Tag: PS3
Watch Netflix On Your PS3 (And All Your PCs, Too!)
by SAB on Dec.09, 2009, under Technology
The boyfriend and I bought a PS3 about a year ago, and besides playing Blu-ray movies and occasionally killing things in our few video games, it really doesn’t get much use. We’ve been thinking about getting Netflix for a while, so when we heard that we could watch streaming videos on our PS3 I was pretty thrilled.
I went to Netflix and signed up for the free trial. Unfortunately the PS3 does not support Netflix streaming natively – you have to order a special disc. The disc came in about 2 days, and after I popped it in I did a quick verification and Huzzah! – it worked!
You can have up to 6 devices accessing Netflix at one time – I was able to test this on my PC, my laptop, and the PS3 – they all played different movies simultaneously. You can stream Netflix using Silverlight on your browser (I used Firefox) but if you have a version of Windows that supports it, you should really try out Netflix for Windows Media Center. It works really well, you can even browse their library and add items to your instant cue.
About.com has a nice guide written by Mark Baggesen: How to Setup and View Netflix Using Windows Media Center.
