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July 2, 2008 3:08 PM PDT

Insider Secrets: How to stream Netflix movies directly to your Xbox 360

by Jeff Bakalar

Don't feel like dishing out $100 for the Roku Netflix player? Well, if you have an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to.

Last week we reported about this amazing hack and now we're showing you how to do it! It comes courtesy of Lifehacker.com and takes about 20 minutes to set up.

Streaming Netflix movies isn't the only thing you can do with this connection--once your Xbox 360 is added as a Media Center extender, you can stream pictures, music, or video from your PC to the console as well.

Ready to get going? You can grab the required 'vmcNetflix' Media Center plug-in here.

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by SherrifLooboo July 4, 2008 1:48 PM PDT
There's a media center plugin hack to get stuff off the internet like streaming videos off of YouTube.

You can use it with TV sites like http://www.freetube.us.tc to get Live TV channels or http://www.tvshack.net to get tv shows .
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by Babigurl4ever July 7, 2008 11:03 AM PDT
DONT READ THIS.YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO ATLEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READING DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE? PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
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