Microsoft Corp. today announced that more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix Inc., the world's largest online movie rental service, are now available to watch instantly on the PC using Windows Media Center on PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. This newest content addition builds on Microsoft's goal to create a consistent experience on the PC for consumers to easily enjoy the entertainment of greatest interest to them.

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I've done a little digging and it turns out that this new "feature" will not be available via Media Extender (like the Xbox 360), nor will it support HD streaming. What's the point? If it doesn't support extenders, then you would have to have it connected directly to your HDTV. And if that's the case, you can pull it up directly from the Netflix website anyway.

Yawn.

- Shane