Netflix
Netflix “Watch Now” Coming to Windows Phone 7
As more Windows Phone 7 details come out it looks like Microsoft is listening to the market and going to offer a good product. They demoed a Netflix app with Watch Now. Since the development for Windows Phone 7 will be based on Silverlight getting the app to work probably wasn’t too difficult. [...]
Netflix Streaming 1080p Later This Year
It’s being reported that Netflix will start streaming 1080p content with 5.1 surround sound later this year. This will be good news if you have the setup to take advantage of it. The current line of Roku boxes won’t be capable of streaming at 1080p. I’m sure most Blu-ray players will be [...]
Netflix Coming to Wii
The possibility of Netflix coming to the Wii are “Excellent” according to Netflix CEO. I posted about this in March of 09 that it was probably coming from a survey Netflix sent out. It’s too late for me to be too excited about it but I’m sure lots of folks will like having [...]
Roku Adding Channel Store
Roku is adding a Channel Store it’s it’s Roku players. They promised 10 more content sources by the end of the year and they hit the mark. Channel store will allow you to add sources to your Roku player from places like revision3, pandora, facebook and flickr. There are no big names [...]
Video: Netflix on PS3
You can now stream Netflix from your PS3. The problem is you have to use a disc in order to do so. The disc is free and you can get it from Netflix. I think it’s funny that you need physical media to get your content in digital media form. I’m [...]
Roku Launches New Netflix Players, Makes Me Wonder Why
Roku is now offering the Roku SD ($79.99), Roku HD ($99.99) and the Roku HD-XR ($129.99). The Roku HD is the former player. I’m thinking their strategy seems a little crazy. You start offering the HD box. Most companies want to go HD along with consumers. But Roku launches a [...]
Netflix Adding ABC Shows to Watch Now
Netflix announced a deal today that will bring ABC shows to it’s Watch Now section. This is good news since they already had CBS and NBC. I get involved with many shows through watch now. I started watching Weeds which they only had the first two season available. I ended up [...]
Video: Xbox 360 Netflix Update
The new Xbox 360 update brings improvements and new features to Netflix. The video above is a little tour of the new Netflix. It’s very cool that there is a party mode where you can invite friends and watch together. Probably not an everyday thing but a very interesting idea. I [...]
Netflix Streaming Coming to Sony TVs
Netflix is still on a mission to get it’s streaming content on everyone’s TV. This time they are partnering with Sony to offering streaming to select Bravia TVs. Surprising it isn’t showing up on the Playstation 3 or Blu-ray players. The Bravia TVs will also be getting Amazon VOD to go along [...]
Netflix Comes to Windows Media Center
There have been many plug-ins to get Netflix in Windows Media Center. Now there is a built-in program to watch Netflix. It’s always best to have the features built-in. It doesn’t work on extenders which isn’t surprising since most extender manufactures are discontinuing their products.
(via The Digital Lifestyle)
