Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii 171
Grant,thompson writes "As announced in January and mentioned here on Slashdot, Netflix is sending out discs today to enable streaming on the Nintendo Wii. 'Netflix has sent out emails to customers who pre-ordered the Wii's instant streaming disc, indicating that the disc will arrive in mailboxes tomorrow, and that the service will likely start within the next day.'"
Re:You need a disc? (Score:3, Informative)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I gather that you need to load the netflix disc every time you want to stream stream something?
On my 360 (and I assume on PS3s as well), netflix streaming is built into the software of the device: I can play a game off of a disc until my wife gets home, then switch over to netflix and watch some tv with a few button clicks.
If you have to get up and fumble with discs every time you want to switch tasks, this is a big Fail for the Wii in terms of convenience. Why not a WiiWare application?
PS3 streaming also requires a disc. I heard it has something to do with xbox 360 exclusivity agreements, but I could be wrong.
Re:You need a disc? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:You need a disc? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Nothing about Wii on the Netflix site yet (Score:4, Informative)
Re:You need a disc? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:You need a disc? (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/26/netflix-ps3-disc-must-remain-in-system-until-2010-update/ [joystiq.com]
Re:No email here (Score:3, Informative)
Log onto your Netflix account and check this page..
http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc?device=Wii
It should give your delivery status.
Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... (Score:5, Informative)
You are about to be rediculed until you create a new account.
Re:No email here (Score:3, Informative)
I did that as soon as I saw I had no email. It says the same thing it said back when I signed up.
"Thanks for reserving your FREE instant streaming disc for your Wii console.
You don't need to do anything else - your instant streaming disc for Wii will ship automatically when it is available this spring."
Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... (Score:4, Informative)
Wrong, there is signal loss in digital. However, you are also right. Once you lose enough signal that you can no longer decode the digital data, your video becomes instantly unwatchable.
Therefore, if you needed a long enough HDMI cable, as the voltage drops enough from the transmitter to the receiver, you'd start seeing the difference between low quality and high quality cables in that the good cables would work and the others would cut out frequently or not work at all.
Not picking on you per se, but as long as we're going to educate people on why they shouldn't waste money on expensive snake oil, we should explain it correctly.
Re:Netflix streaming (Score:2, Informative)
Some of us have been waiting for this and read Slashdot more than we check every manufacturer's website... SLASHDOT IS A NEWS AGGREGATOR THIS IS WHAT THE SITE IS HERE FOR, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT STFU!
Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... (Score:1, Informative)
That article is from 2007, before the end of the HDDVD/Blu Ray war. I would imagine those numbers are double today.
Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Nothing about Wii on the Netflix site yet (Score:3, Informative)
Re:All joking aside... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Netflix streaming (Score:5, Informative)
They can do both, you know.
(I work at Netflix, on the IT side. I mean, duh, I read slashdot).
The groups working on device support have nothing to do with the groups working on more content; the latter is largely a business effort anyway, whereas the former is SOME business efforts, and lots of technical efforts.
And my impression is that the top two priorities are:
1. More content;
2. More devices.
Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... (Score:4, Informative)
"(studio quality, cost like $100.. but for me it's worth it)" /.? /. needs to have a test before giving out user IDs.
WTF? on
I Paid 2 dollars and 5 cents for my shielded 1.3b HDMI cables, and that included shipping. There is no difference between these and yours. I can go to Amazon and get 1.4 for 3 dollars.
Sucker.
Re:Netflix streaming (Score:1, Informative)
Maybe this has changed since I stopped watching after the third season, but Heroes episodes turned up on Netflix streaming within a day of airing. Mind you, that's the only show I know of that Netflix has had available in that kind of timeframe.
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