This is one of many posts you will see from me based on what I call ” Six Degrees of Sony (shamelessly stolen from Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, or The Oracle of Bacon take your pick). Since Sony as an entity is so large and it’s reach extends so far, if it touches the Sony multiverse, in a logical way it will be covered. Don’t worry, I won’t cover a bagel shop in CA because, a friend of a guy heard from a dude that Jack Tretton ate there once…well not unless Jack asked me to personally 🙂 And now back to your regularly scheduled article.
Netflix Watch Instantly has become what I call a “virtual video appliance” to me and I am not sure when it even happenned. Whether it’s watching a movie, tv show, or just picking a film to watch a certain clip of on the PS3, it’s one of those many things I just use and don’t even think about anymore. And Watch Instantly is about to get a big upgrade, one that will make a lot of PS3 users happy.
As originally sourced by cnet Watch Instantly is set for a big upgrade sometime this year: 5.1 streaming and closed captioning. No details have been provided on when this will be available and what titles will be included, but it’s nice to see Netflix advancing their technology with no mention of a price increase for said upgrade. For those of us where the PS3 is the central part of the home media center, aggregating all sorts of different content, this is a welcome addition.
Now all we need is a standalone PS3 client which can’t be too far behind…
