Chances of Netflix on Nintendo 'excellent,' says Netflix CEO (Sunday 10th of January 2010 12:30:00 AM)
In case you missed it last night in the All Things D event -- and frankly, given the length
and general jejune of it, we wouldn't blame you -- Reed Hastings of Netflix took the stage and
sat down with Peter Kafka. Here's the takeaway: ...
(more)Upcoming Haier Blu-ray players are as intriguing as they are cheap (Thursday 07th of January 2010 06:45:00 PM)
We spotted Haier's first U.S. entry into the Blu-ray player market luxuriating at Digital
behold next the company's recent trend of unusually circular feature sets for low prices. The
Broadcom-powered BDP100 and BDP200W are no great surprise, comparing ...
(more)Funai, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp and Toshiba to launch Netflix-enabled HDTVs or Blu-ray decks (Thursday 07th of January 2010 06:39:00 PM)
Having Netflix access on your home pastime device was a luxury in 2009 -- in 2010, it'll be
commonplace. We already heard yore that Sharp was fixing to orchestrate the service into its
NetCast library, and today the prolific movie rental service has ...
(more)Roku HD-XR Player and Roku SD Player announced (with hands-on!) (Tuesday 27th of October 2009 01:30:00 PM)
We had big hopes the Roku HD-XR streaming player would add local streaming when those leaked
pics showed a USB port, but we just got the standard launch materials and a review unit, and as
of right now the only divarication between the new $129 ...
(more)Xbox 360 officially the only console to stream Netflix -- sorry, PS3 and Wii (Tuesday 11th of August 2009 01:27:00 PM)
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We veritably had to brush the fog off of our spectacles to ensure that hazy temperature weren't
clouding our comprehension abilities, but sure enough, that ...
(more)Is Netflix putting caps on computer-based Watch Instantly users? (Monday 16th of March 2009 12:10:00 PM)
Depending on your choice of reckoning platform, tenure of in stock streaming hardware, and
love of contrarily forgettable '80s films, Netflix's Watch Instantly service is either a
godsend or a gimmick. Regardless, nobody likes arbitrary bandwidth caps, ...
(more)Uproar Over Netflix's New Instant Viewer (Monday 02nd of March 2009 09:45:01 AM)
Almechist writes "Many Netflix get are up in arms over the new instant-watch player powered by
Microsoft's Silverlight. The third edition by the editors of the american heritage®
dictionary. copyright © 2003 Netflix blog is full of complaints ...
(more)Xbox Live tallies 1 million Netflix Watch Instantly activations, 1.5 billion minutes served (Thursday 05th of February 2009 08:01:00 AM)
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Bad news first: there might be a bit more corrivalry than you anticipated for that home theater
giveaway. Good luck bringing down Netflix's shooting star though, ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 130 - 01.23.2009: Angry rant edition (Saturday 24th of January 2009 12:33:00 AM)
It is adventure again. Once more, the smooth, sultry sounds of Josh, Paul, and Nilay have
come to whisk you away to that magical super-land known as the Engadget Podcast. This week, you
can hear the editors sound off on a variety of scintillating ...
(more)LG High-Def TVs To Stream Netflix Videos (Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:30:02 PM)
DJAdapt writes to tell us that LG has launched a new line of high definition TVs that will be
capable of streaming Netflix videos with no other
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(more)Roku Box Adds HD, Grows Beyond Netflix (Wednesday 24th of December 2008 02:30:01 AM)
DeviceGuru writes "Roku has announced two free updates to its Internet-enabled Netflix
movie-streaming set-top box. The initial update adds elderly compression capable of streaming
HD video over average prospect broadband connections, while the second ...
(more)Netflix Comes To Tivo, AppleTV, Linux (Tuesday 09th of December 2008 07:30:01 AM)
An nameless reader writes "Netflix on Tivo is officially out and leaving henchman users out in
the cold. Tivo announced today that if you are a subscriber to both welfare then you can start
receiving many Netflix titles on your Tivo for no extra charge. ...
(more)TiVo Netflix hands-on (Monday 08th of December 2008 05:01:00 AM)
TiVo was nice enough to hit us with the Netflix-enabling Fall Service Update a little early,
and the going's been pretty good -- this is presumably our favored Netflix streaming service
yet. even if it's not as flashy of an skirmish as the Xbox 360's ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 120 - 12.05.2008 (Friday 05th of December 2008 05:17:00 PM)
We're back, and better than ever! After a quasi-relaxing Thanksgiving break, the Engadget
Podcast is on the scene and strutting like 1970's disco dancers. Enjoy the consolatory sounds
of Josh, Paul, and Nilay this week as they discuss Nokia's newest ...
