RSSBest Buy's Blu-ray players now stream Netflix
By Tim Conneally | Published October 20, 2009, 11:58 AM
In the last year, Netflix on-demand video streaming has made its way into connected optical media players by LG, Samsung, and Sony, and at the beginning of the last quarter, CEO Reed Hastings said the public could expect new Netflix-enabled consumer electronics products every quarter. Today, Best Buy's Insignia brand became the latest to support Netflix streaming with a firmware update to two of the brand's connected Blu-ray players.
This is another important partnership to differentiate Best Buy's exclusive store brand from lower-quality department store brands, which often have more in common with Chinese knock-offs than with products by major manufacturers. In July, for example, Best Buy announced a partnership with TiVo that would improve the interface and search in Insignia and Dynex televisions.
The firmware update allows the $179 Insignia Connected Blu-ray Player (Ethernet) and the $249 Insignia Advanced Series (Wi-Fi) will let Netflix subscribers browse titles, build queues, and instantly watch movies or TV episodes, similar to the way Xbox 360 and TiVo users do.
To install the 35 MB firmware update, users must download the files from Insignia and burn an installation CD/DVD. The brand's support site includes instructions for how to burn the installation disc in Cyberlink Power2Go, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Nero 9, and Sonic RecordNow! 7.
wait best buy sells their own brand? Who do they think they are Radio Shack?!
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|most Best Buy branded stuff is actually not bad at all. My TV is a rebadged LG sold under Best Buy's store brand
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|Meh...
Netflix already streams to my HTPC and I don't need/want to play BR discs, so...
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|So don't buy one.
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|*GASP*
Wow!!!
Gee, thanks! I'd have never thought of that! You're a real life-saver, ya know?
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|It's PC_Tool you're talking about, he won't buy anything unless it has an Apple logo on it.
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|"It's PC_Tool you're talking about, he won't buy anything unless it has an Apple logo on it."
What??!?!?
ROFLMFAO!
Please tell me that was total sarcasm...
Wow. Guys? Anyone wanna help this poor SOB out a little bit?
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|you must be confusing poor Tool with fatty!
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|whoops, dracodos was right, I actually *was* confusing you with fatty. My bad!
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|May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits, infidel. Better yet, may the camels of a thousand fleas infest your armpits. That would be much more entertaining to watch. ;)
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