Re: PS3 Netflix
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PS3 is the most versatile BD player out there. However, it does *not* have any IR capabilities so if you have a universal remote, you have to buy some add-on devices to get it to work.
Since the cell processor is so much more advanced in any other BD players, it can emulate just about anything in software. For example, all the hidef codecs are supported, and 3D is supported.
Having said all that, I still use my Oppo for BD playback! I happen to have the older PS3 and the fan kicks in way too often.
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Became a customer this morning. Not bad! Choice is pretty limited yet in Canada, but for the price, I will save about 15$ per month by reducing my cable plan. I will just have to monitor the capping on my Internet connection (limited to 100G).
So far very satisfied. Quality is very good and there was not a single time a hint of a streaming lag. 2.0. It will be much better when the 5.1 will be available, though!
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And, you don't have to pay sony 50 bucks per year for the servic
Are you sure? I had to pay up to get Hulu plys on my PS3. I would imagine this will be the same. Sorry, should have explained better. For Netlfix streaming to work on xbox360 you must have a netflix subscription AND an xboxlive GOLD account which is 50 bucks per year.
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I think we understood.
What he was getting at is: for now, in order to gain access to the Hulu Plus Preview software one has to subscribe to PlayStation Plus, which is also about $50 a year. That requirement won't be there for the new Netflix app, nor Hulu Plus once it comes out of preview.
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oh, didn't know that there was such a thing as playstation plus... guess I have been in the dark.
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Advantage: Wait 30 minutes for a firmware update before watching a movie. Then have the fun of trying to figure out what Sony just removed from your device! Are you serious?
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The PS3 does take a long time on updates for games, firmware, etc. All updates for the xbox console or games are much faster.
I never update my ps3 right before watching a movie or playing a game unless I absolutely have to because it takes forever (it is required before going online so will have to do it for netflix).
I think you can set it to auto update though but not sure.
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There's an auto update, but it's part of PlayStation Plus. Before that I'd just ignore the update message until it was time to go to sleep. Then I'd start the update and tell it to power off when done.
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ahhh... that's right, I remember reading about the PS3 plus at the same time I was reading about the auto update feature.
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