Video of how Netflix works on Xbox 360

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jul 21st 2008 9:30PM

The announcement of Netflix for the Xbox 360 was certainly one of the major highlights of Microsoft's press conference. Inside Xbox has a video, featuring Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, walking through how Netflx will work on the New Xbox Experience. The standard definition movies seem to load and begin streaming instantly. This is a feature we imagine many Xbox Live members, who are also Netflix subscribers, will be taking full advantage of later this year.

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Reader Comments (58)

okay u got me on the netflix. but the new dashboard is a bit to april fools made up design i think it is just a little gimmick to get ppl into xbox which isnt a bad thing but the dashboard will become a bit overpowering after a week and i doubt they will keep going with the 1v100 once everyone starts playing THEIR GAMES and so tht will be a whole tab used for nothin. but watevr u win some u lose sum

I can appreciate their efforts to get people to call this "The new XBox experience" since every freaking time the update comes up, that's what MS employees refer to it as.

But give it up, it's annoying. Regular people are calling it what it is. A dashboard update.

This is the greatest thing ive seen since ive bought my xbox360. being an avid movie watcher and netflix member. i can actually downgrade my netflix account and just watch my movies whenever i want now. so glad i didnt go with PS3 now!

You might want to check out the service again. You'll only get the "Watch Instantly" movies which contains nowhere near the quality and quantity of Netflix's entire library.

I know this. But half the movies on my queue are "watch now" anyways. Im not retarded, i know how it works. its still freakin sweet.

I can't believe the negativity towards this service announcement. If you don't care, don't watch it! I however have been looking forward to this since Netflix started asking users if they would like the service. I use Watch Now constantly and have desired a way to watch it on my HDTV. I've hooked my laptop up before and it looked just fine in SD, and I can't wait to see what Ana does with it. Besides, Netflix announced they were ramping up the service in anticipation for this and I gotta believe that's going to contain some HD content. Only time will tell there. Regardless, I'm stoked!!!

I swear, some people are impossible to please and just want to complain. To me, this was the biggest announcement made at E3. It's the first major implementation of a subscription model VOD service (the Roku box was first, but there are millions of 360s out there right now).

Yeah, it's not HD (yet). Yes, most new movies aren't released on it. That's not the fault of Netflix. The studios have complicated contracts that dictate which movies can be included in the Watch Now library. They're adding everything they can and the collection will continue to grow. There will be hundreds of new movies by the time the 360 connectivity goes live. But there is currently lots of great content you can get right now. Asian horror, documentaries, anime, classics, independent film, TV shows, etc.

So what if you can't watch popular Hollywood garbage on demand right now? You can still get the movies you want that aren't available on demand on DVD/Blu Ray via mail. This is a first step towards a much greater and more robust service.