I have personally been using the Xbox 360 and Netflix system in my house for the past month. Here's an overview of the system and how it integrates with our Audio Authority Avatrix HDTV distribution systems.

The new Xbox 360 dashboard added support for Netflix. If you have a Netflix account, you can go to your computer and put movies into your "instant que". You then go to your Xbox 360 and load the Netflix program.

Netflix then shows you all of the movies in your que along with HD cover art and movie descriptions. Overall it is a very nice looking interface.

The main limitations I found is that you currently cannot add movies from your TV, and you can't sort your movie list in anyway.

I signed up for the basic Netflix account for about $11/mo. With this account I can put as many movies as like into my que.

The library Netflix has for its que is decent. It has some new titles, and many favorites from the past 30 years. However, you will not see the latest Hollywood blockbuster when they first come out on DVD.

Many of our clients are enjoying their Avatrix HDTV distribution system. It allows you to put up to 6 source devices in a central location and access them on any TV in your home.

When used as a source, the Xbox 360 is able to send this movie collection to any TV in your home. It makes for a very inexpensive movie distribution system. $11/mo & $250 for an Xbox is a much easier price point then $30,000 for a Kalidescape system.