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Sony and Netflix recently announced that on-demand streaming of movies from the ultra-popular rental service would be hitting the PlayStation 3 in November, and it looks like users will be able to start watching content as early as this Friday. While it will be a software solution later on down the line, PlayStation 3 owners currently need to sign up for a free PS3 streaming disc from Netflix (via http://www.netflix.com/ps3) to take advantage of the service, and a number of IGNers received emails today that we'd find the disc in our mailboxes tomorrow.
The email is very simple and to the point:
"Dear Mr. Bigglesworth,
Your free instant streaming disc for PS3 should arrive by Friday, Nov 06, 2009.
Meanwhile, add TV episodes & movies to your instant Queue now so you're ready to watch instantly when your instant streaming disc arrives.
- Your friends at Netflix"
This short message is followed by instructions on how to add movies to your instant queue via a web browser, which is nothing new. Aside from the fact that we should start seeing discs arrive tomorrow, the email also makes it sound like you won't be able to browse for content via the PS3, but will instead need to add it to your queue from your computer and then head to your console to watch them. This is how Netflix on the Xbox 360 originally worked, though a later update allowed users to browse content directly from the system. Since PS3 users will have to use a disc until it becomes a software solution next year, it sounds like we'll be stuck with this inconvenience for a while as the discs likely can't be patched in any fashion.
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The email is very simple and to the point:
"Dear Mr. Bigglesworth,
Your free instant streaming disc for PS3 should arrive by Friday, Nov 06, 2009.
Meanwhile, add TV episodes & movies to your instant Queue now so you're ready to watch instantly when your instant streaming disc arrives.
- Your friends at Netflix"
This short message is followed by instructions on how to add movies to your instant queue via a web browser, which is nothing new. Aside from the fact that we should start seeing discs arrive tomorrow, the email also makes it sound like you won't be able to browse for content via the PS3, but will instead need to add it to your queue from your computer and then head to your console to watch them. This is how Netflix on the Xbox 360 originally worked, though a later update allowed users to browse content directly from the system. Since PS3 users will have to use a disc until it becomes a software solution next year, it sounds like we'll be stuck with this inconvenience for a while as the discs likely can't be patched in any fashion.
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