Netflix coming exclusively to Xbox 360 'at no additional cost'

8. The Roku box costs an additional $100 when I already have a 360.

9. I already have a Live Gold sub, so zero additional dollars there.

10. Already have a Logitech remote as well.

I think that at least 1 and 2 describe a decent amount of people's situations. Basically all we have to do is sit back and wait for the update.

What about the millions of people who already own the 360 and have the Live account? Getting a Roku box would be an additional $99, and that's not counting what ever else you may need for the extra port, when not using the DVD drive (or even when using it for a movie)the 360 is relatively quite, maybe not as quiet as the Roku but not all that noisy in my living room when watching video. As for extra cost, even if I got the Roku I'm still paying for my Live! subscription for other stuff, also they didn't mention you needed Gold, which might still mean it's free as the Live! Silver(free)users (remember they too are Live "subscribers") have still been able to use all of the content features (just not online competition and leader boards) so if it works the same as getting other movies or other content then your argument of

extra cost is moot. (got cut off or the previous post)

You have to consider the audience. This is obviously for existing 360 owners and meant as an extra enticement for those people considering a console purchase. Obviously no one is going to a 360 over a device like the Roku if all they want is a Netflix box.

But if you already have a 360 and are a Gold member then this is a FREE addition. Plus, you don't have to add yet another box and take up another input in your entertainment center. I think the main issue is the noise. The 360 can indeed get annoying.

Funny when I run it on my machine (which isn't all that often mind you, since most of my stuff just works on the 360)it doesn't have such issues and also doesn't take hours, so I can watch my stuff when I sit down on the couch and not waste extra time waiting. Bottom line is both Sony and MS need to expand Codec support without using 3rd party utilities, but as it stands for my stuff the 360 runs more videos without the need for plug ins or extra software, than my PS3. Also to be fair TVVersity runs on the PS3 as well.

You don't actually have to use TVersity to transcode. I have mine set to "Never Transcode". I just make sure all my videos are in a format one of the two systems can play. It works perfectly fine as a DNLA media server even without transcoding.