Watch Movies and Shows on PS3 Usine Netflix
Netflix have announced that internet streaming will soon be available on your PlayStation 3.
A Netflix press release announced it will partner with Sony to show movies and TV shows from Netflix’s large library online using Sony’s PlayStation 3 console. The announcement comes on the eve of the end of the company’s deal with Microsoft and its Xbox 360 console and allows PS3 owners to stream movies from the Netflix catalog. The good news is that the streaming feature will be free of charge so long as users have a monthly Netflix DVD mail subscription, starting from just $9 a month.
However there is always a ying to every yang and the bad newsis. PS3 owners will have to insert a special Blu-ray disc into the PS3, which will enable streaming via the Blu-ray’s BD Live functionality. That’s a departure from all other Netflix-enabled devices (including the Xbox 360 and other Blu-ray players), which just have the Netflix option as a built-in feature.
Opinions are that BD Live is pretty sluggish, although it is better on the PS3 than on other Blu-ray players. However, the press release specifies that the disc will be needed “initially,” so perhaps a future software upgrade will add Netflix as a built-in feature on the PS3.
However, the Netflix feature of the 360 has long been envied by PS3 owners, so its inclusion, even with the need to be launched from a disc will be welcome news. The Netflix website says that the feature will be available before the end of the year, and Netflix subscribers who own a PS3 can reserve a copy of the Netflix disc as of now.
In the console owner ultra competative world, PS3 users being able to do something that xbox360 owners have been crowing about will make PS3 Online tv viewers happy chappies.
Incoming TV searches:
watch movies on ps3Related posts:
- Netflix members watch Movies Instantly on your TV via Xbox 360
- Sony deal means movies and tv shows for PS3
- Watch movies and TV shows free. Search over 1,000 streaming websites at once
- Watch Streaming HD Movies via Netflix
- PS3 and Wii can watch Youtube TV
[...] Watch Movies and Shows on PS3 Usine Netflix Share and Enjoy: [...]
[...] Watch Movies and Shows on PS3 Usine Netflix [...]
[...] Sony PlayStation 3 users have had Netflix access for almost a year with the inconvenience that every time a Netflix subscriber wanted to watch [...]