LG Unveils Netflix Compatible Blue-ray Player

[Geekyfanboy]

LG Unveils Netflix Compatible Blue-ray Player

LG Electronics has introduced the first networked Blu-ray Disc player with the integrated ability to access and play back Netflix instant-streaming video content.

The LG model BD300 will be only the second set-top device compatible with the Netflix instant-streaming offering. The first was a dedicated $99 Roku player introduced earlier in the year. Microsoft's Xbox 360 will also add the capability this fall.

The LG Blu-ray player will ship in the fall at a suggested retail price range "well under $500 (USD). the company says that it will be competitively priced with other new Blu-ray Disc players coming to market" at that time.

The Netflix instant-streaming video service offers more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes in standard-definition format online for virtually instant playback.

[Rico]

It's cool they are adding this to some electronics now - getting us all closer to on demand, streaming viewing.  I can already just stream from my Netflix account to my PC.  But I find I don't use the feature much.  Most of the stuff I want to see I just get via Netflix normally.  Plus the on demand stuff still has a pretty limited selection.

[billybob476]

I'll be interested to see how the netflix integration with the XBox 360 works since that's something a lot of people already own and it's connected to the TV.