Netflix hitting internet-capable Sony BRAVIA sets today
By Paul Miller 
posted November 14th 2009 3:52PM
posted November 14th 2009 3:52PM
Good news for folks who against all odds don't have a home theater Netflix streaming option yet, and yet inexplicably own an internet-connected Sony BRAVIA TV: Netflix just went live. It just takes applying the latest software update and you're in business. BRAVIA owners were promised the update back in July, and let us be the first to point and laugh insensitively at PS3 owners who have use a "DVD" to get Netflix working on their Cell-powered supermachines.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
"The YouTube experience on the B8000 vs my Apple TV is like night and day. The Quality of streaming is about the same but the interface on the B8000 is a joke. it's slow and unresponsive. Just searching for a video takes too much time, Even loading the YouTube widget can take about 10 min. that's just unacceptable. I wonder if the BRAVIA experience will be similar.
On my bravia XBR9; youtube and now netflix are as smooth as butter. It's actually pretty fast in getting netflix through the menu's, just add it to your favorites, press the favorites remote key and netflix is good to go. I think something's got to be wrong with your Samsung, because 10 minutes is a joke for a youtube widget. Should be pretty much instantaneous.
Overall, using the queue feature at netflix online to send your choices to the TV is pretty slick. Just wish there was a way to figure out how to make some of the 4:3 content stretch, because the wide remote button that normally does this for everything else doesn't work with netflix.
That's interesting the 4:3 content on the PS3 defaults to 16:9. I have to force my TV into 4:3 mode to make it look right. I don't mind so much for animation and cartoons, but for old 4:3 programing i have to have the proper aspect ration.
Soon, Netflix will be embedded in my toilet. No, seriously.
By placing themselves in a shitload of devices, Netflix has secured being relevant for the next few years
I happen to like being able to stream netflix to my PS3 even if it requires a disc. My television/computer monitor (Samsung T260HD) is not capable of doing it on its own and after a few days of using the disc on my PS3 I can say it streams video much better than my MacBook Pro, and I can now go a head and uninstall MS silverlight and hope that my browsers return to normal.
Awesome
I love Netflix. What you can't stream you can get mailed to you. We use the 360 for it at my house and my boyfriend’s house. The PS3, Sony in general, just seems to be behind everyone else. Twitter, Facebook, and last.fm will be on the 360 soon, probably within the next week or two. I wouldn't trade my 360 for a PS3, nor would I trade my current TV for a Sony.
It is interesting that you think being "ahead" means having twitter, facebook, and netflix access on a gaming system that has no built in wifi, an aging DVD drive, charges for internet access, and a failure rate greater than 50%
Maybe so. I have Wi-Fi and do not feel that less than $50.00 a year is a lot for Gold. Mine hasn't failed so the 50% isn't applicable to me. My boyfriends did and he fixed it himself in a couple hours.
Maybe my "ahead" isn't the same as yours. I don't pay for cable, or a phone line. I pay for Internet, Netflix, and have a Magic Jack. I do own a boatload of stock and continue to buy it on what I save monthly. I don't own a lot of gadgets. I want the most for my money and the 360 has delivered very well for me. My boyfriend has a 46" TV and a PS3. We use the PS3 to watch DVDs at his house. That's about it and it isn't often because we stream movies much more than we watch DVDs.
Facebook and Twitter are VERY important to me for business reasons. Maybe you do not use either, but there are a lot of people that do.
You are welcome to put me in whatever "interesting" or "uninteresting" category that you would like.
I hope that you enjoy you weekend, Chris.
Cindy
It wasn't my intention to place you into any category. I dabble in Facebook from time to time on my notebook and blackberry, but refuse to make a twitter account for various reasons. Your business interest in these sites is a somewhat unfortunate, but understandable necessity with today's markets.
Though I disagree with your perception that you are "getting the most out of your money" with the 360, if it works for you than thats great. Enjoy those gadgets with your boyfriend.
I guess I hurt Paul Miller's feelings since he felt the need to delete my previous post
And let us point and laugh at Paul Miller who doesn't even pretend to know that the PS3 uses a blu-ray disc, not DVD, running BD-Live to side step an exclusive contract Netflix had with Microsoft for game consoles. What is that saying about open your mouth and proving yourself a fool?
A more interesting article might have been about Sony working with Netflix to get their streaming on Sony's devices? Maybe you're too anti-Sony to report objectively. There was a day when that was the foundation of journalism.
Will this update work on the XBR8 series? I'm considering buying one.
@Ribs.
I think you would need the sony bravia internet link purchased separately in order to get the XBR8 to work with netflix
Thanks... The more I dig, the more that seems to be the case
Will not budge to HD streaming Netflix.
Will continue to play Blu-Ray movies on my handy DIGISTOR USB Blu-Ray burner.
Will keep getting better quality than Netflix. Ha.
NETFLIX + Sony Bravia + Playstation 3 + 3D TV (Future Prospects) = Very Good deal
Anyone know of where I can find a list of sony bravia TV's with this firmware update to watch Netflix on?
and in related news, Blockbuster announces you can now download movies on an SD card in-store, that plays only in a box they also sell. Oh, and the movies expire after 24 hours.
The Blockbuster board lives in a nice cave...