Netflix Making Blu-ray Players into Internet Set Top Boxes?

Andy Tarczon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:40:00 GMT

To date, the most successful Over-the-Top (OTT) video play has been the game console. With internet connectivity, video rendering, and established commerce capabilities, they have been the no-brainer platform to establish streaming to the television. Take for example Netflix on Xbox - within 12 weeks of release, more than one million consoles had downloaded and registered the software. So it was with great enthusiasm that the recent Sony PS3 and Netflix deal was received. However, while game consoles have been an easy pathway to the television (and will continue to be), this deal hints at a new wave of connectivity just now emerging …....(read more)

"I Saw the Future of Digital Cinema...and it was Good."

Wendy Stockard — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:14:00 GMT

There have been only a few moments in my technology career when I saw something that truly excited me - that is, made shivers run up the back of my neck and goose bumps appear, letting me know I was witnessing was a truly breakthrough technology, not just some repackaging, re-integration, or re-combination of the existing, but something capable of really changing the digital technology landscape....(read more)

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Netflix Making Blu-ray Players into Internet Set Top Boxes?

"I Saw the Future of Digital Cinema...and it was Good."