Comments on: Netflix Rentals on the Xbox 360 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2008/07/netflix-rentals-on-the-xbox-360/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: rl1856 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2008/07/netflix-rentals-on-the-xbox-360/#comment-5870 rl1856 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:04:38 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=699#comment-5870 Indeed free if you already have both Netflix and Xbox Live accounts. However, your pool of movies is limited compared to the library offered by Netflix. Quality is less than DVD, but still better than basic analog cable. Between this and the ability to stream from Hulu, Joost, Fancast etc, you never have the leave the couch ! Indeed free if you already have both Netflix and Xbox Live accounts. However, your pool of movies is limited compared to the library offered by Netflix. Quality is less than DVD, but still better than basic analog cable. Between this and the ability to stream from Hulu, Joost, Fancast etc, you never have the leave the couch !

]]> By: Jacob http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2008/07/netflix-rentals-on-the-xbox-360/#comment-5570 Jacob Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:13:25 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=699#comment-5570 Will wait to see how well this works. If it works well I will probably by a 2nd xbox for my living room to stream the movies and as a media center extender (1st is in the basement), rather than the HP Media Smart Connect I was considering. Will wait to see how well this works. If it works well I will probably by a 2nd xbox for my living room to stream the movies and as a media center extender (1st is in the basement), rather than the HP Media Smart Connect I was considering.

]]> By: Chris http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2008/07/netflix-rentals-on-the-xbox-360/#comment-5566 Chris Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:42:32 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=699#comment-5566 I would argue Netflix has a lot to gain by pushing this apporach through as many avenues as possible. Value for Netflix is that they have invested heavily to promote streaming movies and need to increase its utilization which today is limited to PCs. The switch takes out the labor they pay to have people inspect, store, pull, and ship movies, the postal costs, replacement disk costs, and the packaging consumables. It allows Netflix to provide unlimited "copies" of the movies at the same time, instead of the typical "long wait" for new releases. I'd love to see it stream to a PSP as well as the PS3. I'm not aware of any HD content Netflix is streaming, and it remains to be seen probably how well it would then upscale that content on the Xbox to a HD television. Would be better to stream to PSP as screen resolution is better matched to content at Netflix. I would argue Netflix has a lot to gain by pushing this apporach through as many avenues as possible. Value for Netflix is that they have invested heavily to promote streaming movies and need to increase its utilization which today is limited to PCs. The switch takes out the labor they pay to have people inspect, store, pull, and ship movies, the postal costs, replacement disk costs, and the packaging consumables. It allows Netflix to provide unlimited “copies” of the movies at the same time, instead of the typical “long wait” for new releases. I’d love to see it stream to a PSP as well as the PS3. I’m not aware of any HD content Netflix is streaming, and it remains to be seen probably how well it would then upscale that content on the Xbox to a HD television. Would be better to stream to PSP as screen resolution is better matched to content at Netflix.

]]> By: Corey http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2008/07/netflix-rentals-on-the-xbox-360/#comment-5565 Corey Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=699#comment-5565 There are two gotcha's: 1) Netflix doesn't offer A-list titles via it's download service. They simply don't have the necessary agreements with the major studios (like Apple for instance). 2) It's only free with an Xbox Live Gold membership. So it's not really free - at least not for me. BTW - there is currently a free plugin for Xbox 360 and Vista Home Premium+ users that allows this functionality via the Vista Media Center: http://lifehacker.com/396881/turn-your-xbox-360-into-a-streaming-netflix-player Unless MS or Netflix disables the use of such a free plugin, it's cheaper for me to upgrade to Vista, though I don't want to! Cheers, Corey There are two gotcha’s:

1) Netflix doesn’t offer A-list titles via it’s download service. They simply don’t have the necessary agreements with the major studios (like Apple for instance).

2) It’s only free with an Xbox Live Gold membership. So it’s not really free – at least not for me.

BTW – there is currently a free plugin for Xbox 360 and Vista Home Premium+ users that allows this functionality via the Vista Media Center:

http://lifehacker.com/396881/turn-your-xbox-360-into-a-streaming-netflix-player

Unless MS or Netflix disables the use of such a free plugin, it’s cheaper for me to upgrade to Vista, though I don’t want to!

Cheers,
Corey

]]> By: paulc http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2008/07/netflix-rentals-on-the-xbox-360/#comment-5564 paulc Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:11:22 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=699#comment-5564 My understanding is that one has to already be a Netflix subscriber. Plus, all films are only SD. My understanding is that one has to already be a Netflix subscriber. Plus, all films are only SD.

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