http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/ Engadget HD Comments for Roku's Netflix Player handling HD content "by the end of the year" http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/Nov 3rd 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/Nov 3rd 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/]]>Nov 3rd 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/
If Netflix is the way to push expensive boxes, they'll add it, and they'll add the best implementation they can get away with. With Netflix just requiring Internet access, H.264/VC-1 (not sure which), and some easily decoded audio codec, adding Netflix support to a Profile 2.0 player is just a matter of putting out a firmware update.

Makes me wish Toshiba would push out Netflix support in a firmware update for their HD DVD players - which have all the right hardware features too, wonder if Netflix could pay them to do it...]]>Nov 3rd 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/Nov 3rd 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/
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You are right with PlayOn and then streaming to PS3 but that's a long solution around obviously.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/
I suppose Sony might get "native" support if Netflix produced a BD Live disk which was basically a streaming client written in BD-J. They could also find their own streaming partner such as Amazon. ]]>Nov 3rd 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/Nov 3rd 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/03/rokus-netflix-player-handling-hd-content-by-the-end-of-the-yea/
it might be servicable way for ps3 people but its not going to even come close to matching what 360/roku/smasung&lg bluray players native player.
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