Profile 2.0 will have nothing to do with this feature, although in theory it could provide something similar. Maybe one day Netflix will send out a BD which enables any 2.0 player to become a streamer if you boot the player up from it. It sounds feasible.
But for now I see no reason 2.0 should be mandatory. Like it or not, the number of people who would hook up a player to the internet even if they could would be a small fraction of the total. Why should manufacturers be burdened with adding hardware or cost for a feature only a small number of people are going to use? Give it a few years and there might be a reason for a 2.0 player. For now there is practically none at all.
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Mark @ Jul 31st 2008 5:27AM
Profile 2.0 will have nothing to do with this feature, although in theory it could provide something similar. Maybe one day Netflix will send out a BD which enables any 2.0 player to become a streamer if you boot the player up from it. It sounds feasible.
But for now I see no reason 2.0 should be mandatory. Like it or not, the number of people who would hook up a player to the internet even if they could would be a small fraction of the total. Why should manufacturers be burdened with adding hardware or cost for a feature only a small number of people are going to use? Give it a few years and there might be a reason for a 2.0 player. For now there is practically none at all.