbox 360: Not What It Could Be or Should Be

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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When I first heard about Microsoft bringing the Netflix’s streaming movie service to the Xbox 360, I pictured myself not in the usual hunched gamer stance on the couch, but just laying there, wireless controller in hand, 12,000 movies at my fingertips. That’s what technology is about, right? It’s connectivity with all the things you [...]

Netflix via TiVo? Cool. But Not Cool Enough.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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So TiVo and Netflix are announcing that their longstanding, apparently-dormant plans to work together have amounted to something after all: Starting in early December, owners of TiVo boxes will be able to stream movies and TV shows from NetFlix, and the cost is included in their monthly Netflix subscription. That’s good news. But it’s also [...]

Samsung Hedges its Bets with Netflix Streaming

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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As I have pointed out in the past, streaming is probably the single biggest threat to Blu-ray overall. Well, it looks as if Samsung — the company thats already given the format just five years to live — is acknowledging that and trying to stay one step ahead of the curve by adding streaming capabilities [...]