 Microsoft E3 announcements for 360 |
| Microsoft E3 announcements for 360 |
 Jul 14 2008, 02:02 PM
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http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2...ntStreamPR.mspx
QUOTE LOS ANGELES — July 14, 2008 — An exciting new home theater experience is coming to living rooms this holiday season. At the E3 Media and Business Summit, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFTâ€) and Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today unveiled an exclusive partnership to offer consumers the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the television via the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. Xbox 360 will be the only game system that lets users instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix. This movie watching innovation will be available to Xbox LIVE Gold members who are also Netflix subscribers and will let those users enjoy streaming movies from Netflix on Xbox LIVE at no additional cost. This could be huge for both companies. It might also blow the newer boxes like roku and others right outta the water. MS also announced a complete software overhaul. not sure what I think yet, looks kinda wii like. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/microso...-new-dashboard/ either way, a couple of pretty interesting announcements. |
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Jul 16 2008, 08:28 PM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
In different news, Sony does the same thing!
http://kotaku.com/5025504/video-rental-coming-to-ps3-tonight QUOTE (Kotaku) Sony's hooked up with Warner, Fox, Lion's Gate, Disney, MGM and others to bring video rental to the PS3. Video is set to be fully integrated into the PlayStation Store, said Sony's Jack Tretton at the company's E3 press event. A video button in the PlayStation Store will have separate categories for TV and film to choose from, and movies can also be listed by studio. The Eye and Reservoir Dogs were seen in the store during the demonstration, though currently 85 are available for rental in standard definition. According to PSN's Eric Lempel, it takes about an hour to download one of the rented films. Price points vary too - $15 to purchase, $6 to rent in HD, and $4 to rent in SD. The AVC-format videos downloaded to PS3 can also be transferred to the PSP via a USB cable. The service launches tonight! Interesting. --------------------  |
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impala454 Microsoft E3 announcements for 360 Jul 14 2008, 02:02 PM
cmac nice.
the 360 is the only microsoft product that i... Jul 14 2008, 02:38 PM impala454 I am only just now realizing how awesome the media... Jul 14 2008, 02:53 PM impala454 more updates (via engadget)
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For now... Jul 14 2008, 03:22 PM Jim FFXIII on the 360 as well. Still, I'm betting... Jul 14 2008, 03:24 PM chook Hmm, I think its time for me to break down and get... Jul 14 2008, 07:56 PM Jessica Neat! We already have XBOX Gold and Netflix... Jul 15 2008, 03:47 AM impala454 I wouldn't exactly say the same thing as it... Jul 16 2008, 09:45 PM James The movie selection for netflix's online servi... Jul 17 2008, 08:51 AM Jim I know this isn't necessarily anything to do w... Jul 17 2008, 06:13 PM impala454 2d sidescroller mega man huh? sweet... 360 & ... Jul 17 2008, 09:09 PM
Jim QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 17 2008, 09:09 PM)... Jul 18 2008, 01:14 AM zetec man, microsoft owned this e3. So did Rock Band 2. ... Jul 22 2008, 01:52 AM James QUOTE (zetec @ Jul 22 2008, 02:52 AM) man... Jul 22 2008, 10:33 AM Jim QUOTE (zetec @ Jul 22 2008, 01:52 AM) man... Jul 22 2008, 03:30 PM |
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