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LG Jumps Ahead with Netflix Streaming on TVs

By David LaGesse

Posted: January 5, 2009

Ratatouille is among the movies now streaming on Netflix.

Ratatouille is among the movies now streaming on Netflix.

Pitch the box. LG this spring will start selling TVs with built-in Netflix streaming, bypassing the need for all the set-top devices that have been arriving with Netflix flicks. LG says they'll charge a small premium for the added capability.

A number of makers, including Sony and Panasonic, connect their TVs to the Internet. But it's a leg up for LG to be the first with Netflix, my favorite for getting commercial video streamed across the Web.

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