After streaming movies to the various platforms including the Mac, PC and Tivo, Netflix now adds another and this time it’s the Xbox 360. This will give users the option to view 12,000 movies using the service and the hardware. Netflix’s CEO, Reed Hastings in the New TeeVee conference last week had hinted about this stating:

he logical start is video game consoles — the Wii is so close, but we need high-def and to support modern codecs. Also built into televisions we’ll have Internet tuners. The issue with that is that device makers don’t want to bet too big on too-advanced tech, because then they could bet wrong on big devices. Web video will continue to grow, nurtured by PC and laptop-based ecosystem, then will expand to web browsers on the TV screen.

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