Wow, Netflix on the PS3 is way better than my 360

I have a PS3 in my living room and my Xbox in my bedroom. I've used instant stream on the Xbox 360 for awhile, and it's been quite good to me. But Netflix on the PS3 is great. The picture quality is better and some shows and movies load in under 2 seconds. Is anyone else here loving the new Netflix update?

i actually havent tried streaming netflix on my ps3 yet (i mostly only use my wii in the bedroom)

are you sure the picture quality difference isnt because you are watching them on 2 different tv sets? or did the ps3 version of netflix get some sort of better video compression method?

Without a link, people don't know what's going on....

Netflix on PS3 goes disc-free, gets 1080p streaming, Subtitles, and 5.1 surround sound (CLICKY LINKY).

Of course, without getting into major specifics on SW, Blu-Ray 1080p Film Quality >>>>>> PSN/Zune/Netflix picture quality>>> greater than upscaled DVD quality.

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Personally, I myself am still watching on my 360, but I check out this update. I saw it in action at my brothers house, but he has a smaller HDTV than me, it's only a 46inch Samsung. I will check it out when I get home someday. :P I feel guilty as it is as I watch a Lot of Blu-Ray's on my PS3, so I like to give my PS3 breaks, and that's when my 360 kicks in for Netflix watchin'.

i actually havent tried streaming netflix on my ps3 yet (i mostly only use my wii in the bedroom)

are you sure the picture quality difference isnt because you are watching them on 2 different tv sets? or did the ps3 version of netflix get some sort of better video compression method?

markinthedark

The ability to search makes it better, but that's coming to the 360 version soon. Maybe the update will allow for faster loads as well.

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The ability to search makes it better, but that's coming to the 360 version soon. Maybe the update will allow for faster loads as well.

sts106mat

[QUOTE="markinthedark"]

i actually havent tried streaming netflix on my ps3 yet (i mostly only use my wii in the bedroom)

are you sure the picture quality difference isnt because you are watching them on 2 different tv sets? or did the ps3 version of netflix get some sort of better video compression method?

Mcspanky37

ahh thats pretty cool then... if i decide to ever stream netflix other than when im falling asleep in the bedroom, ill make sure to do so on my ps3.

I have a question, the streaming content of the pc has way more content than whats available on either 360 or ps3.... Am I doing something wrong, or is streaming through consoles really that bad as far as selection goes

I have a question, the streaming content of the pc has way more content than whats available on either 360 or ps3.... Am I doing something wrong, or is streaming through consoles really that bad as far as selection goes

tutt3r

content is the same, you just have to select the movies you want to see on the PC and add them to your instant queue.... then they will appear on your console.

ive never even tried browsing content on a console... i assume its terrible.

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I have a question, the streaming content of the pc has way more content than whats available on either 360 or ps3.... Am I doing something wrong, or is streaming through consoles really that bad as far as selection goes

markinthedark

content is the same, you just have to select the movies you want to see on the PC and add them to your instant queue.... then they will appear on your console.

ive never even tried browsing content on a console... i assume its terrible.

hmm okay that explains a lot, thanks lol and yeah browsing on console is baddddd

Netflix recently updated their streaming software for all receivers, however the 360 won't get until the Fall update.

Oh sure when Hermits make a big deal about resolution consolites will say 720P is fine and they can't see much of a difference if any with 1080P.

But when they get some update to 1080P in videos they suddenly act like 1080P means something.

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Oh sure when Hermits make a big deal about resolution consolites will say 720P is fine and they can't see much of a difference if any with 1080P.

But when they get some update to 1080P in videos they suddenly act like 1080P means something.

sts106mat

Actually it is the opposite the difference in games is greater than videos.

i beg to difffer actually. its subjective, limbo is 1080p native so is darkstar one. RDR @720p >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>looks hundreds of times better than either of those games, so your point is moot. your quote is silly really, 1080p update for videos is good news, your just trying to start an argument. sts106mat

That is a horrible comparison.

You are comparing different games and much weaker ones at that.

How about getting a PC and trying it out and then you will know the difference because you can see the effects on the same game.

RDR doesn't even look that good.

haha thats a good one, RDR just won an award for its graphics, will probably win plenty more before the year is over. my point stands HD resolution is subjective for games, it depends on the games.sts106mat

For a console game it looks ok.

But even comparing it to the dated oblivion on PC it looks average.

You say it is subjective but you only say that because consoles cannot run a large majority of it's games at 1080P. Some games are lower than 720P.

If you had the ability to play RDR at 1080P you would not be arguing about this.

You can quote me on this, "when next gen consoles come out, consolites will make a big fuss over 1080P."

everyone should not that just because PS3 can have 1080p DOES NOT MEAN your movies will be in 1080p it all depends on you connection

i do play RDR at 1080p its upscaled it looks great. yes native would be better, but you are missing my point, (see post above)sts106mat

1080P is always better than 720P when talking about the same game.

