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jlauro on 18 February 2010
Justin said:
Saruk said:
After you finish watching one movie or show can you start another one right away? Or do you have to wait?

You can stream as many movies/tv shows as you want.

 

Does this not work like the PS3 where you get the streaming disc and can watch stuff off your Wii with that?

 

Actually, the very cheapest ($4.99/month) option is limitted to how much you can stream and I don't recommend that, but all the $8.99/month and more plans are unlimitted streaming (one at a time).  So, yes you can always start wating right away, and for TV series and stuff, there is often a "next episode" button right there at the end.



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Saruk on 18 February 2010

You do need a streaming disc just like the PS3, but I don't have a PS3 so I never got to try it.
Which is why I posted this thread asking about it.




vonboysp on 19 February 2010
jlauro said:
As others have said it's basically like you tube, but higher quality.

You can have 1 (or more if you pay for more) DVD at a time, and you can stream one movie at a time from the internet at the same time you have a DVD. If you have two devices, generally only one can stream a time. You can stop a movie and change to a different one, but you can't play two at a time (ie: two windows open) as it keeps count and only lets each account stream one at a time.

but if you watch shows on different computers(one each) on the same account, it will let you do that.

 

i tried it before, and it works, only thing is my internet sucks and can only handle one show at a time without lagging.

 

EDIT: now for some more netflix details, if you stop watching a show partway through, it'll remember, and start up where you left off when you try to watch it again. i'm guessing it will work on the wii like it does in the blue-ray player in our living room. you reallt have to goto the website on a computer, and find shows and movies to add to your instant queue, which you can access on the blue-pray player. theres no way to search for and find movies, other then looking at popular ones in vaqrious genres.

 

also, their streaming selection is still limited right now (theres some good stuff on it, but theres a ton of stuff missing, like a lot of less popular or older shows and movies.



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jlauro on 19 February 2010
vonboysp said:
jlauro said:
As others have said it's basically like you tube, but higher quality.

You can have 1 (or more if you pay for more) DVD at a time, and you can stream one movie at a time from the internet at the same time you have a DVD. If you have two devices, generally only one can stream a time. You can stop a movie and change to a different one, but you can't play two at a time (ie: two windows open) as it keeps count and only lets each account stream one at a time.

but if you watch shows on different computers(one each) on the same account, it will let you do that.

 

i tried it before, and it works, only thing is my internet sucks and can only handle one show at a time without lagging.

 

EDIT: now for some more netflix details, if you stop watching a show partway through, it'll remember, and start up where you left off when you try to watch it again. i'm guessing it will work on the wii like it does in the blue-ray player in our living room. you reallt have to goto the website on a computer, and find shows and movies to add to your instant queue, which you can access on the blue-pray player. theres no way to search for and find movies, other then looking at popular ones in vaqrious genres.

 

also, their streaming selection is still limited right now (theres some good stuff on it, but theres a ton of stuff missing, like a lot of less popular or older shows and movies.

Sometimes you can watch on another computer, sometimes you can't.  I think they try not to allow it, but it's probably a bit glitchy and their tech support probably gets a lot of extra calls when it's tightened down more.  Anyways, don't count on it working as sometimes I get blocked when my wife and I try to watch two things at the same time.

 

A lot of good stuff on the steaming section, but a lot good stuff not on it...

 



Opa-Opa on 19 February 2010

I've used it [netflix] on my brother's 360, it's fairly user-friendly. Basically, you have 'queue,' a list of preferred movies you would like to watch. Some are labelled as watch-instantly, meaning able to stream from your laptop. Others you order from the website and they send you, as previously posted, 3 at a time. If you subscribe to neflix, they will send you a free disc this coming March [speculative] which loads the netflix options once in the Wii.
It's a neat utility I guess if you watch a lot of movies, I use it frequently.



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