LG/Netflix Plot Demise of the Red Envelope, Not HD yet

Read the NY Times article.

This mirrors iTunes/Apple TV's capability and Amazon's Unbox/TiVo partnership. It adds an extra layer of coolness over Amazon/TiVo and Apple in that we might theoretically see combination HD DVD/Blu-Ray players that support Netflix downloads as well. The first iteration of this capability will not be in HD, unfortunately. I predict pray that Apple will announce HD-quality downloads from iTunes at Macworld later this month.