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LG introduces world’s first Netflix streaming TV

LG Electronics was the first manufacturer to add Netflix streaming to a third party device, and now they’ve announced the world’s first Netflix enabled television.

The announcement came yesterday as a pre-CES press release. On display at the show will be a variety of LG HDTVs with Netflix streaming built in. There is no external set-top box, the display will be connected directly to the internet.

There will be four display sizes available: two LCDs at 42″ and 47″, and two plasmas at 50″ and 60″.

Source: USA Today

My Playstation 3 died yesterday

So I’m bummed. I just finish watching a Blu-ray version of Sony Picture’s The Fall and start working on something else while my brother-in-law starts playing LEGO Batman. I wasn’t paying attention as I was preoccupied but the system turned off and he left the room so I figured he was done playing. I turned off the TV and receiver. A couple minutes later my brother-in-law comes back in and asks why I turned the PS3 off.

I grab the Sixaxis controller and try to power the PS3 on, but the lights on the controller just blink. Next I tried the button on the front of the console. The green light flashed followed by a yellow light once and then the red light blinked continuously until I flipped the power switch on the rear. A few tries resulted in the same.

I found this video on YouTube showing exactly what I’m getting.




The next step is to call Sony at 1-800-345-SONY (7669) and see what they have to say. From the looks of online forums I’ll have to send it in to be replaced. I’ve had this console for about a year-and-a-half so I don’t know if they’ll cover it under warranty or not.