#4 Netflix Streaming Coming to the PS3
Netflix Movie streaming has been available for Xbox 360 users for over a year and frankly I’ve been a bit jealous. On Friday in the mail Netflix delivered to me a disc marked do not return. I inserted it into my PlayStation 3 and here is what appeared.
I was able to watch HD quality movies, pause, fast forward. Feature for Feature it seemed up to par with the Xbox 360.
To see previous entries 5-10 click here.
#5 The Final Table at the World Series of Poker (November 7th - 10th)
Beginning last year the WSOP decided that they would hold off having the Final Table in July and instead make the final 9 players wait until November to finish what they had started. What that means is the nine players who finished in the Top 9 out of 6,954 players have been sitting around for 120 days collecting endorsements and brushing up on their skills before their poker battle.
This year is extremely unique because of who is involved. Phil Ivey. Arguably poker’s greatest player has finally made it to his first WSOP final table. You could argue why hasn’t he gotten here before if he is so great, well when you are competing against 7,000 other people a certain amount of luck is involved. Well he has arrived and is ready to unleash his greatness. Currently Vegas has him as at 7/2 to win the whole thing which I think isn’t high enough considering he has the 3rd to lowest stack of chips.
How Can You Watch the World Series of Poker?
It is going to be broadcasted on ESPN via short tape delay on November 10th from 9 to 11:30 eastern. Be sure to tune in.
You can see previous entries of what I’m excited about in November here.
#6 Comcast’s New HD Lineup of Channels
I’ve been complaining for two years about Comcast not offering Pay Per View in High Definition? Spike TV, MTV,(Gotta love Real World/Road Rules Challenge) amongst many other channels (NFL RedZone, NBA TV, MLB TV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Outdoor Channel ) are not in HD in my area. Well by the end of November myself and every other Comcast subscriber will be able to quit complaining.
Currently Comcast is in the process of rolling out a plethora (I believe 56 total) of new High Definition channels in your area, most of you already have the new channels, but San Francisco still remains with the old lineup. Has anyone noticed passed channel 740 a bunch of new channels? I’m eagerly anticipating the High Definition Pay Per View Channel for stuff like this.
To see the other things I’m excited about in November click here.
Reading The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons.
Bill Simmons is a writer for ESPN who spends a great deal of time worshipping Boston Sports and relating pop culture to the world of sports. However, over the last few years I’ve grown tired of his columns and podcasts, but I’m really excited for this book. He talks with such passion about basketball and the book is over 500 pages! Any editor in their right mind would have had Bill shrink the book down to save money if it sucked.
I’ve so far completed the first 50 pages of the book and have found myself laughing out loud to the reference of having unprotected sex with your wife referred to as “pulling the goalie” and his meeting with Isiah Thomas at a topless pool in Vegas. The next 460+ pages I hope are just as good.
You can read #8, #9 and #10 as well.
