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- diggB, on 07/16/2008, -6/+169Being able to stream Netflix movies and shows directly to your xbox without having to own a separate Vista PC seems like a pretty good deal to me.
- UntouchableC, on 07/17/2008, -4/+117"When the Netflix announcement was made, I was sitting in a coffee shop with a friend and learned of the announcement via my cellphone RSS feed.I couldn’t help laughing".
This guy is clearly a pretentious bastard and I stopped reading there...
I dont have any type of Windows Media Center...My gold account is cheaper than upgrading to any Vista Media Center OS.
Buried for being an *****. - godzillaWax, on 07/17/2008, -2/+82This is a story how? Microsoft has promoted the interaction of Windows Media Center and the 360 since the system came out. It's not like they're hiding this information.
And besides, what ground do you have to call Microsoft out on a nonexistent issue when the service is free? - ahhell, on 07/17/2008, -3/+44OH NOES!!1111!! It's a vast conspiracy!!1 I'm gonna go hide my momma's basement!!
How did this "story" get even get 1 digg let alone 90?? - grimfandango, on 07/17/2008, -1/+32for all of Microsoft's faults, the XBOX 360 team are awesome. watching streamed movies on my TV, without having to connect up my laptop, gets my vote. sure, I could connect up my laptop if I really wanted too, but my xbox is already hooked up and it frees up my laptop if I need it somewhere else (like at work!)
- RedViper1999, on 07/17/2008, -2/+27I guess the guy who wrote this figures everyone already has vista instead of XP still.
- IKORKYI, on 07/17/2008, -1/+19doesn't seem like they "didn't want me to know" i could already do it with a vista pc, its probably more along the lines of, oh, say, making it so anyone can do it. i could be wrong
- RawGamer, on 07/17/2008, -0/+17From MajorNelson's blog, here's the description of the feature:
"LIVE Party system. Create a party of up to eight friends, and stay with them from one game to another, or watch a Netflix movie together, or share a slideshow of your personal photos. It works with all Xbox 360 titles, not just upcoming games. LIVE Party allows up to eight people to chat in the dashboard, so you can meet up before playing."
So this feature is not just about streaming movies like you did before, it's also about being able to watch them with friends. Thi is why a Gold subscription is needed. - higgy345, on 07/17/2008, -1/+18Isn't this the 100th time a story has been posted about this setup? Besides if I were to get a vista machine just for MCE so I could stream stuff I wouldn't need my 360 to stream things, it would be hooked up to my TV.
Yes it is cool and all but 90% of the 360 population doesn't want to mess with this or wants to buy a vista machine to run MCE too.
Buried. - bennguyen, on 07/17/2008, -1/+16am I the only one who thinks checking your cell's rss feed reader while in a cafe with a friend is wrong?
- MarkusX, on 07/16/2008, -1/+16I guess it is an extra value for those who don't have Vista PC.
But Window Media Center would probably allow you to stream it right to your TV anyway, right?
...and that was available for XP already, if I'm not mistaken. - solid12345, on 07/17/2008, -0/+14"was sitting in a coffee shop with a friend and learned of the announcement via my cellphone RSS feed"
Before Microsoft 360 Netflix I was into French films, Indie Rock, and not bathing, now I am watching football and high-fiving again. - solid12345, on 07/17/2008, -1/+15Not to mention the average joe doesn't even know what the hell a RSS feed is and you are going to mock them for not having a modded Xbox?
- Browzer, on 07/17/2008, -1/+11"Bottom line: owning an Xbox 360 pisses me off wayyyyy too much."
Be prepared to be more pissed off when you try Sony's online capabilities. - mrn111, on 07/17/2008, -0/+10And maybe, just maybe, they are people who are Live Gold members and Netflix subscribers.
I'm trying to figure out what "extra cost" this ***** is talking about. - wTheOnew, on 07/17/2008, -1/+10What's next to hit the front page? 'Microsoft charges for games!!!!11!!1!!1'
- wTheOnew, on 07/17/2008, -1/+10let alone front page...
- DaHuuuuuudge, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8The person that wrote this just goes on and on about the extra cost.
"I personally have been streaming Netflix movies for a while now, and I pay nothing for it, except for my Netflix subscription."
But the only extra cost is Xbox Live gold, and a lot of people already have that. Do this if you have Xbox Live, and do it the other way if you don't. It doesn't sound like some secret Microsoft doesn't want us to know to me.
Buried as inaccurate. - logicalnoise, on 07/17/2008, -1/+8which has ***** all to do about netflix and tv versity was uninstalled on my computer the day MS started supporting divx and xvids.
- orphenshadow, on 07/17/2008, -0/+7Burried because the article is completely off base. Anyone who has used the hack to stream netflix knows that its a pain to set up, and is slow as hell, Its almost to the point its not functional, not to mention the costs of having to license a media center operatating system. Personally i welcome the idea of having a well written, officially supported option. As far as the cost of having to have xbox live gold.. C'mon now... Does the article really think that we dont already have a subscription, or does he assume that the service has nothing else to offer? Xbox live is worth the 50 dollars a year, and it beats the hell out of sony or nintendos offerings.
- EarthBoundX5, on 07/17/2008, -0/+6I doubt they don't want you to know about it. I think they are just seeing something that can be done, and making it available to the everyone else.
So in other words, the author is a moron. - jamesdew, on 07/17/2008, -0/+6because of M$ bashing, warranted or not most articles that give M$ negative press seem to make the front page.
I'm not the biggest M$ fan but really what is so terrible about this? - mediaphile, on 07/17/2008, -0/+6And that no one already has an Xbox Live subscription.
- Pardis, on 07/17/2008, -1/+7How does that saying apply?, if you already have a gold subscripiton, and netflix you do not need to pay anything else. so where is the money being parted? and a gold sub is only $50 a year and you get more then just netflix streaming with that.
