Posts Tagged ‘Netflix’

Amazon launches video streaming service

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Amazon will soon be launching their new video streaming service named ‘Amazon Video on Demand’ (VOD). The service allows Amazon customers to browse and stream Movies and TV shows directly in their browsers, very similar to Netflix’s ‘Instant Queue’.

The Amazon VOD service aims to essentially upgrade the existing Unbox service, which requires painful download times – to instant streaming. Rentals must be streamed, whereas purchases are stored in your Amazon account, and can be downloaded.

What gives Amazon VOD the edge over other services such as Netflix isntant Queue is that VOD is cross-platform and cross-browser compatible. The only requirement is that the user have Adobe Flash 9.

This service is currently in Beta, and is no longer accepting testers.

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Netflix instant queue on Xbox 360 – Live in your basement

Monday, July 14th, 2008

At the Microsoft press release (at E3) earlier today it was announced that in the Xbox 360 dashboard would be revamped with an entirely new design scheme, personal avatars (which look like Nintendo’s Miis), and Games could be downloaded to the Hard Drive for improved load times.Netflix on 360

Netflix will be coming to Xbox 360 too, this fall with all of the other updates. Current Netflix subscribers can stream movies availible from the ‘instant queue’ on the Netflix website on their 360s. As an addition, viewers can ‘party up’ just like in a Xbox games and watch movies at the same time with friends.

With 10,000 movies and TV shows at your fingertips, you may be living next to your 360 (I know I will).

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