(more)Switched On: Blockbuster box boxes blocks to bust (Wednesday 03rd of December 2008 11:21:00 PM)
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about purchaser technology.
January
2009 will mark the first jubilee of Apple's switch in positioning Apple TV from article that
transferred computer-based content to a PC to a video vending machine ...
(more)Interest Still High In the Netflix Algorithm Competition (Sunday 23rd of November 2008 10:15:06 AM)
Circletimessquare brings us an update to the status of the million-dollar Netflix tug of war to
develop a better algorithm for movie recommendations. We've discussed aspects of the battle
since it started two years ago, but the New York Times has a lengthy ...
(more)Debunk: Xbox 360 streams HD Netflix over component just fine (Thursday 30th of October 2008 05:37:00 PM)
There's some raving outrage out there right now over the New Xbox Experience's HD Netflix HDCP
restrictions -- superficially it only works with HDCP-compliant digital displays, which is
prompting a lot of hand-wringing about copyright restrictions and ...
(more)PlayOn media server brings Hulu / YouTube to consoles, Netflix coming soon? (Tuesday 19th of August 2008 11:52:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
PlayOn wants to make sure you can get your daily dose of
Barackrolls and Airwolf episodes beyond the desktop, while Hulu might not have a slick
streaming set-top box of its own, this media server os turns flash video RSS ...
(more)Roku Netflix Player hands-on, first impressions (Thursday 22nd of May 2008 02:31:00 AM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
It seems like gross about Roku's Netflix Player seems
understated, from the plain, unrestrained purple box it shipped in, to the nondescript black
plastic case, to the stripped-bare user interface. But as we've quickly ...
(more)$100 Roku Netflix Player Targets Apple TV (Wednesday 21st of May 2008 02:56:27 AM)
Binge notes CNet coverage of the Netflix Player by Roku, which it calls "bare-bones." Less than
10% of Netfilx's catalog is available for the Instant Viewing option. Three more Netflix
players are said to be due for release by the end of the year. The ...
(more)Roku reveals first Netflix set-top-box, reviews flow in (Tuesday 20th of May 2008 06:41:00 AM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Well, would you look at that? After a mildly
uncomfortable wait, the very first Netflix set-top-box has landed (the Xbox 360 with plug-ins
notwithstanding). Thanks to Roku, users can finally tap into (a portion of) ...
(more)Netflix and iTunes Rentals Aiming At Different Crowds (Thursday 17th of January 2008 06:30:02 PM)
Engadget notes an article in the New York Times discussing the substantially different markets
that Netflix and Apple's movie rentals are aiming for. The site views the loosening of Netflix
streaming restrictions as a reaction motivated entirely by the ...
(more)HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix (Friday 04th of January 2008 04:00:05 AM)
Jeremiah Cornelius points us to Davis Freeberg's blog, where he discusses his "nightmare
scenario" of losing access to his DRM-protected purchases by upgrading his PC monitor. "When I
called them they confirmed my worst fears. In order to access the Watch ...
(more)Postal Service to Netflix: redesign your mailers or face fees (Friday 07th of December 2007 01:40:00 PM)
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the next few flicks ...
(more)Close but no Cigar for Netflix Recommender System (Thursday 15th of November 2007 01:45:03 AM)
Ponca City, We Love You writes "In October 2006, Netflix, the online movie rental service,
announced that it would award $1 million to the first team to improve the accuracy of Netflix's
movie recommendations by 10% based on personal preferences. Each ...
(more)Netflix May Already Be Killing Blockbuster? (Saturday 03rd of November 2007 12:00:14 PM)
Mattintosh writes "A blogger at C|Net takes a moment to consider the impact Netflix has had on
Blockbuster. Some notable highlights include heavy losses ($35 million), job cuts ($45 million
worth), and store closings: 'Much like the print media and retail ...
(more)Spotlight on Facebook Groups Affects Microsoft (Tuesday 11th of September 2007 08:45:04 AM)
NewsCloud writes "After Slashdot reported Facebook Exposes Advertisers To Hate Speech, the
company removed its F**k Islam group for a day (it's back up now). indisputable to the New York
Times, 'Facebook declined to comment on Friday on the subject of ...
(more)Microsoft DRM Code for Netflix Streams Hacked (Thursday 09th of August 2007 09:45:03 PM)
Reddburn writes "Macworld has posted a story by IDN News Service about a hacker who posted
instructions for saving streaming movies from Netflix, defeating Microsoft's DRM code designed
to prevent users from saving the content. From the article: 'A hacker ...
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