crunchgear.com - 11/18/2008
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Looks like the NXE is out for those who signed up for a preview account and Netflix has confirmed that there will be 300 HD titles in the new streaming system. Looks like Christmas came early!
Instead of adding another 10,000 people to the preview program like we did last week, we’ve ...
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 11/19/2008
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multiplayerblog.mtv.com —
A week ago, I started watching "An Evening
With Kevin Smith 2" through the Netflix streaming service
on my Xbox 360 but didn't finish. Now, I can't watch the rest. Joystiq broke word this evening that Netflix stopped Xbox 360 users from streaming ...
(more)
Netflix Speaks Out On Sony Movies Disappearing From Xbox ...
joystiq.com - 11/19/2008
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joystiq.com —
[Original headline: "NXE Netflix streaming queues suddenly gimped"]
Our Netflix streaming queues just got considerably shorter on
the eve of the NXE launch. Acting on a tip, we popped into our Netflix account and sure enough, our "Instant Queue" ...
(more)
NXE Netflix streaming loses Sony's Columbia Pictures ...
blog.netflix.com - 11/19/2008
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blog.netflix.com —
This is Neil Hunt, Netflix chief product officer,
with some technical background on the Netflix encodes used
for streaming. We get a lot of questions about this, so I'm going to go deep. First Generation Encoding Our first set of encodes are based ...
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Encoding for streaming
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Netflix Now Streams Movies To The Xbox 360
TechCrunch —
Adding to the options of streaming movies to your PC, Mac, or TiVo, Netflix now streams 12,000 movies to the Xbox360. That includes 300 HD movies.
Xbox watchers have been waiting for this since last July. Add the Netflix streams with the Xbox 360’s Live Party feature and you can watch a movie with your friends remotely.
Bringing Netflix streams to Internet-connected devices is part of CEO Reed Hastings’ overall strategy. At the NewTeeVee Live conference last week, he talked about the need ultimately for browsers to ...
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