Netflix has "three additional partners" launching hardware this year
by Richard Lawler 
posted Apr 22nd 2008 at 12:11PM
Details surrounding Netflix's upcoming set-top box partnership with LG are still scarce, but that hasn't stopped it from announcing similar plans with four other unnamed hardware manufacturers that it expects will sell "millions" of devices per year. Feel free to guess, but the only details available are that the fourth company is a small one likely to launch sooner than Q4, while the other three (including LG) will turn on Netflix functionality in some of their devices in the fourth quarter. It's unlikely to wash away the bad taste of an HD price hike, but we like imagining that all the hardware needed to connect Netflix's all-you-can-eat streaming movie service to our HDTV is already in the living room (Xbox 360 & PS3, we're looking at you).
Filed under: Set-top boxes, LG, Others, Internet
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
steedums @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:19PM
this will be great so i can stream... nothing
seriously, their streaming content sucks
cclaunch @ Apr 22nd 2008 1:23PM
I can't wait to get to watch pixelated, choppy, stereo sound movies over netflix. That's why I bought a 61" HDTV and surround sound!
steedums @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:53PM
i didn't even think about that. their contents not hd. why's this on the hd site
James @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:09PM
Netflix Watch Now content can already be streamed to the Xbox 360 through the use of the Media Center Extender. Eluttman1 from thegreenbutton.com has developed vmcNetflix, which is currently in Beta but works great on the Xbox 360 as well as the other version 2 Media Center extenders. The program can be found here: http://myweb.cableone.net/eluttmann04/projects/vmcNetFlix/default.htm
Joe Maki @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:08PM
TiVo's already doing this with Amazon Unbox, why not add Netfix?
FREDDY PAULINO @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:08PM
This is great for netflix and us the more content I have to watch the better
especially on a set top box i already have ps3 or xbox 360 this makes
sense all around.But dont hike the price of blu ray movies.
Nick Santella @ Apr 22nd 2008 7:22PM
I hope Zip (Netflix in Canada) will launch something like this. The only thing we have up here in Canada is Xbox marketplace movies.