Analyst: Xbox Live a 'Gold Mine' for Netflix

Maybe if I could get this thing working on my 10mbps connection. HD movies freeze after seconds, and I just can't figure out why. Even swapped out the router. Even below peak it's 6-7mbps

I was so excited about Netflix streaming on the 360... until TiVo added it a week later. Netflix is partnering with many device makers to add streaming capabilities. Roku, Blu-ray players, TiVo, TVs... While I don't doubt that the 360 will be a good source of new subscribers I think the other devices have as much or more potential - depending on placement of the service.

Engadget did a great shootout a few weeks ago:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/19/do-not-time-netflix-hd-streaming-shootout/

Cool you're making lots of money with netflix so let people play with and against each other online for games they own on Silver accounts

I still prefer just waiting for a Bluray disk from Netflix and popping it in the PS3. It's not like I watch movies every night and am impatient. I also fully realize that they days of DVDs are numbered. I'm just not ready to own multiple boxes/devices either.

This service might be awesome, but I dunno - I live in the UK. I haven't turned my 360 on in months anyways. PC 4eva d00dz.

Eh I kinda like it. I mean its basically brand new and really rough, but with FTTP my quality is pretty decent (not blue ray, not even close) and I dont have to leave my house. I like that there are TV shows and old cartoons and such (Voltron baby) that I can have ready for my kids to enjoy.

Im sure that they will update and upgrade their system. Give it a year.

I just wish my ps3 had something similar, like through blockbuster or something. that would rock.

I love the service. It seems to be strongest with TV shows, but catching up on previous seasons of series I have become interested in lately is a lot cheaper on Netflix than it would be if I had to buy the DVD sets.

Their movie selection is not great if you're looking for the newest releases, but that's what the basic DVD delivery service is for. I've also noticed that the amount of stuff they have available on the Instant Watch service has grown very, very quickly.

I have had a couple nights where Optimum Online must have been sluggish in which the system had to re-buffer a movie and lower the picture quality, but frankly the difference was negligible the few times it's happened.

Finally, I think that there will come a time when we will be able to make selections from our 360, but currently the 360 is basically a glorified Roku, with no real function beyond that of a limited terminal. That might take a while to change, but I think it will change, eventually.

The service sucks -

* You need to pick out the movies from a web browser first under your account, then go back to your Xbox to watch them. This should be done inside the dashboard, I don't know what the excuse is.

* Selection BLOWS. If you want to simulate the selection of a video store from 97 in rural Alaska - they have everything you are looking for. If you want to watch a movie that came out on DVD 2 months ago - you might as well drive to Blockbuster.

I wanted to like this service but until they have DVD's out on here at day 1 I'm staying away.

One of the biggest complaints is the fact that you can't add a movie from the system itself. To get around this I hooked up an old laptop in the living room (Old Pentium M), put Wifi and Ubuntu on it. I then put it on the table next to the remote, you just pick it up or turn it to face you, browse movies, Hit ADD, and you got the movies you want to watch.


It's a few extra steps but using existing technology I got around the annoying step of going to my computer halls away and then adding stuff.

Not the best, but it works.

How about offering something in Canada fuckers? We get a piss poor movie selection and no TV shows.

I signed up and I love it. my wife watches ungodly amounts of Law and Order, and I can game to my hearts content.

I would kill to have this in Canada. Seriously.

Hopefully they will improve there servers, or else the service will just get worse.