NBC Universal content now available on PlayStation Network
By Nilay Patel 
posted Mar 10th 2009 2:47PM
posted Mar 10th 2009 2:47PM
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more like douche
PlayOn = Almost HD Hulu via PS3
And Netflix which already has this content so why bother with PS3 store.
Sony's pay-per-view scheme is pricey and very limited. MS was smarter to integrate Netflix right into the software. For PS3, just get Playon and stream Netflix and Hulu. Way better. Hopefully everything from Netflix will stream soon.
Right On!
PlayOn is awesome (not perfect) for Hulu, Netflix, Amazon VOD, Revision3.
Hulu is now in a war with Boxee, which is up and then down every few hours. They just killed off DivX connected last weekend. If you think PlayOn isn't next, you're not paying attention.
Am I missing something here? I can already watch Hulu on my PS3 . . . ever since they upgraded the web browser to view flash websites. I watch Colbert on that bad boy . . . good stuff.
@Tuba: Yes. The PS3 player can play Hulu, but the framerate is absolutely terrible. If you use Playon, the PS3 will essentially be tricked into thinking it is playing a movie from a movie file, rather than through the browser. The Playon server converts it on the fly. If you think the browser is fine, then you are seriously missing out. They have a free trial of Playon after all.
"$2.99 to $5.99 for SD and HD rentals, and $9.99 to $14.99 for SD and HD rentals"
you mean $9.99 to $14.99 for SD and HD purchases?
You beat me to it.
I love how these articles are never: 1) proofread and 2) maintained to fix those errors...
whoops, i spoke 5 seconds too soon... sorry guys!
Since what you call "purchases" are locked to a single machine, and if that machine dies your "purchases" go away, I would say the original is accurate. These are just longer-term rentals -- you don't "own" anything they "let" you download. DRM is always a rip-off.
Sweet deal, I hope it will be better quality than my Netflix/360 B.S.!!!!!
what is the B.S. you speak of?
The crappy picture quality.
What i would like to know is when this video service is coming to the UK? I have been waiting ages for this service watching the US with envy, come on SCEE sort this out!
It probably has more to do with your local regulatory bureaucracy.
Well we have iPlayer.
oh and Ofcom decided Project Kangaroo would have been bad news for consumers, which is is a shame because it would have made Hulu look small.
@ Simon
Have you tried using this service in a country that isn't a socialist police state? opps, never mind.
They would have to add to your TV license to compensate for you not watching the BBC.
Add Canada to that list. Boo-urns.
You can already watch hulu through the web browser
My TI-83 runs Crysis at a higher framerate though.
I don't think so, since even my Q6600@3.4GHz and 48501GB can only get around 30-40 on high(not highest, and only at 1280*1024!)
I watch Hulu through my ps3 browser all the time. I used Playon till it wasn't free anymore, and while not as slick as playon, it is free.
Thats what I thought, you can also check out Justin.tv for live video streaming.
At the risk of sounding like an advertisement, I'd say PlayOn is well worth the small one-time price to license it and be able to surf Hulu at a much better resolution then the choppy method of playing on the Playstation Browser. Yes, its not free - But a one time low fee and the ability to play Netflix, CNN, etc makes it entirely worth it. I'd highly recommend this to ANY PS3 owner who has netflix, though even the Hulu compatibility is wonderful.
Sony, you're out of your element!
PlayOn media server let's me stream Hulu, Netflix, Amazon VOD, Revision3, CBS, ESPN and CNN content from my PC to my PS3 at 480p. Works great.
'$9.99 to $14.99 for SD and HD PURCHASES'
The Office, 30 Rock, and Heroes are in HD on netflix. Am I missing something here?
Yes... this isn't Netflix.
BURN!!
No shit! Why would you pay for this on the PSN?
Uhh why would I pay for Netflix if I can watch any of those shows for free in HD with my antenna?
hey xtole! you xtole my face!
The Dude Abides.
Take 'er easy, Dude. I know that you will.
Great, now I can rent NBC/Universal movies, start downloading them, and come back 10 hours later to watch them!
Meanwhile in that 10 hours I could have gone on my PC on the SAME WIRED CONNECTION and downloaded and watched the same movie illegally 5 times. The PS store is worthless because it is the slowest online service ever offered by anyone. Ever.
(It sucks)
Trolling LIAR.
PSN is faster than Live in terms of download speeds and quality.
http://thatgamingsite.com/2008/08/ps3-vs-xbox-360-downloading-comparison/
Not a troll... I don't even have a XBOX. I wish that the PSN was better. I am seriously interested in using the movie rental feature. But I gave up on it after having to wait 6 hours for Goodfellas to download one night. I couldn't use the 'download in background' because the download was so slow it couldn't keep up with the video playback. It doesn't matter what time of day, or what file, it is just unbearably slow.
I have it on a wired connection, and I top out at about 1.1mb/sec when downloading from a PC on the same network. You tell me what the problem is!
because...PSN limits bandwidth to trolls?
I've never had problems with download speeds on the PSN. As long as I give it a 5 - 10 minute headstart it's almost always stayed ahead of playback. The only times it hasn't was when I was also downloading torrents @ the same time.
Ummm the 1.1mb/sec seems to be the problem, unless you actually like turtle-powered speed not of the ninja variety lol.
Already watch the Office, through Hulu on my PS3, as others have noted...
I will continue to not use the PS store until they give us what we really want...a monthly subscription service for video