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Breaking Bad in 4K Ultra HD

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Breaking Bad LogoNetflix have announce plans to bring 4D Ultra quality “Breaking Bad” to their popular steaming service..

“Breaking Bad” is AMC TV’s critically-acclaimed series following Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) as they set off on an adventure producing crystal meth in the back of an RV camper van.

Netflix – perhaps one of the biggest online streaming services in the world have recently announced their plans to transmit the entire collection of “Breaking Bad” episodes in stunning 4K Ultra HD.

4D is 3,840×2,160 pixels Which equates to 4 times the quality of a HD picture (1,920×1,080 pixels).

“Breaking Bad” will be Joining “House of Cards” and “Moving Art” in the 4K TV series collection. This will compliment the current collection of movies (Smurfs 2,” “Ghostbusters,” and “Ghostbusters 2”) that are currently available to Netflix subscribers in the US.

This is a massive step in the right direction for the steaming media world, however as 4K is a very new technology, it’s unlikely many will be rushing to stream this content. It’s currently unclear how well the world-wide web connections will handle this load. However – it’s certainly a sign of things to come.

It has been confirmed that, although the 4K movies are currently only available in the US, “Breaking Bad” will in fact be available to UK Netflix subscribers – with the required hardware and an internet connection sporting at least a 15Mbps download speed. This was recently confirmed in a tweet from Joris Evers

Rumours are also starting to circulate that next up to receive the Netflix 4k Ultra treatment are the popular shows “Orange is the New Black” and “Lillyhammer”

To enable 4K streaming from your Netflix account you will need to make sure your playback settings are set to ‘High’. To do this login to your Account, go to Account and then Playback Settings and then select High.

Make note of the text in this dialogue box, which confirms it will use up to 7GB per hour for Ultra HD streaming.

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Spb Software Develops Win Mobile Netflix App

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St. Petersburg, February 12th, 2009 — Spb Software, world’s top Windows Mobile applications maker worked closely with Microsoft and Netflix to develop the first official Netflix application for Windows phones. The Mobile Manager for Netflix is an on-device application that seamlessly interfaces with the Netflix web service, allows searching the entire Netflix library, viewing the movie details, managing the DVD queue, and adding movies to Instant Queue directly from Windows phones. The unique exclusive feature of Mobile Manager for Netflix is the ability to play trailers of movies, directly on the handset screen.

The Mobile Manager for Netflix was developed in cooperation between Microsoft, Netflix, and Spb Software. The application interface is built on the Spb Mobile Shell UI engine (also used in such popular applications as Spb Wallet, Spb Online, Spb Weather, Spb Traveler), and allows optimizing the efficiency of the user interface and speed of service navigation. With this fast and finger-friendly UI, the Mobile Manager application streamlines the Netflix mobile user experience, allowing subscribers to preview movie trailers on the go, add selected items to the DVD queue, or the Instant Queue – to instantly watch movies on TV screens using Microsoft’s Xbox 360.

Mobile Manager for Netflix

“Windows phones help people access the information they care about most, bringing together the Web, the PC and the phone – all in one device,” said Steve Hegenderfer, group product manager at Microsoft, Corp. “We are very excited to work with Spb Software to bring the popular Netflix service to our customers, giving them easy access to their account and favorite movies while on the go.”

To get more information, or download the Mobile Manager for Netflix, please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/totalaccess/software/software/netflix.mspx

About Netflix, Inc. (www.netflix.com)

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is the world’s largest online movie rental service, with more than nine million subscribers. For one low monthly price, Netflix subscribers can get DVDs delivered to their homes and can instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed to their TVs and computers, all in unlimited amounts. Subscribers can choose from over 100,000 DVD titles and a growing library of more than 12,000 choices that can be watched instantly. There are never any due dates or late fees. DVDs are delivered free to subscribers by first class mail, with a postage-paid return envelope, from 58 distribution centers. More than 97 percent of Netflix subscribers live in areas that generally receive shipments in one business day. Netflix has partnered with leading consumer electronics companies to offer a range of devices that can instantly stream movies and TV episodes to subscribers’ TVs from Netflix. For more information, visit http://www.netflix.com/.

About Spb Software (www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)

Spb is a leading brand in mobile software, standing for a unique line of popular consumer products and partnerships with the world’s most innovative OEMs and carriers, such as Acer, ASUS, E-TEN, Gigabyte, HTC, O2, Palm, Pharos, Samsung, SingTel, Sky Link, Sony Ericsson, Swisscom Mobile, Toshiba, T-Mobile, and VimpelCom. The popularity of Spb’s software solutions rests on profound usability research, relevance to valid subscriber needs and smartphone use cases, as well as superior technical implementation, stability, and quality graphic design.

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