Blockbuster OnDemand coming to online-enabled Samsung TVs and Blu-ray home theater products
Blockbuster streaming will be added to several lines of Samsung TVs, Blu-ray players, and home theater systems in the fall of 2009.
Blockbuster OnDemand is coming to a long list of Samsung TV and home theater products later this fall. The online pay-per-view streaming service will be added to Samsung's online-enabled HDTVs, Blu-ray players, and Blu-ray home theater systems via future firmware updates. As part of the deal, Blockbuster will also sell some of the Samsung products in its video rental stores.
According to Samsung, the Blockbuster OnDemand feature will be added to "Samsung LCD and Plasma HDTVs Series 650 and above, and Samsung LED HDTVs Series 7000 and above," as well as ""select 2009 Samsung Blu-ray players and home theater systems." We translate that as follows:
LCD TVs:
LNB650 series
LNB750 series
LCD TVs (LED-backlit):
UNB7000 series
UNB7100 series
UNB8000 series
plasma TVs:
PNB650 series
PNB850 series
PNB860 series
Models for Blu-ray players and home theater systems weren't specified, but all 2009 models already support Netflix and Pandora streaming, so adding a third online service wouldn't be a stretch.
Essentially, the Blockbuster OnDemand service will be an integrated version of the service found on the