Netflix comes to Sony's Bravia TVs; PS3 befuddled

Hulu blocked the PS3s Netfront User Agent ID string. Nothing to do with Sony at all.
Change Firefox's ID string to match the PS3's ( there only a few bit's of info out) and it'll block Hulu too. Unfourtnantely while you can change Firefox's User Agent ID, you can't change the PS3s ( or any other browser for that matter I think) Here be Dragon's n all that

you know, that makes quite a bit a sense. more sense than what eric lempel is spewing. hulu was taking away psn business, so sony would wisely snip it off their internet.

that makes a lot more sense than this appearant mismatch between networks. greedy bastards.

i buy CDs still and have never paid to download music. i only buy blu-rays of stuff i really want but i used to be the same with dvds till i could grab one for five bucks out of a bin.

ive been downloading movies for yeeeeeearssss....

I'm sure you're right, but I continue to buy CDs as a way to ensure longevity. MP3s are lossy and can be lost on corrupt harddrives (absent proper backup procedures). CDs can always be re-ripped.

Granted CDs are still around and still being sold but its not a stretch to say that sales for CDs have dropped quite a bit now that digital downs are becoming the defacto choice in getting music. Even look at alot of bands these days releasing there music first online then later on physical media.

When you sit down and think about that in the past 10 years how far has music distribution has gone. I would go far and say that even our little brothers and sisters growing up will never experience what its like to walk into a store and browse thru a music section and walk out with cd in our hands with the iphone/itouch you can just by your music wirelessly now lol. Its just funny when you think about it.

Problem is this start of the end of physical media is confined to US only. Rest of the world is still picking up DVD's n Blu-Rays for their movies.
So keep that in mind before you start calling the end of Physical media.
Though I suppose Hulu is meant to be expanding to UK by September.

thanks for that been looking for a new site

I'd rather pay for legal, good-quality video.

I dont care HOW good the video looks if the movies is shit....

so far the best things I get from Streaming Netflix are old Jackie Chan movies, Jet-Li movies, and Richard Pryor movies.....

Alpha, I'm sure that works fine on the 19" CRT in people's dorm rooms, but I can't imagine watching that on a 40+ inch HDTV. It looks like garbage even on a 24" monitor.

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Every time there is an article about netflix streaming on the 360 you have someone with a PS3 (usually me) saying what you just said. Sure, if you are some sort of videophile ad audiophile you may not want to watch streamed titles but it's still a great luxury to have.

I would love for Sony to offer both services natively (i.e. without a 3rd party media server app for netflix streaming) to it's customers. I'm not worried either way because I already have an Apple TV functioning as my main media conduit and on the PS3 have access to the PSN video store, flash enabled web browser, DVD & BD discs.

If the price was right Netflix instant streaming would function as little more than a matter of convenance.

What I would really go bat shit crazy over is an integrated season pass app for the MLB, NBA & NFL that could work natively. But, I'm not holding my breath for something like that and the prices of these packages (NBA TV, MLB League Pass, NFL on DTV) are so absurd it's not attainable for the most ardent sports fan even with disposable income.

Linux on the PS3 can come in handy for running multiple applications to compliment data management and content providing platforms. However, the community for this type of modification doesn't exist because ... it isn't really necessary. The best thing about Linux on the PS3 ... VLC media player and not having to worry about file container compatibility.

Kind of went off on a tangent ... sorry bout that

Dude, Chris, streaming Netflix is a goldmine. You're just not looking in the right places if that's the only movies you're finding.

eh, I bought playon for $20 last week. works perfectly.

They may have added a few more things but most of it is shit to me OR I already own it on DVD/Blu-ray which is better than Netflix Streaming which I use either by Media Center or Play-on on both my PS3 & 360(I'm a silver member)

Thanks for that.......dunno if that is worth it at the moment tho. Would much rather get a TV with it built in....

LINK: http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/07/09/netflix-in-deal-to-stream-movies-to-sony-bravia-tvs/

I can't believe what I'm reading. What's going to happen with 360+Netflix HD1080P streaming? Does this really mean the 360 will stop all Netflix activities? This is weird...

That appears to be cut, as in "cut a deal" not "cut ties". The English language is so lame.

That being said I almost wish that Netflix would break their deal with Microsoft. I used to be in the same guild as a Netflix exec, and it was mentioned in passing that the deal to get on the 360 required an exclusivity agreement for video game systems.

I agree with Noeru, that quote means "made a deal with" not "ended deals with."