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 ·Verizon FiOS
| Love-Hate Love-Netflic cheaper than HDTV
Hate-Netflix agrees to contract to delay of new titles by atleast 28 days.
Love-shows I haven't seen in years. movies I missed because theater too $$$$ and I don't need to be "me 1st"
Hate-Xbox menu for Netflix is PITA. And Live connection hangs on Netflix too often.
Love- PS3 Netflix menus are sooo much better and faster to navigate
Hate- why must I use a disc STILL to view Netflix on PS3/Wii
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 R4M0NBrazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA | said by cableties:Hate- why must I use a disc STILL to view Netflix on PS3/Wii Rumor has it that it is due to exclusivity contract with Microsoft and the fastest workaround they could come up with was the disc. |
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| Sounds like native Netflix on PS3 (w/out disc) is coming later this year, also with 5.1 and subtitles. |
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cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA
3 edits | reply to R4M0N
As I understand it, there is an exclusivity deal with Microsoft which prohibits including NetFlix in the PS3 and Wii software. But there was nothing to disallow an application (available on disk) that just happened to look a lot like NetFlix.  When the exclusivity deal expires, Netflix can be included in the PS3 and Wii systems. |
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FiOS
2 edits | reply to xenophon
said by xenophon:Sounds like native Netflix on PS3 (w/out disc) is coming later this year, also with 5.1 and subtitles. They use too much power, both the PS3 and Xbox 360 use around 70 to 80 watts. I can use a stand alone box that uses between 7 watts(ie. Roku) and 25 watts(ie. TiVo) instead to watch Netlflix.(15 to 18 watts would be a BD player with netflix) |
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| Doesn't the new PS3 Slim use less power? I recall reading it uses 50% less. Another model is coming soon too that might use even less. Also, I would think it only uses significant power when all processors are stressed when gaming. Would be surprised if it uses full power to just stream video. |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
| said by xenophon:Doesn't the new PS3 Slim use less power? I recall reading it uses 50% less. Another model is coming soon too that might use even less. Also, I would think it only uses significant power when all processors are stressed when gaming. Would be surprised if it uses full power to just stream video. Yes the slim uses 70 to 80 watts. The old pS3 used twice that. 70 to 80 watts is on the main page doing nothing.
In standby the PS3 uses 9 watts while the 360 uses less than half a watt.
This is the PS3 slim and the 360 slim. |
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| Huh, yeah I found this...
»news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10318727-1.html
Up to 85 watts just to stream video on PS3 slim. Yowza. I had a Roku but now use PS3 since I can also do Hulu and Playon. Wish Roku would support DLNA and Hulu. |
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