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Watch Netflix, Hulu, and more on Your PS3 and Xbox 360

Want to watch Netflix on your PS3 as well as your Xbox? Now you can, with a new program named PlayOn. You can also watch Hulu, CBS, and youtube. pretty awesome stuff!
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Published: 495 days 21 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Tech
 
 

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chaosatom333 - 495 days 22 hours ago
1 - awesome, have to try. aww man, only 60 days are free.
have to try hulu.
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Hagaf22 - 495 days 20 hours ago
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some one let me know how good this service is? how good is the selection?
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Robondacob - 495 days 18 hours ago
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Is this a subscription fee or a one time fee? If it's a one time fee, this will be more worthwhile than that netflix thing. Netflix on 360 has a limited choosing, but with this, it appears you can download whatever you want. I bet that there's a ton of ads though.
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DarkBlade - 495 days 17 hours ago
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It great has alot of video. It has Espn, CNN and Hulu and netflix and they have some many video i know now why it isn't free. But it's awesome.
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f789790 - 495 days 17 hours ago
1.4 - Well 60 days sounds reasonable for a trial
I'll definitely be trying this.
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Jack007 - 495 days 22 hours ago
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Same here mate.
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drdre74 - 495 days 21 hours ago
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damn this piece of crap. No Mac love. Until its on mac this this is crap. Show us Apple lovers some love for once damn.
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mavent - 495 days 14 hours ago
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yeah, its retarded...send them an email
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SaiyanFury - 495 days 12 hours ago
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Apple products don't always work well with devices that aren't developed by Apple. Since PC platforms with a Microsoft OS are far more prevalent it makes more sense to make a product that would interface and work with an MS platform. Don't get me wrong, I am no fan of MS, but things are generally more compatible with Windows than with Apple software. Don't shoot the messenger.
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zo6_lover27 - 495 days 21 hours ago
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So, netflix support for the ps3, in a sense.

Kinda makes Netflix on the 360 irrelevant.
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Stickguy259 - 495 days 20 hours ago
4.1 - Or umm...
Netflix on the 360 makes Netflix on the PS3 irrelevent.

It appears as though that argument works two ways...

I wonder how many disagrees I'm gonna get...

BTW:That's still some pretty cool news. I'm gonna have to get a Playstation 3 soon.
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mindedone - 495 days 20 hours ago
4.2 - @stickguy
You're right. Neither are relevant. Well, perhaps relevant isn't the word; neither has the advantage based on Netflix alone it seems.
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zo6_lover27 - 495 days 20 hours ago
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I know, I was just saying it makes any argument about Netflix irrelevant.

EDIT

@ Tabasco

Exactly
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Tabasco - 495 days 20 hours ago
4.4 - ^^
yea but MS made a huge deal about Net flicks on the 360 as a huge selling point during and after E3. He was probably just referring to that.
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PoSTedUP - 495 days 20 hours ago
4.5 - @ tobasco
yup, your right. they were making a big deal about it. they were actually boasting about it to the hiphopgamer and now look, they no longer will have the largest selection of movies anymore. XD

this is so really cool news though but cant we already watch youtube on ps3 through internet browser??? i can get thedark knight on my ps3 along with other movies that are still in theaters and most movies in general for free but i dont do that any more : P its really cool though their bootleg and even though i can just go down in the subway and get them from some dude, i can just get them off the internet right through my internet browser and watch them then and their : P and thats just ONE thing my internet browser is good for : ) not to forget free high deff movies that arent in theaters anymore. ; )
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asyouburn - 495 days 16 hours ago
4.6 - 360 netflix irrelevant
the quality of the netflix streaming will make netflix irrelevant on both systems. you have to have a netflix subscription, and when you put that on your nice big hdtv, you'll be wishing you just got sent the damn disc
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abcdog1000 - 495 days 20 hours ago
5 - why cant i run it straight from my ps3?
now that is a service i would be willing to pay for.
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f789790 - 495 days 17 hours ago
5.1 - I'm so tired of these routing through your computer applications
I have a gaming computer. The thing doesnt give off that much heat but if its on all day the office gets a couple degrees hotter than the hole house. I need to build a low energy pc soon.

Edit: Or maybe I'm just being stupid. Use my laptop, DUH!!!
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Bigrhyno - 495 days 20 hours ago
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I can already do this with my computer... so whatever.
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power of Green - 495 days 20 hours ago
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Rather watch movies with 7 other people chatting and video chatting all at the same time for free, well the host has to pay but the guests don't have to pay a dime.