- Doubleminy, on 07/17/2008, -1/+6Or a Mac
- dbldn, on 07/17/2008, -0/+4Alert the internets - Netflix can be had with just a simple hack. Just follow these 18 steps with these specific pieces of software in this specific order and you wait 2 hours for your low res videos to download. Alert the internets - all hands on deck!
Buried for being unnecessarily inflammatory. - inactive, on 07/17/2008, -0/+4Nope, if you have a XP Windows Media Center computer it works fine with that.
- patricks, on 07/17/2008, -1/+5It seems to me that this story's author is a bonafied moron.
Are there people out there who have an xbox 360 and not a vista pc? Of course.
Would these people be willing to pay a subscription to effortlessly download and watch netflix movies right on their 360? Sure.
Does Netflix/Microsoft have a right to charge for this service? Absolutely. - IEatHamburgers, on 07/17/2008, -0/+4And that everyone who does have Vista has Premium or Ultimate. (Business edition here)
- inactive, on 07/17/2008, -1/+5Buried for trying to make an issue out of something that is completely and totally obvious and a non-issue to everyone. Why not a blog called "What Netflix does not want you to know about the Microsoft deal?" It could talk about how people will have to pay Netflix for the right to watch Watch It Now movies on their Xbox. SHOCKING!
- logicalnoise, on 07/17/2008, -0/+310,000 is just netflix's current marketing count for thei watch it now service. 360 will ahve access to all the watch it now content.
- MrViklund, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3The question is. Has Microsoft specifically said that they don't want "You" to know or is that something that tgdaily.com just made up?
That's the real question. - Tenoq, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3@ NCg8r -
Power hungry? Hardly - only if you ignore the fact your new plasma or LCD is drawing more than twice the power of the average PC. And loud? Only if you don't know how to build a proper HTPC...
@ h4ppydotcom -
Yeah, but some manufacturers think it's funny to nerf the VGA input on your HDTV. My old man has a Panasonic that supports 1080i over component, yet only 640x480 via VGA. Yet my no-name brand TV does 1080i over VGA no worries... :p - Alphateam, on 07/17/2008, -1/+4I set this up and it was kinda...sort of a pain in the ass.
On the plus side though, you can stream the entire steaming library. From the sounds of it the solo 360 one will only be 10,000 titles. (about 10% of what is available) - MarkusX, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3your comment is a little off topic,
but I am with you on this. - munkyxtc, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3You do realize that you buy content via PSN also right?
Microtransactions are not exclusive to XBL and are not going anywhere for a long time. The only way to really protest is to speak with your wallet and hope that everyone else follows. - rexcom, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3This is not some dirty little secret, this girl just has an issue with MS charging for Xbox live. While I think that the price of online play should be included with the system, I have to give a nod to MS for making the live service a lot more robust then the PSN. I have a PS3 and Xbox 360 and prefer the MS online experience.
Also, MS said that if you have a current Netflix account then you can use that feature for free, so you are not paying twice for Netflix or Live. MS just decided to make it easier for the less tech savvy to enjoy this feature who don't know how to access video from their home PC. Also, Netflix will get extra exposure, as if they need it. - bcos, on 07/17/2008, -3/+6Pretty much anybody who is serious about 360 has a gold account. Quit your bitching.
- WVUChrisF, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3I fail to see the issue here.
- jamesdew, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3Connect a COMPUTER to a TELEVISION, that's craaaazy
- inactive, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3Gold gives you the online play that you can't get with Silver. And that's addition to the "party" features.
- Pic0, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3exactly
i saw this a while ago and it said the plugin was in beta... ***** that im not wasting my time
i already have gold because i play online, ill get netflix later - bblande, on 07/17/2008, -2/+5Not a single one of my friends who are gamers *doesn't* have XBL Gold.
- inactive, on 07/17/2008, -1/+4You are free to download movies tv shows and demos (a week later than gold members) and arcade games, on the xbox without gold membership. Also you are still free to play music from your computer and use your xbox as a MCE device with silver.
Considering that Microsoft will likely cannibalize their movie and tv show sales with this service, requiring people to have gold seems quite reasonable to me. - inactive, on 07/17/2008, -2/+4LOL, that was sarcasm for the sarcastically impaired...
- trimmer52, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2Are YOU not being a grammar fascist?
- solid12345, on 07/17/2008, -1/+3*only* 10,000 titles?
- doshindude, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2I think the real problem here is nobody has/likes Vista and has XP therefore they can't get the deal.
- bensashi, on 07/17/2008, -1/+3I'm glad this was the first comment. This was my exact thought upon skimming the article. It's not as if Microsoft has said "NEVER BEFORE HAS SOMEONE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH NETFLIX ON THE 360!!!!". I know it's a possibility, and I've seen the videos of it. It's pretty sluggish, but it does work. Guess what, I don't have a Media Center PC or Vista, and even if I did, I would prefer this method. Tempest in a teapot.
- Ryosen, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Business edition here, too, and I'm pissed. To make this work now you need the Windows Media Center, which only comes with Home Premium or Ultimate. Business doesn't have it. The retail price for Home Premium is $140. Ultimate is $220. Business is $200.
Now, Microsoft has an upgrade option called "Anytime Upgrade" which lets you bump the license up to a higher level. This works because all versions of Vista are the same, it's just a question of what's activated and what you paid for. Since the difference in retail price between Business and Ultimate is $20, I figure that's worth it to be able to stream Netflix to my xbox. Twenty bucks. So far, so good, right?
Of course not. This is Microsoft, remember? How much is the "anytime" upgrade to go from Business to Ultimate?
$140.
And they can't figure out why people just pirate their software... -
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