Posts tagged ‘streaming’
Streaming Movies vs Blu-Ray: Who’s Winning?
Streaming movies from services like Netflix, Amazon, Blockbuster and others are becoming more popular every day. The Retrevo Pulse Report on consumer electronics trends shows that people are becoming more interested in connecting their TV to the internet and the demand for connected TVs are becoming stronger. About 23% of the household have their TV connected to the Internet, another 26% would like to be. In addition, over 45% of households either stream movies now or would like to stream movies on their connected TVs or Blu-Ray Players. The study also may indicate that Blu-Ray Player sales will slow as consumers use their TVs to connect directly to the Internet for movie and TV streaming. Either way, more and more Internet TVs and Blu-Ray Players will be connected through MoCA Home Networks for the most reliable video streaming quality available.
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Xbox 360 Gets Exclusivity on Netflix Streaming
Microsoft now has an exclusive partnership with Netflix, continuing the ability to instantly stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to your TV via Xbox 360. The Xbox will be the only game console to offer the Netflix movie experience, and is available to all Xbox Live Gold members who also have a Netflix unlimited subscription, all of this at no additional cost!
VuNow Gets CinemaNow Streaming
VuNow set-top boxes get access to CinemaNow’s streaming movies. This may just be the first in a sleuth of announcements.
CinemaNow has already announced plans to come directly to flatscreens via widgets, so if the VuNow platform is adopted into more hardware as it was by Sherwood, expect to have one more internet movie-capable box sneaking into your living room disguised as a receiver, amplifier or cable DVR over the next few years.
