Can you stream movies, cheaply via an Xbox360?

tankgirl1

We will be welcoming an XBox 360 into the family at Christmas (not paid for by me I might add lol!)

Anyway - can we get a cheapish film subscription through it? Had a look at LoveFilm which seemed to be all about the PS3!??

Any ideas?

mightyroyals

As of the 5th of december i beleive it is there will be a new Xbox 360 Dashboard update which will bring the following features to xbox

Lovefilm
4OD
5OD
Bing
Youtube

and a load more features including some free to view film apps

neilwoods

Yeah Dec 6th, new dashboard, but the entertainment side will be a cpl of weeks later, so hopefully in time for Christmas.

peteb23

Microsoft's Zune is already on the xbox which has loads of movies as well: http://social.zune.net/movies

Also, if your xbox is connected to your home network then you can play your movies (depending on the format) straight from your PC onto your TV.

tankgirl1

Brill thankyou! I may have to update this thread on boxing day as I have never used an xbox before...eek! :rotfl:

WarioTBH

I to have my fingers crossed that they add the entertainment features in just in time for Christmas, it will be great! It makes sense for them to do it!

tankgirl1

Yet another question! Will the xbox get these updates automatically? I bet I'll have to do some sort of connecting it to the interwebnet won't I? Eeek! It took me months to sort out getting the DS connected lol!

GunJack

word of warning for your networking then.....If I remember correctly, the DS will only accept WEP wifi encryption to connect to some nintendo services & games, can't remember if xbox wifi adapter will do WEP or not..have a look here:-

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_na/ds/wrWEPkeyHelp.jsp

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/ht/xbox2wifirouter.htm

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

GunJack wrote: »

.....xbox wifi adapter will do WEP or not

Older wifi adapter uses WPA.