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How to Stream Netflix Movies to Your PlayStation 3

Due to the increased popularity of online gaming, the PS3 has built-in WiFi that allows you to directly log on to Hulu with the game system's Web browser. (The PS3 is already a great device for watching movies on a DVD because it has a Blu-ray player).

You can then watch shows as you would on your computer, but there is a major problem: to get video to fit on a large screen requires you to zoom in, resulting in oversized pixels on the TV screen. To watch Netflix and Amazon VOD content, which both use plug-ins the PS3 can't handle, you need to turn one of your home computers into a media server.

Don't panic.

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Raoh5446d ago

been using playon for a while now. well worth the price, bought when it was still $29.99 or cheaper.

there is extra value in the user created plugins as well.

nfl.com, nba.com, adultswim, video podcasts, Local File Streaming, etc etc etc

i rarely even turn on my cable box anymore.

Hallucinate5446d ago

funny how xbots brag about netflix...well ps3 has netflix,hulu,youtube...well basically everything

snaz275446d ago

i just download mine for free straight to the ps3 hdd... great picture most recent movies (even sometimes before there out in the cinema lol), sooooo sorry but netflix? what? lmao

maniacmayhem5446d ago

I do the same,

except I have both my PS3 and 360 hooked to my router with my computer.

so I just stream it from my computers HD

JsonHenry5446d ago

I just have my PC hooked up to my 46" 1080p TV. But it is good to know my PS3 could do this as well if I was in a pinch.

xwabbit5446d ago

lol yah i go to my movie sites on the PS3 and watch em for free

Raoh5446d ago

i download too, but its nice to have access to movies that may not be worth your hard drive space and bandwidth to download. sometimes i come across movies i've never seen and then decide to download or even buy them.

yes i buy movies too. LOL

Hulu is great too.

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Christopher5446d ago

Currently requires streaming from a PC. This would kick so much arse if it could be installed on the PS3 off of the Video XMB rather than having to stream from a PC.

Godmars2905446d ago

Netflix alone doesn't match what Playon does.

dragunrising5446d ago (Edited 5446d ago )

I agree. I am using the 14 day trial of Play On and its great. It would be perfect if your PC didn't have to stay on to use the service. If Play On had native support on PS3, you wouldn't need a network to use it.

@Godmars290

Thats not what he's saying at all. He isn't comparing netflix on 360 to play on. Also, its available for PS3 and 360 so your console superiority agenda is moot.

Godmars2905446d ago

Not a console comparison, but one between Playon and Netflix streaming. By all rights if Playon were an independent program installable on the PS3 the same would probably apply to the 360.

dragunrising5446d ago

I think I know what you mean. As a service PlayOn offers more, I agree. However, its not as streamlined, lacks official support and is handicapped by its own design. I would defiantly pay for PlayOn if I could use it independent of my PC.

Godmars2905446d ago

Why doesn't anyone bring up the fact that to put movies on the 360 queue you have to use a PC? Or that the majority of Netflix's streamed library is worthless?

There's stuff on Hulu I can watch for free that I had to get through the mail from Netflix. Incomplete series discs no less. Part of the reason I canceled my account.

Christopher5445d ago (Edited 5445d ago )

Don't see how you could take it otherwise. I just wish they'd eliminate the need for a PC with PlayOn and put out a version of the app to run directly on the PS3. Kind of like how other countries have video/audio streaming programs available on the PS3.

Yes, this could be done for the 360 as well, but I choose to stream media to my PS3 when I do just because the upscaling is handled better IMHO and my personal preference in hardware. I have also watched Netflix from my 360, but typically only to watch some old episodes of Columbo since I can get everything else on Cable TV or Hulu.

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SSCOOLCHEA5446d ago

Buy a ps3 to watch crappy quality from netflix .

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Alone in the Dark Developer Has Been Hit With Layoffs

Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.

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coolbeans11h ago

That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.

XiNatsuDragnel5h ago

Alone in the dark is a fun game so that's unfortunate

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Shenmue: Reclaiming the Path is a fan game coming out September 16th.

Shenmue: Reclaiming the Path is a fan game using Dreamcast-era visuals, and tells a new story within the Shenmue saga taking place in both Hong Kong and Guilin. Its expected to release on September 16th.

Inverno6h ago

Something about recreating old school graphics in an era of HD high poly photo realism just hits a spot. I'm not nostalgic cause I mostly played GameCube and GB/A, but it's a visual style that gets over looked even by indies.

Rynxie1h ago

Definitely a fan project. Terrible hand animations. Some characters have very bad body proportions. Some look like little kids in adult bodies. Some have short arms, small head, big hips and so on.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos3h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto2h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger882h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).