Starting next week, PS3 owners in the US will be the first Netflix customers to be able to stream their movies with 5.1-channel surround sound.
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My family and I are huge fans of Netflix on consoles. We use the service at least once a week for our movie nights. So I am delighted with the tweaks that the Xbox 360′s Netflix is getting this November.
As we were all expecting, US rental chain Blockbuster has this morning filed for bankruptcy. You win this round, Netflix.
Canadians are getting a sneak preview today of the disc-less Netflix hitting North America next month, as the streaming video service goes live up north.
After testing out the service in several regions over the past year and a half, Blockbuster adds free video game rentals to its Blockbuster By Mail service, giving the spectre of death hovering over the company brief pause.
Netflix will, by the end of October, ditch the disc necessary to stream movies onto the PS3, CEO Reed Hastings said in the company’s latest earnings call.
Netflix plays it safe taking its first steps outside of the United States, bringing streaming television shows and movies to our neighbours to the north later this year. Will Canadian console owners get the streaming service as well?
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One million Wii owners have tried out Netflix. It’s a healthy number, but given the size of the console’s install base, Netflix probably wants more. Cue the expensive commercials targeted specifically at Wii users!