That is like me saying 1080P doesn't matter because the film Sunshine at 720P looks better than Pokemon the movie at 1080P.

Also upscale is not 1080P.

It is not adding pixels. All it does it stretch the image to 1080P and try to smooth things which makes it look blurrier.

720P upscaled to 1080P is still 921,600 pixels. It is not 2,073,600 pixels.

no because when your talking about games its down to textures and other things not, you could have bland textures at 1080p, this is not the same as movies.sts106mat

When it comes down to movies it is special effects and the quality of the camera used.

Your comparisons are bad.

At 1080P you have more than twice the pixel count added to display details, especially for objects further away.

I guess you need to be a PC gamers to understand what I am saying.

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[QUOTE="sts106mat"]no because when your talking about games its down to textures and other things not, you could have bland textures at 1080p, this is not the same as movies.sts106mat

When it comes down to movies it is special effects and the quality of the camera used.

Your comparisons are bad.

At 1080P you have more than twice the pixel count added to display details, especially for objects further away.

I guess you need to be a PC gamers to understand what I am saying.

OMG here is someone else. on the same game higher res will look better FACT. on two separate games e.g. Darkstar one 1080P HD native, doesn't look better than the 720p space missions in Halo reach. i defy anyone to disprove this

sts106mat

Why can't you understand that is not what I am arguing.

I am arguing about having it in every game.

Even with your argument some movies at 720P look better than other movies at 1080P.

i cant be bothered arguing with you any more, you posted in this thread with a comment designed to get people arguing, you weren't aiding the discussion about netflix etc.

sts106mat

Well it looks like you finally understand what I mean.

And my point still stands in this topic.

The person who made it wants an argument since he is saying how much his netflix is better on the PS3 than the 360 and he brings up one of the reasons being resolution.

It is ironic because many consolites always tried to say resolution didn't matter much and 720P was enough when Hermits talked about playing their games at 1080P instead of 720P.

1080p isnt everything 480p SSBB looks better than 1080p pong. resolution isnt everything, there are a lot of other factors involved like texture, AA, etc. Crysis 1080p looks a lot better than STALKER 1080p, so resolution really isnt the deciding factor. Theres also the problem of frames per second where a game looks better in 720p with max graphics than a 1080p game with max graphics but stutters a lot (or rather it plays a lot better). There is a give and take for everything, unless you have a really good computer with the latest hardware you have to factor in trade-offs. Consoles, despite their limitations do a really good job of presenting really good looking games. Its a testament on the developers part that they pull off a feat on a 5 year old console. Its more disheartening (and i can say this as a avid pc gamer) that developers arent pushing pc games to be as good as they can be aside from a few devs.

but really who cares? I don't. I have a ps3 and i enjoy my streaming content so :P

1080p isnt everything 480p SSBB looks better than 1080p pong. resolution isnt everything, there are a lot of other factors involved like texture, AA, etc. Crysis 1080p looks a lot better than STALKER 1080p, so resolution really isnt the deciding factor. Theres also the problem of frames per second where a game looks better in 720p with max graphics than a 1080p game with max graphics but stutters a lot (or rather it plays a lot better). There is a give and take for everything, unless you have a really good computer with the latest hardware you have to factor in trade-offs. Consoles, despite their limitations do a really good job of presenting really good looking games. Its a testament on the developers part that they pull off a feat on a 5 year old console. Its more disheartening (and i can say this as a avid pc gamer) that developers arent pushing pc games to be as good as they can be aside from a few devs.

but really who cares? I don't. I have a ps3 and i enjoy my streaming content so :P

tutt3r

1080p is better then 720p, when the same game or video is being discussed. PERIOD. That's what he is saying. He is also saying that every time a console can do something in 1080p its mentioned as a benefit, yet played down when PC gamers bring it up as a positive against the consoles. This is all.

I have a PS3 in my living room and my Xbox in my bedroom. I've used instant stream on the Xbox 360 for awhile, and it's been quite good to me. But Netflix on the PS3 is great. The picture quality is better and some shows and movies load in under 2 seconds. Is anyone else here loving the new Netflix update?

Mcspanky37

I'm still using my 360. Is the PS3 layout any different? What exactly makes it better?

