Blu-ray &Hardware Steven Kippel on 31 Jul 2008
LG unveils Blu-ray player with Netflix Watch Now
LG unveils Blu-ray player with Netflix Watch Now
LG Electronics has unveiled a Blu-ray player with the ability to stream video from Netflix. This is the second set-top device with this feature. Roku released a Netflix Watch Now player in May.Previous LG Blu-ray players were dual-format playing the now defunct HD DVD. This new player, the BD300, follows that tradition, but this time it plays Blu-ray Discs and streams online content.
The player will ship this Autumn at a price “well below $500″ to be competitive with other Blu-ray players on the market. It will be BD2.0 with BonusView and BD-Live ability.
Netflix subscriptions with the unlimited Watch Now feature begin at $8.99 per month – just a little more than a 24-hour rental of a single title through some other services. You also receive DVDs and/or Blu-rays delivered through the mail.
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on 31 Jul 2008 at 2:12 pm 1.Wesley Novack said …
I don’t think Watch Now is unlimited. From what I remember, you get up to the amount of hours equal to the dollars you pay per month in Netflix service fees. So if you’re on the $8.99/mo plan, you would get 9 hours of Watch Now service per month.
on 31 Jul 2008 at 3:26 pm 2.Steven Kippel said …
All plans have unlimited Watch Now time. It started out with limited per month but it changed. Only the starter package for $4.99 per month is limited to 2-hours per month. Only plans $8.99 and up work with set-top solutions.
on 31 Jul 2008 at 3:28 pm 3.Wesley Novack said …
Ahhhh ok, thanks! I wasn’t aware of the change as I’m still using Blockbuster online for the time being.
on 05 Jan 2009 at 10:55 am 4.LG introduces world’s first Netflix streaming TV » Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD info at WesleyTech.com said …
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on 23 Oct 2009 at 5:39 pm 5.Samsung Blu-ray players receive Netflix streaming » Blu-ray, HDTV, DVD info at WesleyTech.com said …
[...] but DTS:HD Master Audio is only output on HDMI via bitstream. LG’s latest Blu-ray player has this functionality, and it will come to the Xbox 360 with the new Dashboard. Netflix also has their own network player [...]
on 23 Oct 2009 at 5:39 pm 6.Samsung Blu-ray players receive Netflix streaming » Blu-ray, HDTV, DVD info at WesleyTech.com said …
[...] but DTS:HD Master Audio is only output on HDMI via bitstream. LG’s latest Blu-ray player has this functionality, and it will come to the Xbox 360 with the new Dashboard. Netflix also has their own network player [...]