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twesterm on 26 October 2009
antfromtashkent said:
twesterm said:
antfromtashkent said:
 

Watch a movie with a friend? You would need PS eye for that..... I would have to have a lifesized Jessica Alba cutout :/

I'm assuming it will have the same features as the 360 Netflix until shown otherwise which means you have the movie party option thing where you can watch some movies with friends.  No need for the PSEye.

What about a Jessica Alba cutout?

I'm afraid that's one thing the PSN doesn't give for free; you'll have to get that yourself.



 

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Profcrab on 26 October 2009
twesterm said:
antfromtashkent said:
twesterm said:
antfromtashkent said:
 

Watch a movie with a friend? You would need PS eye for that..... I would have to have a lifesized Jessica Alba cutout :/

I'm assuming it will have the same features as the 360 Netflix until shown otherwise which means you have the movie party option thing where you can watch some movies with friends.  No need for the PSEye.

What about a Jessica Alba cutout?

I'm afraid that's one thing the PSN doesn't give for free; you'll have to get that yourself.

 . . . and what you do with it, don't share.

I give that post a 9.6.



Thank god for the disable signatures option.

madskillz on 26 October 2009
theprof00 said:
doesn't the 360 still require the cd?

No. It's all software, dude.



madskillz on 26 October 2009
theprof00 said:
strange, i know my friend had a netflix cd at one point.
I must have been mistaken.
I still don't understand why they can't just install the cd data.

LIVE has everything on there available via download. That Netflix CD was probably a REAL movie. You do have to subscribe to the service and you get 1 disc at a time. I signed up for 2 discs, unlimited streaming and BR discs ($3 extra a month).

I get Blus whenever I get the urge. Otherwise, I just get on Netflix via LIVE and watch stuff. They do have HD content - not much - and a lot depends on your connection too. If you get 4 bars and there's HD content, you'll likely get it.



madskillz on 26 October 2009
Skeeuk said:
ps3 is clearly the best choice to watch movies on now.

Lawd, help him.



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madskillz on 26 October 2009
dbot said:
GrotesqueOne said:
is this going to replace the currant movie rental system ps3 already has? cuz i dont see my self paying 3.99 a movie when i can pay twice that and get unlimited streaming movies.

The only problem with your plan is the Watch Instantly movie library is extremely limited.  You will still need to buy/rent newer releases via the PSN store or other outlet.  

I currently have 364 movies in my instant movie queue, with new ones added all the time.



yungmagic09 on 26 October 2009

This makes me miss having Netflix on my 360, I had to cancel about a month ago.



madskillz on 26 October 2009
yungmagic09 said:
This makes me miss having Netflix on my 360, I had to cancel about a month ago.

I had regular Netflix but dropped it for financial reasons. After landing a gig at the Houston Chronicle, money wasn't an issue, but I was used to going to Blockbuster with a One-Pass. Netflix with LIVE made me cancel it. I'm loving it.



twesterm on 26 October 2009
dbot said:
GrotesqueOne said:
is this going to replace the currant movie rental system ps3 already has? cuz i dont see my self paying 3.99 a movie when i can pay twice that and get unlimited streaming movies.

The only problem with your plan is the Watch Instantly movie library is extremely limited.  You will still need to buy/rent newer releases via the PSN store or other outlet.  

It's only limited if you want to watch brand new ultra high budget blockbuster movies, otherwise, like MadSkillz, I have 300+ movies in my instant queue.  It's not limited as long as you want to actually watch movies.



 

Steroid on 26 October 2009
twesterm said:
dbot said:
GrotesqueOne said:
is this going to replace the currant movie rental system ps3 already has? cuz i dont see my self paying 3.99 a movie when i can pay twice that and get unlimited streaming movies.

The only problem with your plan is the Watch Instantly movie library is extremely limited.  You will still need to buy/rent newer releases via the PSN store or other outlet.  

It's only limited if you want to watch brand new ultra high budget blockbuster movies, otherwise, like MadSkillz, I have 300+ movies in my instant queue.  It's not limited as long as you want to actually watch movies.

Yeah the streaming is just fine for low budget films. So now with your PS3 you can stream those and for the blockbusters you can have them send you on Bluray disk!