Streaming media has come a long way in the last few years with internet speeds making the concept a viable one, and with Netflix in the US and Lovefilm in the UK being perhaps the most well known rental companies it was only a matter of time before the subscription we enjoy came to include the ability to stream movies to our computers, phones (although Mr. David Lynch has a few choice words for you if you do) and now Sony’s PS3 has the ability to stream movies through to your TV.
With a PS3 console connected to the internet you can log in with your Lovefilm details and enjoy thousands of movies depending on your subscription, and it’s not obscure clunkers on offer, there’s plenty of interesting films on offer. A cursory glance at the title I can enjoy with my £9.99 sub include Oldboy, Let the Right One In, The Third Man and Team America: World Police and, while I deeply love some of these films, having them on my computer is fine but now I can enjoy them on my TV, meaning I’ll spend far more time on it.
If you’ve a Lovefilm subscriber with a PS3 then it’s what is fashionably termed a no-brainer and I reckon it’ll convince a few people to sign up and take advantage of the various different subscription options.
You can read more about this here, and I’m about to fire up my trusty old PS3 and experience it for myself.
