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Netflix is coming to the PS3

vatkat234 posted 2009 Oct 26 08:52

http://www.ngvgn.com/nerd_news/2009/10/26/netflix-is-coming-to-the-ps3.html

jman98 posted 2009 Oct 26 10:00

Your title contains entire contents of the link itself. Talk about being skimpy on details... That's not your fault though.

handyguy posted 2009 Oct 26 10:40

Playon should stream NF to your PS3?

jagabo posted 2009 Oct 26 13:10

More details: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/netflix-PS3-streaming-blu-ray-movie,news-4947.html : Those with Netflix accounts and PS3s will need a special "instant streaming" Blu-ray Disc that will be free to Netflix members. Probably to run Silverlight.

redwudz posted 2009 Oct 26 13:22

Yeah, MS Silverlight is a problem. I'd like to see Netflix available on my WDTV Live. But MS would have to OK it and it would probably have to be coded into the firmware. But, it might happen. :) At least I can watch Netflix video on my Media Center, though I rarely use it for that. Edit: I don't know if PlayOn will work with Netflix Silverlight. :( But I saw this on the PlayOn site: : Does PlayOn support Netflix Silverlight accounts? Late in 2008, Netflix started upgrading their service to use Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 to stream movies, instead of their previous Windows Media Player system. We have been working hard to support these Netflix Silverlight accounts, and so far, the latest PlayOn releases should handle Silverlight just fine I also saw this there in answer to my WDTV comment: : What devices does PlayOn work with? Officially? We are officially working with and testing on the PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, NETGEAR EVA2000, Moxi HD DVR, VuNow VN1000SD/HD, and HP MediaSmart TV. However, that said, it will also work on a number of other DLNA-compliant devices. Just keep in mind that this is largely untested, so it's likely you'll see technical issues that haven't been addressed. If you are brave enough to try PlayOn with another DLNA/UPnP media device, you should take part in the Media Devices forum, and share your feedback with us as well as other users. Currently, we have had reports of people using PlayOn with moderate to great success on the following devices: DirecTV HR21-100 HD DVR, HR20 Receiver D-Link DSM-510, DSM-520, DSM-750 NETGEAR EVA9150 Pioneer KURO HDTV Popcorn Hour A100/A110 SageTV HD Theater Samsung DLNA-compatible HDTV Sony Bravia DLNA-compatible TVs (XBR9 Series or newer) vmcPlayIt Western Digital WDTV2 (My highlight) XBMC Seems encouraging. :)

jagabo posted 2009 Oct 26 15:15

The WDTV Live will play Netflix streaming video via PlayOn. I doubt the Roku does it via Silverlight so there may still be some other mechanism. I wonder if the WDTV Live's open source firmware is a hurdle for Netflix streaming? Obviously, the switch from mms streaming to Silverlight was to stop people from keeping copies of content.

KTH posted 2009 Oct 26 23:53

To reserve the Blu-ray disc that is required to stream Netflix on your PS3 go to http://www.netflix.com and login to your Netflix account. Once logged in go to http://www.netflix.com/ps3 a web page will come up where you just have to click on the link and then you're done. They will automatically ship you the disc once it's released.

lowellriggsiam posted 2009 Oct 26 23:58

Thanks, I reserved my disk.

handyguy posted 2009 Oct 27 11:19

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