CG’s Doug writes:
Remember the great Blu-ray versus HD DVD debate of 2008? When Blu-ray finally won, some claimed that it didn’t really matter, as streaming and/or downloadable online video would soon be the reining champion of the HD movie marketplace.
Whatever your opinion, it appears that LG is attempting to head things off at the pass with the introduction of the LG BD300 Blu-ray player with built-in Netflix streaming. Excelsior! It’ll be available this fall, will play Blu-ray discs and up-convert standard DVDs to 1080p, and stream 12,000+ Netflix titles straight to the box via the magic of the interconnected network of computers (In-ter-net).
there goes more bandwidth
No more running a VGA cable from the laptop to the TV…I don’t know if it’s worth the (at least) $900 tag.
Does anyone know if well be able to get this in Australia?
For the same money, I’d rather have a PS3 which includes WiFi and offers HD movie rentals versus Netflix’s SD streaming of obscure or old films. My Roku box sees very little use…
This is a great idea but I wonder what ISPs think of it. In this article by Lawrence G. Roberts (inventor of packet switching and “Father of the Internet”) talks about flow control, and how it should be implemented in order to support a “equal capacity for equal payment” system. Dr. Roberts advices that P2P traffic was the first to use multiple flows to increase its capacity, but that if we don’t control it – we might end up in a huge jam.
@Dave — I considered a Roku myself, but before buying, I typed in some titles that I would imagine must be on the instant-view list. None of them were (I really wanted to see Braveheart again at the time of looking, that was the deal breaker.) Yay.. free garbage movies.
“Does anyone know if well be able to get this in Australia?”
Netflix doesn’t stream outside of the USA because of licensing issues.
That’s why Mike Arrington didn’t succeed with zip.ca. He couldn’t match the Netflix watch instantly feature. Plus the post office in Canada and commonwealth countries is about 3 times slower than USPS.
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You wont need this box when the new update for Xbox360 comes out!!!
I use my Roku all the time. But I like the really old movies (20’s, 30’s 40’s), TV series and concert movies. I also have been watching the stuff I’m curious about but would never waste a slot in my queue on. I know several other people that do the same.
The question is how do the percentages break down? My parents are now actually considering getting Netflix after watching a couple movies via streaming from my account. So it’s a matter of where the market segments are and how much potential $$$ is in a given segment. This is a long tail content play and is not aimed at the early adopter tech set.
The PS3 at present doesn’t directly support Netflix. You have to run Vista on a PC and use a browser plug-in. I like the wireless aspect of the PS3 but I’m not going to pay extra for HD rentals so that’s not of interest to me.
This is awesome. As soon as Netflix makes more movies available to stream then this will be a sure hit. And I don’t know where you guys got $900 from but crave.cnet.com is claiming that it will cost less than $500.
I hope Mike Volpi’s team forwards him this type of news.
Joost needs to be in the living room or it will die.
Stupid mors law. Every 2 months a new device comes out. I buy the new technology and then I find myself 2 months later sitting on the couch feeling like I’m losing my technological flare – a new device is on the market and I don’t have it! There should be a business that lets you trade out technology when a new version or competitor comes out…. http://www.read...ex.php?RTA=web2
@jobo — I think the poster was referring to the Sony movie-download/streaming service. All that requires is a PS3.
Yawn… AppleTV works great for me.
Headline is inaccurate; this wasn’t released, it was *announced*. There’s a big difference. I’d write more but I have to get back to my game of Duke Nukem Forever.
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