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Re: console partnership, I'd love to hear what company they go with. The LG box has potential, but I don't want another stinkin' STB. ]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
That's why they said this would be the first of many such announcements. They're hoping this becomes something of a standard feature in future DVD players. (As a Netflix investor, I hope so too.)
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The firefox plugin is my biggest sticking point, and i'm very pleased to hear they are working on it. I hate having to open IE when i want to stream movies, It took me a half hour to get IE up to date to even play the movies the first time. With Firefox's addons support, imagine the possibilities.

Surfing imdb.com and see a movie you are interested in? Right click-Add to netflix cue (or link to instant netflix online stream even). ]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
Not gonna happen - Amazon owns IMDB. Now immediately download through Unbox, maybe...but then again, who cares.]]>Jan 24th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
MacBook Air doesnt need an optical drive not because of DRMed Rentals, its because of the Bay!]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
I'd be willing to pay an extra $10 a month if i could get games from the same service i can get movies.]]>Jan 24th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
I wouldn't use iTunes period. Because I can get any movie I want in HD-DVD or Blu-Ray and see it in pure 1080p. The same goes for Netflix. It's not 1080p so I don't care.

Granted if they had 1080p videos on demand for a monthly fee that worked on my PS3 - I'd be all over that like a fat kid on a cupcake.

As for the DRM - It's almost obligatory to crack, just on principal. I don't pirate much anything anymore. I get music with satellite radio, I have Netflix and I have digital cable with a HD DVR. Record all my shows, fast forward past all the commercials. I even use GameFly for my PS3 games. And best of all the prices are reasonable. I have FiOS for cable hence my cable prices are reasonable. ]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Use their own beautiful gadget to defeat their movie rental service.]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
I bet if Adobe released a new non-Flash format, and get some partners to utilize it, would that be sneaky too? Even if it's technically better than the old format, and does a heck lot more?]]>Jan 24th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
The irony is that it's dead simple to rip a DVD. Maybe they should stop renting DVDs until they fix that.]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
Its the best of both worlds. Yes, I get icky, evil DRM but I also could rip/re-encode if I wanted to. Personally I'd love that on any DVD I buy.

As to the main topic, Netflix using Silverlight kills the idea for me. Honestly I'm waiting to see a HD movie rental on an AppleTV at the store and then I might pick one of those up and cancel my Netflix subscription. ]]>Jan 24th 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
The last thing i'm going to do is buy another ugly STB when i already have an AppleTV.

The next best thing (for me) from AppleTV integration would be the Wii... but then HD would probably be a no-go, which would be a bummer.

Will the Apple TV ever get an SDK? That'd allow (without hacking) Netflix and Joost - and all other kinds of goodies. i doubt it, but i can hope.]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
Big foot in the mouth.]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/
But looking at the big pictures Apple & Netflix's online services are targeting 2 different markets. Apple carries the latest releases where Netflix has a library of over 6k, but most of the selection has been around for over a year.

When people say "There's nothing to watch" on Netflix Online service they really mean Transformers, Pirates of the Carribean or The Simpsons Movie are not available. That's the niche Apple fills in.

There are plenty of good movies, TV series, and docs if you know what you're looking for. (Pan's Labyrinth anyone?) Look for Netflix to double the online library to 12k by the end of 2008.]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/RRRRRRRRRR IIIIIIII PPPPPPPPP 4
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MCE Integration... Imagine if this worked with any MCE Extender (including the 360)...]]>Jan 24th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/netflix-bringing-streaming-rentals-to-macs-game-console-next/Jan 24th 2008 6:59PM