http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/ Engadget HD Comments for Netflix Watch Instantly comes to Vista Media Center, not Extenders http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 7:17AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 9:34AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 9:41AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 21st 2009 8:35AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 10:32AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/
So eventually you'll see it.

Can't wait to see this for Windows 7.]]>May 20th 2009 11:47AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 10:35AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 5:47PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/
They always find a way to screw it all up, don't they?]]>May 20th 2009 12:39PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/May 20th 2009 1:46PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/
The first way does HD, but you need to pay $50.00 per year and you need to setup the queue on a computer (with a web browser) beforehand.

The second way is free, requires a PC, allows you to select and start programming directly from the NetFlix program, but doesn't support HD or Extenders.

You can see one or the other but how many years of therapy does it take to think doing both makes sense?!?!?

You know, we may go with DirecTV if we move...maybe I'll just get his and her DVRs and wait for their whole house DVR solution to come out. This Media Center stuff is getting to be nonsense.




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This is a larger statement than the netflix plug in announcement.

If Microsoft is giving up on extenders, they should drop Media Center. Watching TV on a PC will never be mainstream. The extender model is Microsoft's best option for keeping the PC relevant to how people consume media.
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Yes, getting it to my extenders would be nice for the short term, but even as an extender owner, I am not sad to say they are a dead technology. With nettops and other atom offerings (like nvidia's ion) starting to get price competitive, why would you ever buy an extender instead of a fully functional HTPC?

Rather than wish for extender support, I'm hoping for three things:

-Native support of a TV tuner server farm: multiple tuners on my content storing WHS controllable by any Media Center client on the network.
-CableCard compliance on said content server without the need for CableCards in each Media Center client machine. Hopefully the newly included protected tv model in Win7 will lead to this.
-Native interface to access Hulu, network sites, and a much much wider range of online content (basically a native implementation similar to secondrun.tv)

In any case, I'd like to reiterate that "thank you" for getting native netflix. It was wonderful to see!]]>May 24th 2009 4:42PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/netflix-watch-instantly-comes-to-vista-media-center-not-extende/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/conceptronic-shows-off-potent-yuixx-media-streamer-at-computex/).. All-in-one box, a strong and fast Intel CPU and based on Linux..]]>Aug 3rd 2009 2:16PM