TV’s to Have Netflix Streaming Built In

Silicon Alley Insider reports that this spring, Korean electronics maufacturer LG is planning to offer Netflix movie screening built into some of its plasma and LCD TVs. Bypassing a set-top box makes watching on-demand content even easier, and gives Netflix a small advantage over rivals in the streaming video game including Amazon and Apple. Streaming content is gaining in popularity, on both the small screen of the computer and the “big” screen of the TV, but critics hope that LG and others will add to the functionality of these devices to allow for more open media streaming from other content providers such as Hulu and Youtube.

[via Silicon Alley Insider]