Panasonic will add NetFlix and others to Viera Cast this year

[Getteau]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/panasonic-adds-major-new-content-and-features-to-viera-casttm-hdtvs-and-blu-ray-disc-players-80854297.html

" Panasonic, the industry leader in high-quality Plasma and LCD HDTVs and a major developer of the Blu-ray format, announced today that Fox Sports, Netflix, Pandora, and Twitter services, and the Skype on Your TV application, will be added to its 2010 application lineup of VIERA CAST-enabled HDTVs and Blu-ray players. "

However, according to this article, it may not be supported on the 2009 Blu Ray Players :mad::mad:

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/CES-Netflix-Comes-to-Panasonic-Sharp-Toshiba-Displays-and-Blu-ray-Players.shtml

"VIERA Cast will be available on select display models and it will also be available on three of their four new Blu-ray Disc players for 2010. Unfortunately, due to the different chip-set requirements of Netflix, 2009 Blu-ray Disc players featuring VIERA Cast will not be able to use the new service offering."

[Mark Holtz]

Why do I have the feeling that BluRay players will soon become "superplayers" that do multiple things in addition to play BluRays? After all, Profile 2.0 players have to have a Internet connection.

[jadebox]

Why do I have the feeling that BluRay players will soon become "superplayers" that do multiple things in addition to play BluRays? After all, Profile 2.0 players have to have a Internet connection.

Everyone is fighting to be your main "set top box." And Blu-Ray players, video game consoles, and DVRs are really computers at heart, so you'll see more and more of them be programmed to do more things.

My Blu-Ray player with Netflix support cost a little more than getting a standard Blu-Ray player with a separate box for Netflix streaming. But, it's nice to have the functionality in one place with one remote and one connection to the TV.

-- Roger

[celticpride]

FYI my 2009 panasonic 54'' G10 got a software update about a week ago around march7 2010. they added pandora,BILDE a german news sevice? and something called TAGESCHAN another foreign language channel,they also list FOX SPORTS and TWITTER coming soon! plus they have 4 empty screens available to add more channels!!This is in addition to what we now have bloomberg,you tube,picasso,and amazon!