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i am very very excited to see this service.]]>Oct 29th 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
There is a line problem in my area and it affects Netflix, Xbox Live, etc.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21182671-Line-Problem-IFITL-in-Broward-County-FL-dropping-XBOX-Live-V

I know it is an isolated problem and will probably be rectified soon, but there is a comfort in knowing that my Blu-Ray discs will work without any issues, and it is situations like this- when your cable goes out, ISP throttling/future ISP problems (tier level pricing), hard drive/computer failure, that I believe is ONE of many reasons why digital downloads/streaming is an OPTION but not a replacement of the Blu-Ray format.
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// Roth]]>Oct 29th 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Xbox 360 can play VC-1

Silverlight does not use H.264 and neither does netflix.

They are using VC-1 because it is cross compatible with their console and silverlight, which works on any OS and browser silverlight works on.]]>Oct 29th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Having said that, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. I just re-upped my Netflix sub in preparation for the NXE, and now they add HD streaming. This is EPIC!]]>Oct 29th 2008 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oh dear, how sad, never mind.]]>Oct 29th 2008 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
"mp3 will never kill the CD. I like buying plastic discs that i can buy in the mall. who wants to download less-than-cd-quality music? iTunes will never work"

How'd that work out for ya?]]>Oct 29th 2008 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Well, I'll be damned. You do make an awesome point. I'm now totally convinced that Blu-ray is not a niche format and appeals to other demographics besides mostly young males with PS3's. I'm sooo gonna go buy a $300 player tomorrow and hook it up to my 32" HDTV. Thanks. Dude.]]>Oct 29th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
But with that in mind the nice thing with a disc format like blu-ray is that it doesn't need to compress, where the stream does.]]>Oct 29th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
WHOOOOOOSH!]]>Oct 29th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Your comments about the available library seem misplaced, we don't know - as yet - what titles will be available. I would be surprised if they resemble the regular Netflix downloads library, given the conversion everyone's doing to HD has focussed on more recent titles and major classics (such as the Kubricks.)

As yet the quality is undetermined. Much will depend on whether Neflix allows for the buffering of an entire movie before watching it, and what most people consider "acceptable" quality. I'm finding Dish Network is able to serve 1080i (Cinemax HD channels) with few if any noticeable compression artifacts at around 2-4Gb per hour at the moment. I'm not suggesting everyone would be happy with that, and perhaps with a larger higher quality screen I'd notice something I wouldn't otherwise, but outside of the videophile demographic, it's quite possible for this service to be more than good enough.

HD without the discs, without the going to the store, without the limited library of what you happen to have bought in the past or be renting at the moment. Choose between the latest releases via XBox Live Marketplace, or older releases via Netflix HD streaming.

Who will want DVDs, let alone Blu-ray discs, if that's on offer? I know I'll not!]]>Oct 29th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Not so much...it's called being facetious. Nice try, though. ]]>Oct 29th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
buying movies is stupid, you only watch them once or twice, therefore bluray movies are a waste of money.

streaming is much smarter and i can watch an unlimited amount of movies for one low cost.

bluray is not picking up in sales, and will not become what dvd was.

for the longest time i have been torrenting mkvs of blurays then stripping out the primary h.264 video stream and watching on my 360

this is even more convenient and therefore worth my money

if it can get me to convert from free hq movies to paid $8.99 a month, then this is a success by any standards.

sony will never get me to buy a piece of crap bluray disk, unless it says "dumb & dumber" on the cover]]>Oct 29th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/The pilot episode of Jericho for one.

So i don't know what Unndunn is talking about. Perhaps those shows never had 5.1 in the first place?]]>Oct 29th 2008 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.techdealdigger.com/deals/microsoft-xbox-360-elite-329-at-dell-home--home-office/4669]]>Oct 29th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Thankfully I use a local ISP that has no cap and has stated that they don't monitor what you do. Sure I only have a 1.5/856 connection but since I am newly unemployed that still means 1.5 movies a day for me plus Fallout 3, Fable 2, NHL 09, GoW 2, etc.

Paint me as one happy nerd! :)]]>Oct 29th 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Until I hear user reports, I'm not getting excited. It's great it's happening, it's one step further towards the HD utopia most of us have been wishing for, but we need to see it work before we can claim what we want is here.]]>Oct 29th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Nov 2nd 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/Oct 29th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/thats the cost of one bluray movie

and if you dont already have a 360 (WHY DONT YOU!?) get one for $199
thats 1/3 the price u paid for your bluray player]]>Oct 29th 2008 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hd-netflix-streaming-comes-to-xbox-360-first/
Thats still $38, and I get the few blu-rays I do buy for less than $15 a piece, most under $10. I got a PS3 for $150 with 9 blu-rays (I'm shady and Wal-Mart is stupid).

I have bought one game for the PS3, uncharted, and it went on ebay after an hour of play. There are only a couple of 360 games that I would even play, and thats not worth a purchase. I'm not sure the arcade will work for this either. You will probably need to dl the movie at least some.]]>Oct 29th 2008 5:31PM