Netflix has announced that they have begun deployment of Microsoft Silverlight to enhance the instant watching component of the Netflix service and to allow subscribers for the first time to watch movies and TV episodes instantly on their Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers.
The new Netflix player takes advantage of Play Ready DRM, which is built into [...]
by Jon | Tags: film, netflix, silverlight
Posted in film, video
SwapaDVD is a free-membership DVD swapping club that has been operating since December 2007.
There are no membership fees and no transaction fees. All members pay is the cost of U.S. postage (typically $1.81 per DVD) to send DVDs that are requested from them. It isn’t necessary to go to the post office: the site provides [...]
by Jon | Tags: blockbuster, dvd, netflix, swapadvd
Posted in dvd, film
LG has announce their BD300 Blu-ray player that is capable of streaming movies from Netflix at no extra charge to Netflix customers.
The LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player which will be available sometime in the fall will play high definition Blu-ray discs, up-convert standard DVDs to 1080p and allow Netflix subscribers to instantly stream more [...]
by Jon | Tags: blu-ray, film, lg bd300, netflix
Posted in blu-ray, hardware