LOL@ the people dissagreeing with 4.1

I guess my opinion/comments/facts is more fuel for the POG hate fire.
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zo6_lover27 - 495 days 20 hours ago
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PS3 already has 6 way chat. And netflix is only available to XBL Gold subscribers so none of that is free.
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Eagle_of_Heaven - 495 days 20 hours ago
7.2 - bro
there was no need to talk all fanboyish, this progamme is for both cosoles which is a positive thing. i would download it but i gotta wait for my new PS3 to come back
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power of Green - 495 days 20 hours ago
7.3 - @7.2
I bet you agreed with #4 lol.

I said I rather use MSFT's Netflix platform/offerings vs this platform lol.
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Robondacob - 495 days 17 hours ago
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Apparently you gloat about features that you don't even use. All 8 of those people must have a Netflix subscription, basically making it pointless. This is much better, and Hulu is included.
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jahcure - 495 days 20 hours ago
8 - are you serious
do you really think you're going to rent a movie, get 7 people on live or however many to sit an watch a standard def movie with you, AND chat with them? Is your social life really bound to your xbox 360? Come on man be serious.

Of the 3 rl friends that I have with 360s NONE of them will do this. We have real movie nights that include renting a blu-ray and sitting in one house watching the movie. Even then we don't sit and talk through the movie..

Sometimes you guys take these worthless features a tad bit overboard.
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power of Green - 495 days 20 hours ago
8.1 - Did you even read the header? or did you come in here to attack the little green fella.
Just a better offering that works better with the platform it uses, its that simple lol.

Don't go all SDF on me, god dam!!!!(maybe the point/agenda of this article?)

If you "read" my comments and the text in the NEWS you'd know this is a method vs method issue and not otherwise lol.
8.2 vickers500 | 495 days 18 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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GiantEnemyCrab - 495 days 20 hours ago
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Already doing this on the 360 since launch. If you have a 360 and Vista/WMC you can do all this stuff without having to pay for this program and get a ton more features.

Also, the Netflix doesn't allow for any queue management so it's rather ghetto and is not available right now anyway.
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cheapndirty - 495 days 20 hours ago
10 - But...but..but..
I am still more excited that PS3 has real time weapon changes and can flip giant crabs on their backs.
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SIX-0-3 - 495 days 19 hours ago
10.1 - What
you get a bubble for making me laugh but a disagree for confusing me.
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N4M3L355 - 495 days 18 hours ago
11 - Hmm...
There has to be a way to do this for free. Does someone out there have a clue?
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Siesser - 495 days 18 hours ago
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Downloading the beta now; hopefully the Netflix support comes before the 60 days is up. Usin my View it Now through my pc is something I've been longing for for a while now, and I was highly disheartened to hear MS announcing exclusivity to consoles. the 30 is well worth it in my eyes; much cheaper still than the set-top box option.
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Gish - 495 days 17 hours ago
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Am i the only one having problems running it? I get a pop up telling me that cant access folder and that the content may have been deleted from the media server. It shows all the episodes fine, but when you try to play them, it gives that error... I would love to be able to use this.
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Siesser - 495 days 16 hours ago
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I'm getting that for some content; not all. For example, Dresden Files is working fine for me.
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tosh61 - 495 days 17 hours ago
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you can already watch youtube. on ps3 at least.
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djroberts - 495 days 17 hours ago
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The service is fairly unreliable. I along with others can't get it to work. Apparently your PC needs to be more "open" to allow it to work. So careful running as admin with no firewall...
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Siesser - 495 days 16 hours ago
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Since microsoft apparantly paid for console exclusivity of this feature (and why Netflix would agree to that is beyond me), this is the only way that I'm aware of for a ps3 user to use Watch It Now through their tv without buying a setup box to do it. Why you would begrudge users enjoyment in this opportunity is beyond me. No, it's likely not as integrated as 360's will be (and in fact not existent as of yet), but if it does allow me to view my queue and the Watch it Now selection (and judging by the youtube channel, I think it can handle those two), then it really does all I need it to do.
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asyouburn - 495 days 15 hours ago
16.2 - @ bladestar so wait. . .
you knock playstation for having to use media center for netflix, cuz the 360 can do it natively, then you talk about using a 360 with media center to run web browser and youtube, which ps3 can do natively?
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