Netflix to Stream Directly to Plasma and LCD HDTV’s
Netflix teams up with LG to introduce a new line of LCD and Plasma HDTV’s that download movies from Netflix’s servers directly, w/o the need of any extra 3rd party hardware. Netflix is really trying to dominate the market in movie rental options by incorporating its services with hardware manufacturers, for instance, take the Blu-ray disc player that was introduced in ‘08 with Netflix streaming capabilities. If you think this is cool, just be prepared to spend an extra $200 – $300 for LG HDTV’s equipped with such capabilities, and be sure to add the $9.00 price tag for subscription as well. Ehhhh this would honestly actually be neat if Netflix would have a wider selection of movies to stream down to your television. I mean I really would hate to pay $300 extra for a feature that only allows me to choose from a small selection of worthy titles. Plus it would probably be a pain to have such an integrated service stop working on your brand new TV causing other things to mess up in the process. As I finish writing this, it really doesn’t sound like such a good idea after all … A matter of fact, I may even hate it … j/k! Read more about it at Gizmodo.
