MrJames
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| Need a Gold account.
Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix.
EDIT: Gold users get it at no additional cost. Not exclusive to Gold as it sounded. |
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Matt
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| said by MrJames  :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. ::Shrug::
Most people already have a Gold account. It's only $7.99/month.
You'll also have to have a Netflix account. So that's $17 or so a month to stream unlimited content from Netflix. Not bad. I'm curious as to the content though. I think their streaming stuff is SD, rather than HD. |
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jmallory
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said by MrJames :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. Well I was excited by this for about five minutes then. I have two XBOX 360s (1 used as a Game Console / Extender with a Gold Account and one that is used just as an extender with a Silver account) and there is no way I am buying a 2nd Gold account just for NetFlix...luckily I can get NetFlix via Vista Media Center. |
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said by MrJames :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. I just came from the broadcast as GS and it was said you also need a Netflix account. |
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jmallory
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said by Matt :said by MrJames :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. ::Shrug:: Most people already have a Gold account. It's only $7.99/month. You'll also have to have a Netflix account. So that's $17 or so a month to stream unlimited content from Netflix. Not bad. I'm curious as to the content though. I think their streaming stuff is SD, rather than HD. Except for those of us with multiple 360s being used as Extenders, paying an additional $7 per month ain't gonna happen here. |
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| said by jmallory :said by Matt :said by MrJames :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. ::Shrug:: Most people already have a Gold account. It's only $7.99/month. You'll also have to have a Netflix account. So that's $17 or so a month to stream unlimited content from Netflix. Not bad. I'm curious as to the content though. I think their streaming stuff is SD, rather than HD. Except for those of us with multiple 360s being used as Extenders, paying an additional $7 per month ain't gonna happen here. Can you not sign in to your account twice? Why not just download it to your other 360? |
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Millenniumle
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said by Matt :So that's $17 or so a month to stream unlimited content from Netflix. My local Time Warner keeps upping the price and replacing content with shopping channels. Sometimes I wonder if their paid content covers the content they pay for, leaving all the money they get out of me to cover wire maintenance. Must be nice for them. 
As attractive as $17 a month is I'm leery to throw any money into equipment and dumping my cable service, like I have with landline phone. Capping stands to put the kibosh to online video. |
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modboy
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Brooklyn, NY | reply to jmallory
put your xbl account on a memory card & move it to whichever box you're watching at the time. |
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| said by modboy :put your xbl account on a memory card & move it to whichever box you're watching at the time. He can also download his account to any other 360 and just select which profile he wants. The issue may be that if he wants to play a XBL game on one 360 and watch a movie on the other. |
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biggbrother
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Well I have a Netflix acount and a Gold Account so this sounds like it will benefit me. I watch movies on Netflix.com once in a while so this sounds very convenient.
My only issue is with the limited availability of movies to watch online thru Netflix.
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| said by biggbrother :My only issue is with the limited availability of movies to watch online thru Netflix. Yeah, their selection is weak, but it sure would come in handy on a lazy day when nothing else is on. Especially since all the Netflix packages but one get unlimited streaming. |
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jmallory
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said by Matt :said by modboy :put your xbl account on a memory card & move it to whichever box you're watching at the time. He can also download his account to any other 360 and just select which profile he wants. The issue may be that if he wants to play a XBL game on one 360 and watch a movie on the other. That is one reason but how about because wanting to charge me another $7 a month just for the privilege of being able to stream NetFlix to another 360 is just plain dumb. What turned out to be maybe a very good feature versus the PS3, just became another way for MS to try to get another XBL Gold account subscription from me. nice try, no sale. |
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modboy
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said by Matt :The issue may be that if he wants to play a XBL game on one 360 and watch a movie on the other. I would imagine that would be quite difficult. Talk about multi-tasking. |
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biggbrother
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said by jmallory :That is one reason but how about because wanting to charge me another $7 a month just for the privilege of being able to stream NetFlix to another 360 is just plain dumb. What turned out to be maybe a very good feature versus the PS3, just became another way for MS to try to get another XBL Gold account subscription from me. nice try, no sale. Are you able to play on Xbox Live using the same account on two different Xbox 360s at the same time?
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said by modboy :said by Matt :The issue may be that if he wants to play a XBL game on one 360 and watch a movie on the other. I would imagine that would be quite difficult. Talk about multi-tasking. Not with multiple people in the house. |
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said by Matt : I'm curious as to the content though. I think their streaming stuff is SD, rather than HD. The content is not HD but they do stream content at 16:9 when it has been produced at that level. It's not as clear as true HD but not bad at least using the Roku box.
What Netflix needs to work on next is making the additional DVD content available through streaming so with that, higher resolution streaming and full sound they could get rid of DVDs. |
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BF69
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said by Chris 313 :said by MrJames :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. I just came from the broadcast as GS and it was said you also need a Netflix account. So $50 a year for the gold XBL account and at least $108 a year for netflix. So $158 a year just to watch movies not counting the cost of said movies. Sounds like a deal! |
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Matt
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| said by BF69 :said by Chris 313 :said by MrJames :Engadget says you will need to spring for the Gold account to have access to Netflix. I just came from the broadcast as GS and it was said you also need a Netflix account. So $50 a year for the gold XBL account and at least $108 a year for netflix. So $158 a year just to watch movies not counting the cost of said movies. Sounds like a deal! You don't pay to stream a movie and it's included in your Netflix sub at no charge. (Which you can rent Blu-Ray movies with too.)
So yes, it is a deal. XBox/Netflix users are getting this for free. |
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BF69
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| said by Matt :You don't pay to stream a movie and it's included in your Netflix sub at no charge. (Which you can rent Blu-Ray movies with too.) So yes, it is a deal. XBox/Netflix users are getting this for free. If you don't already have Netflix or XBL account its not. It's $158 you're not currently paying. With PS3, guess what, you just pay for the movies you actually rent. You don't have to pay just for access. Which part of that don't you get? I don't have a Netflix account, so it's not FREE to me.
Sure for the tiny % of people that have both it's a bargin. For $158 one could rent 40 movies from Amazon Unbox. |
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| said by BF69 :said by Matt :You don't pay to stream a movie and it's included in your Netflix sub at no charge. (Which you can rent Blu-Ray movies with too.) So yes, it is a deal. XBox/Netflix users are getting this for free. If you don't already have Netflix or XBL account its not. It's $158 you're not currently paying. With PS3, guess what, you just pay for the movies you actually rent. You don't have to pay just for access. Which part of that don't you get? I don't have a Netflix account, so it's not FREE to me. Sure for the tiny % of people that have both it's a bargin. For $158 one could rent 40 movies from Amazon Unbox. You can still rent single movies from the Microsoft store. This is an additional service, not an exclusive one.
Additionally, if you have an XBox, you have to have a Gold subscription to play games via XBox Live, so all you'd have to have is a Netflix subscription, which 7 million people or so do. I have both, so I'm excited about this. |
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