Xbox 360 and Netflix? Are u in?

[old&slow]

So what do the fanboys have to say about this update?

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...ory.aspx?guid={E79278E3-E336-4FC9-A3D1-A2648E962BB8}

[Mibz]

Linkfail

EDIT: So for about $200CAD a year (Live + Netflix) I get unlimited movies and TV shows streamed to my TV without having to wait for them to .... Hot diggity.

Better than waiting on torrents. Probably easier to find older movies too.

[BigDannyCool]

how much does the subscription usually go for?

[jjmac]

Definately pretty excited for the new update tomorrow.

[jjmac]

Originally posted by BigDannyCool
how much does the subscription usually go for?

It should be included with the XBOX Live Gold.

EDIT: XBOX Live GOLD go for $60.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by BigDannyCool
how much does the subscription usually go for?

The one to get unlimited movies is $9/mon USD, so about $130 CAD. You can do one for $5/month USD and have a 2 movie per month limit.

Originally posted by jjmac
It should be included with the XBOX Live Gold.

You need to subscribe to both Live and Netflix.

[jjmac]

Originally posted by Mibz
The one to get unlimited movies is $9/mon USD, so about $130 CAD. You can do one for $5/month USD and have a 2 movie per month limit.

You need to subscribe to both Live and Netflix.

Oh ok. Got it.

[Tik-Tok]

Xbox Experience features 'still on the roadmap'

Under the previous system, gamers could only initiate conversations when they were inside an actual game. With the new setup, they will be able to begin conversations while in the console's main dashboard and continue them even if they go off and play different games separately.

The move will be Microsoft's second effort in the past week to boost its social-networking presence. The Redmond, Wash.-based company last week reorganized its various Windows Live web services, including Hotmail and Messenger, into a single portal that more closely resembles Facebook and MySpace.

Xbox 360 owners in the United States will also be able to download movies from DVD rental firm Netflix. Canadian users, however, will not get the same service because Netflix does not operate in Canada.

Microsoft has also delayed some aspects of the Xbox Experience that it promised at the E3 video-game conference this summer.

The company had planned to extend two features: the "party" functions to movies so gamers could watch films together, as well as an online game-show feature called Primetime where participants could win real prizes.

Craig Flannagan, general market manager for Xbox Canada, said those features are being delayed because they're not ready.

"We're working on that [to introduce the features] in the spring," he said. "It's still on the roadmap."

[Sophal]

wouldn't you just be able to change your location to US&A to get it?

[D_2K]

Originally posted by Sophal
wouldn't you just be able to change your location to US&A to get it?

nope. you probably have to give your address to sign up to Netflix

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by D_2K


nope. you probably have to give your address to sign up to Netflix

Also, I'm sure it logs your IP address. (Just as Canadians can't watch most streaming TV shows directly from the U.S. broadcasters websites)