http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/ Engadget Comments for Netflix prepping cheap set-top boxes for your living room? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/]]>Jun 29th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/
I like the Amazon Unbox on Tivo, especially with the $.99 specials they've been running every weekend. Rent it at work, ready when I get home.]]>Jun 29th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/
and why not? Reed Hastings does sit on Microsoft's board, after all.

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-26HastingsPR.mspx
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1. Able to keep 3 movies on your box at any given time. Keep for as long as you want. Watch as often as you want.
2. Once you delete a movie, XBL will start downloading the next item in your Netflix queue automatically

Microsoft wins by gaining a HUGE Netflix customer base/movie catalog
Netflix wins by delivering something Blockbuster can't touch
Customers win because we don't have to wait for our next movie to be shipped via mail

USPS loses yet another customer to the internet
Both Blu-Ray and HDDVD become insignificant
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yes, it would be nice.
is it realistic....No.

Netflix is a direct competitor to MS's live marketplace. It makes no sense whatsoever for them to put this on their service.]]>Jun 29th 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/
Microsoft could buy the controlling share of Netflix, trade out their in-house video marketplace solution with Netflix, and it would damn near put Best Buy out of business.

C'mon Netflix! Millions of these white boxes have already been sold, let's look at the big picture!]]>Jun 29th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/You don't think Netflix might gain a few customers by using a pre-existing device? You think Netflix (a bunch of web developers) will have an easy time developing a set top box that securely delivers their movies? You think movie studios will even trust Netflix to transport their content this way, safely? Remember, this isn't a low-def stream like their current offering. Doing this properly could deliver full fidelity content.

Personally, I think Microsoft is the perfect ally. Their (still uncracked) 360 is the best chance customers will have at a device like this. Movie studios are the big unknown, but I think it's safe to say no movie company will be allowing their precious media to be delivered unless they know it'll arrive safely, and fully DRM'd.

Yes, Microsoft already has a similar service. But let's face it, the video marketplace is a great V1 product, but they are in desparate need of a larger movie catalog and user base. I think it's in both companies best interests to combine forces here.]]>Jun 29th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/
Just not a likely solution!

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I don't want YAB to deal with. NetFlix needs to partner with someone - TiVo, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Linksys, etc. Someone with a box already in homes - preferably multiple partners. There are too many people developing YAB - Divx, Vudu, Netflix, etc. Moviebeam and Akimbo finally bailed out of the box market, and now we have more people looking to replace them. Great.]]>Jun 29th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/
1) Must support Media Center like Amazon Unbox
2) Must be flat-fee all you can eat]]>Jun 29th 2007 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/]]>Jun 29th 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/*Plugs S-video out into Video Capture card*
*Streams countless movies*
*Records said streamed movies(
*Burns equally countless DVDs*
*Floats printed-out MPAA logo in toilet and desecrates it*]]>Jun 29th 2007 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/Jun 29th 2007 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/netflix-prepping-cheap-set-top-boxes-for-your-living-room/
Why does everyone have to blame Netflix?]]>Jul 3rd 2007 9:27PM