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Not quite a help topic, but helpful to know for Winders users.

The movie rental world has changed dramatically over the years. When the movie rental business first started, you had no choice but to go to your local rental store and pick out some movies. Thanks to Netflix, that has changed and movie fans can now get their favorite films via the mail or via online streaming.

Netflix and similar services have proven to be so popular and successful that some of the largest traditional retail rental companies like Blockbuster are struggling to survive. Netflix started offering streaming films via the Xbox and in February boasted that the service now has over a million users on the Xbox.

Today, Microsoft has announced that users of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate can now access the streaming video catalog from Netflix. The streaming Netflix library currently offers 12,000 different films and TV shows that are available for viewing directly on Windows PCs.
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All of the functions of the Netflix menu can also be controlled via a Windows Media Center remote, meaning users with HTPC machines connected to their TVs can work the Netflix interface directly from the remote.

Assumedly this will also be true of Win7. Links in article.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=15186