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 CA Of course, I'm still waiting to see Blu-ray players fall below $100 where they belong. And it better happen soon, because once Netflix starts streaming in high-def, it'll be curtains for Blu-ray. Rick Broida, a technology writer for nearly 20 years, ...

For instance, at least two Blu-ray Disc players have this feature. They are the LG BD300 ($350) and the Samsung BD-P2500 ($350). The TiVo HD DVR ($300) can also stream Netflix content. The Xbox 360 video game console (starting at $200) is another ...

 NY From: New York Times] In the apples-vs-oranges category, CEO Eli Harari of flash-memory maker SanDisk has proclaimed the end of Blu-ray. The reason: you can't fit a Blu-ray disc into a smartphone, but you can insert a flash memory chip holding an HD ...

By Wilson Rothman Don't get me wrong. You'll buy a "Blu-ray player." Stats show many of you already are. You may even buy some Blu-ray discs, or pay the extra $2 or $3 for Netflix Blu-ray rental. But the amount of time you'll spend watching Blu-ray on it will continue to dwindle, until, maybe one day, the disc tray j...

 IL It's that otherworldly quality that Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson use for creepy thrills in the moderately effective “Passengers,” now on Blu-Ray and DVD. When a movie doesn't even open in Chicago and heads straight to the Netflix queue, ...

Movies and TV shows were still available on Netflix ready devices such as the Xbox 360, Roku, LG Electronics and Samsung Blu-ray disc players, and tivo HD DVR. Jessie Becker, vice president of marketing, said in a blog post. Netflix will offer a credit ...

Toshiba's struggling HD DVD high-definition video format has been dealt another blow; the online movie rental service will stock only Blu-ray ... www.pcworld.com

By Wilson Rothman What's the takeaway? For movies, even ill-gotten ones, it's a good box. Netflix and Pandora are surely only the beginning, too. If Amazon Video on Demand is already on Panasonic, Sony, TiVo and Roku products, it's surely a matter of time before they sign with Ole Sammy. Ditto for Rhapsody, wh...

By Christopher Mascari With Amazon HD VOD, Netflix streaming HD, and the recently announced Blockbuster OnDemand, TiVo is slowly working to make paid internet content available on your TV. This is all great news but what about some Hulu love? Please TiVo, we beg of you...

By Trent Wolbe 00:19:32 - Netflix raising rates for Blu-ray subscribers by around 20 percent 00:42:04 - Blockbuster OnDemand coming to TiVo 00:46:35 - Is Netflix PS3-bound, too? 00:52:10 - Samsung BD-P1600 hands-on 00:54:43 - Microsoft to Toshiba: with HD DVD, we go down together

By Trent Wolbe 00:38:54 - Samsung BD-P1600 Netflix streaming Blu-ray player pops up at retail 00:44:38 - Kaleidescape still on track to deliver a pricey Blu-ray player this year 00:58:58 - Hollywood still doesn't understand why people pirate content

By Trent Wolbe 20:54 - Pioneer reportedly ending TV production, spinning off DVD business 30:27 - Panasonic drops the axe on DMP-BD35 Blu-ray player 35:47 - Xbox Live tallies 1 million Netflix Watch Instantly activations, 1.5 billion minutes served

By Trent Wolbe 00:25:28 - Netflix earnings call roundup: Testing Saturday shipments, 700k Blu-ray subscribers and even more streaming 00:27:44 - Netflix considering premium price tiers for additional streaming content? 00:51:42 - LG BD300 Blu-ray player review

By Richard Lawler All week, we've seen stats, figures and speculation based on Netflix's earnings call leaking out, and here's a few more interesting notes gathered from around the Internet for those not glued to their speakerphone Monday. Checking in to the party was always talkative analyst Michael Pa...

By Trent Wolbe 00:26:32 - Disney to release Bolt on Blu-ray two days before DVD 00:27:17 - boxee mulls production of its own set-top-box 00:31:59 - Netflix's Reed Hastings talks future technologies, streaming 00:40:12 - Netflix profit up 45% in Q4, nears 10 million total subscribers

By Trent Wolbe 00:32:12 - FCC's Kevin Martin proposes alternatives for delaying DTV transition 00:56:00 - The HDTVs of CES 2009 00:57:34 - Netflix HD streaming shootout goes down at Engadget Classic 01:01:42 - Pioneer finally kills production of its remaining laserdisc players

Netflix was LG's first partner on the instant-streaming front. In fact, LG was the first manufacturer to stream movies instantly from Netflix on a Network Blu-ray Disc Player. By adding CinemaNow's library of TV shows and videos -- and YouTube's viral video community, with its growing ca...

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Blu-ray itself was something of a story, if only because 2008 began with Hollywood choosing it as the preferred format for next-generation high-definition DVDs. For all the predictions about digital distribution of entertainment winning out long term -- Netflix being one example -- p...

By Ben Drawbaugh 00:34:26 - Samsung MediaLive Digital Media Adapter review 00:44:14 - 500GB Moxi HD DVR now available, really 00:48:51 - Netflix HD streaming comes to TiVo 00:52:04 - Analyst finds DVD sales down, Blu-ray trends "encouraging" 00:54:21 - Poll: Do you rent or buy your Blu-ray Discs?

By John Mahoney Just as planned, Samsung has loosed a firmware upgrade (version 2.1) for its BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray decks that now supports Netflix streaming in glorious 720p. Go grab it now. [Thanks, Ari!]

By Trent Wolbe 22:10 - Xbox Experience now available to all who signed up, Netflix HD streams too 25:05 - Microsoft exec touts HD streaming over discs, suggests Xbox 360 will outlast PS3 28:09 - Ask Engadget HD: Best gaming / movie console: Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3?

By Mark Wilson While we've already reviewed what it's like to stream Netflix movies on the New Xbox Experience, we missed that there were 300 pieces of HD content right below our noses. Since then, we loaded up The Thing in HD and gave Netflix Instant Streaming HD our full once-over.