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A recent Gizmodo sit down with Steve Ballmer led with a headline exclaiming a Blu-ray add-on for Xbox was coming. See, when Ballmer was asked about making the Xbox a home theater companion of choice and where Blu-ray might fit in, the Windows 7 wild man said, “Well I don’t know if we need to put Blu-ray in there — you’ll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories.” He then added that on-demand is the future of movies, not physical media. Now our bud Major Nelson , Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has stepped up to lay the conflation to rest. The Major says that Ballmer was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC and reiterated Microsoft’s focus of bringing instant-on 1080p streaming movies to the Xbox 360. So… that should end speculation of Blu-ray on Xbox right? Not if history serves , nope. Filed under: Gaming , HDTV , Home Entertainment Microsoft: ‘We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360′ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
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Just as it did earlier this year , Microsoft has opened the preview program to let the most hardcore of Xbox 360 owners poke around the updated dashboard — presumably with access to all the 1080p instant-on streaming, Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm add-ons we’ve been expecting — ahead of its official release in order to shake out any remaining bugs. While worldwide console owners should scrape together console IDs, make & model of your TV, router and more in hopes of receiving an invite next week, a little more concrete news is in order for the UK, with the console launch of Sky TV nailed down for October 27. You’ll have to wait until then to find out exact pricing and channel line up availability, ’til then it’s a matter of finding out who on your friends list is most suited for the inevitable football viewing party. [Via Joystiq & NeoGAF ] Read - Xbox Live update Preview Program Read - Xbox.com - Set a date for Sky Player! Filed under: Gaming , HDTV Xbox 360 Dashboard Update… updates: Preview program reopened, Sky TV due Oct. 27 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
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When a CEO is asked to dream we shouldn’t be surprised when he dreams big. In an Reuters interview with Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, we learn that Netflix is working in parallel to bring its services to “all the game consoles, all the Blu-ray players, all the Internet TVs.” Naturally, he added that the Xbox deal is exclusive for the time being. The company is currently focused on the big screen but “will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.” And while the streaming business is “booming,” he says the DVD business is still growing as well, likely peaking in “5 years or so” with people still doing DVD-by-mail over the next 20 years. Reed then adjusted his monocle and disappeared in a flash of cigar and brick-and-mortar ash . [Via All Things Digital ] Filed under: Home Entertainment Netflix CEO dreams of iPhone, TV, and game console ubiquity originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
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