PS3 Netflix Streaming Discs Shipping Now

If you ordered a PS3 Netflix streaming disc you should be receiving one in the mail shortly according to various PS3 owners who have started to receive theirs. The streaming discs are a temporary solution, Netflix hopes to have a client accessible via the XMB ready for release sometime in 2010.
If you’ve received your disc, [...]

Rumor: Netflix Streaming Hitting the Wii?

A recent Netflix survey sent to customer’s hints at the possibility of Netflix streaming coming to the Nintendo Wii. The survey hints at the use of a “Streaming Disc” (a one time fee of $2.99) that Wii owners would use to access Netflix’s library of over “12,000” titles.
To see the a screen shot of the [...]

Netflix breaks 10 million milestone

Netflix has announced they have successfully broken the 10 million subscriber’s milestone last night. Netflix ended 2008 with approximately 9.4 million subscribers, claiming to have had roughly 600,000 subscribers join the service since the start of 2009.
The recent surge in subscribers is attributed to the expanded availability of Netflix streaming on devices such as the [...]

Xbox 360 Netflix Streaming Users Top 1 Million

When Neflix and Microsoft first announced that Netflix video streaming was coming to the Xbox 360, we knew people would sign up for the service in droves. It looks like that is exactly what has happend, as both companies have announced that over 1 Million Xbox Live gold members have downloaded the Neflix application onto [...]

LG Shows Off Blu-ray, Net Content

LG discussed some pretty interesting things at their CES 2009 press event. They showed off their new BD370 Blu-ray player, including announcing new partnerships to bring YouTube and CinemaNow content to LG’s Blu-ray players.
They also mentioned 3 new Blu-ray equipped HTIB setups for 2009. LG is also launching a feature called “NetCast”, which will bring Netflix Streaming, YouTube, [...]

BD-P2500/BD-P2550 Netflix HD Firmware Update Released

Remember the announcement last month about Netflix streaming coming to select Samsung Blu-ray players? The update has finally arrived!
Dubbed Firmware 2.1, along with bringing support for Netflix VC1-AP HD streaming, the update will also improve compatibility with some movie titles.
Download the firmware update here,

Columbia Pictures Slowly Returning to Xbox 360 Netflix

Despite the “lack” of Sony titles in the Xbox 360’s Netflix library creating a mesh of fanboy and movie enthusiast pointing the finger of blame at SCEA, titles from Columbia Pictures are mostly returning to the service.
Titles like The Karate Kid trilogy, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, etc are already available for streaming, we assume the remaining [...]

Netflix HD Streaming To Hit A Slew Of Devices

With the Xbox 360’s Netflix streaming going live just days ago, Netflix has already made public plans to bring the service to more devices. Samsung’s BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 will be first to receive the free update with the LG BD300 following suite in December.
No word on when the Roku device will get the upgrade to [...]

Video Encoding and Framerate Info for Netflix Streaming

In an interesting move, Netflix has opted to present their encoding strategy for Netflix Streaming on their Official Netflix Blog this month.
If you are like me, you will skip directly to the HD content section to see what they are offering.
They say that they are currently offering 400 streams in 720p quality. Frame rates are [...]

Best Buy Shows Off Samsung BD-P2550 Netflix Streaming

Now that Samsung has brought Netflix Streaming to the BD-P2500/BD-P2550, we wondered how long it would take for them to start promoting it at retail. Best Buy gives us the answer: a little over 1 week. At their retail locations, Best Buy has new endcap displaying the Samsung BD-P2550’s new Netflix integration.
The demo shows users [...]