Netflix + Xbox 360 = drool
Yippee…! Last night I booted up my Xbox 360 to play a little Far Cry 2 and was pleasantly surprised to see my old 360 dashboard morph into the much touted New Xbox Experience, 1full day before the expected launch date. As it turns out - everyone who signed up for the beta program, and not previously accepted, was granted access as of last night.
After creating a reasonable facsimile of myself in the new Avatar creation tool (much to the dismay of my wife who was a little creeped out by my anime-styled clone) I headed straight for the goods: the new Netflix integration. In case you hadn’t heard, Netflix has joined up with Microsoft to stream all of their on-demand titles directly to subscribers’ Xbox consoles. At their second-to-lowest subscription package, this means near-instant - and unlimited - access to streaming content straight from Netflix vaults.
While the selection of goods is a little on the pale side, at least compared to their full library, it’s an absolute steal at the price. Of course, you still get access to their DVD-rental service and can stream the content to your PC as well.
I don’t mean to make this sound like a damn infomercial, but Netflix support is without a doubt the coolest feature the Xbox 360 has going for it right now (I mean, aside from all the game-playing and whatnot). I can’t wait for less mainstream fare to become available - although Herzog’s Aguirre: the Wrath of God and The Short Films of David Lynch are nothing to sneeze at. And more HD programming would be welcome. But, other than that, nicely played, Microsoft!
And buh-bye pay-per-view!
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