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1080p isnt everything 480p SSBB looks better than 1080p pong. resolution isnt everything, there are a lot of other factors involved like texture, AA, etc. Crysis 1080p looks a lot better than STALKER 1080p, so resolution really isnt the deciding factor. Theres also the problem of frames per second where a game looks better in 720p with max graphics than a 1080p game with max graphics but stutters a lot (or rather it plays a lot better). There is a give and take for everything, unless you have a really good computer with the latest hardware you have to factor in trade-offs. Consoles, despite their limitations do a really good job of presenting really good looking games. Its a testament on the developers part that they pull off a feat on a 5 year old console. Its more disheartening (and i can say this as a avid pc gamer) that developers arent pushing pc games to be as good as they can be aside from a few devs.

but really who cares? I don't. I have a ps3 and i enjoy my streaming content so :P

Metalscarz

1080p is better then 720p, when the same game or video is being discussed. PERIOD. That's what he is saying. He is also saying that every time a console can do something in 1080p its mentioned as a benefit, yet played down when PC gamers bring it up as a positive against the consoles. This is all.

lol the original post was asking how everyone was enjoying netflix upgrade and somehow people took offence to that simple question

Crysis 1080p with low resolutions/shadows/AA, etc looks worse than 720p with higher resolution/shadows/etc. If you can play a game at a better framerate at 720p over 1080p then its better at 720p. Resolution is not everything 1080p is not always definitively better than 720p in a lot more cases than you would expect

lol the original post was asking how everyone was enjoying netflix upgrade and somehow people took offence to that simple question

Crysis 1080p with low resolutions/shadows/AA, etc looks worse than 720p with higher resolution/shadows/etc. If you can play a game at a better framerate at 720p over 1080p then its better at 720p. Resolution is not everything 1080p is not always definitively better than 720p in a lot more cases than you would expect

tutt3r

1080P is better than 720P Period

You are trying to stack the deck by comparing different games or graphical settings.

Seems like people can't seem to understand what I am saying.

I guess they are not Hermits which would explain it.

[QUOTE="tutt3r"]

lol the original post was asking how everyone was enjoying netflix upgrade and somehow people took offence to that simple question

Crysis 1080p with low resolutions/shadows/AA, etc looks worse than 720p with higher resolution/shadows/etc. If you can play a game at a better framerate at 720p over 1080p then its better at 720p. Resolution is not everything 1080p is not always definitively better than 720p in a lot more cases than you would expect

RyviusRan

1080P is better than 720P Period

You are trying to stack the deck by comparing different games or graphical settings.

Seems like people can't seem to understand what I am saying.

I guess they are not Hermits which would explain it.

Higher resolution will always look better if the source(settings/console games) is the same.

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[QUOTE="tutt3r"]

1080p isnt everything 480p SSBB looks better than 1080p pong. resolution isnt everything, there are a lot of other factors involved like texture, AA, etc. Crysis 1080p looks a lot better than STALKER 1080p, so resolution really isnt the deciding factor. Theres also the problem of frames per second where a game looks better in 720p with max graphics than a 1080p game with max graphics but stutters a lot (or rather it plays a lot better). There is a give and take for everything, unless you have a really good computer with the latest hardware you have to factor in trade-offs. Consoles, despite their limitations do a really good job of presenting really good looking games. Its a testament on the developers part that they pull off a feat on a 5 year old console. Its more disheartening (and i can say this as a avid pc gamer) that developers arent pushing pc games to be as good as they can be aside from a few devs.

but really who cares? I don't. I have a ps3 and i enjoy my streaming content so :P

tutt3r

1080p is better then 720p, when the same game or video is being discussed. PERIOD. That's what he is saying. He is also saying that every time a console can do something in 1080p its mentioned as a benefit, yet played down when PC gamers bring it up as a positive against the consoles. This is all.

lol the original post was asking how everyone was enjoying netflix upgrade and somehow people took offence to that simple question

Crysis 1080p with low resolutions/shadows/AA, etc looks worse than 720p with higher resolution/shadows/etc. If you can play a game at a better framerate at 720p over 1080p then its better at 720p. Resolution is not everything 1080p is not always definitively better than 720p in a lot more cases than you would expect

yes it is. Crysis Max settings 60 fps 1080p is better then Crysis Max settings 60 fps 720p. The Dark Knight 1080p is better then The Dark Knight 720p. Get it? You can't "gimp" comparisons just so you can say you are "right". Thats stuff my eight year old pulls.

[QUOTE="tutt3r"]

lol the original post was asking how everyone was enjoying netflix upgrade and somehow people took offence to that simple question

Crysis 1080p with low resolutions/shadows/AA, etc looks worse than 720p with higher resolution/shadows/etc. If you can play a game at a better framerate at 720p over 1080p then its better at 720p. Resolution is not everything 1080p is not always definitively better than 720p in a lot more cases than you would expect

RyviusRan

1080P is better than 720P Period

You are trying to stack the deck by comparing different games or graphical settings.

Seems like people can't seem to understand what I am saying.

I guess they are not Hermits which would explain it.

what are you talking about? as hermits you should understand what I am saying. Not every pc gamer has some uber rig that can max any and every game. No ones hardware is exactly the same. When these games are released, people have to adjust their graphics settings to something their rig can handle. Some prefer to not have AA or Anisotropic filtering, v-sync, etc to have improved performace. Some reduce graphics due to unoptimized games so games run smoother. For pc gamers especially its the different graphical settings that one chooses that overall defines how the game looks, not simply resolution.

And once again 1080p pong looks worse than 720p RDR doesnt matter that they are different games b/c every time 1080p beats 720p right?