Yeah, you had to figure that Roku would get HD Netflix Watchnow since the Xbox 360 clearly will be doing the same before them (on Nov 15 is it?).
Still you have to pay for a "Live Gold" acount to get this feature on the Xbox 360. You should have no annual fees with the Roku.
DeaneG:Maybe Windows 7MC will get Netflix HD, once h.264 is supported?
gobanjoboy:I don't think that will mattering since they are using PlayReady DRM. I could be wrong though.
kendrome: gobanjoboy:I don't think that will mattering since they are using PlayReady DRM. I could be wrong though.With the new Silverlight Player that is in beta, they are using a new system of DRM that isn't PlayReady, so it might be plausible.
Silverlight DRM currently supports WMV, VC-1, and WMA. Although we have announced forthcoming support for H.264/AAC playback in a future version of Silverlight, we are still evaluating support for protected H.264/AAC at this time. Implementation of this will depend on customer demand.
Silverlight 2 supports WMDRM 10 and PlayReady-encrypted content. However, live streaming of protected content is only available through WMDRM 10 encryption at this time.
Yes.
No. Silverlight 2 will only decrypt content with licenses issued by the PlayReady Server SDK. To maximize performance – both over the network, and in terms of minimizing the size and complexity of the plug-in itself, Silverlight DRM only has support for processing the new PlayReady license format, a more compact than WMDRM license format. A consequence of this is that a PlayReady license server is needed to deliver all licenses to the Silverlight 2 plug-in.
No, Silverlight 2 will only support online-connected playback scenarios.
No, Silverlight DRM, powered by PlayReady, does not support license chaining.