I just saw this in the news.   Will sign up as soon as I get home.  I don't bother with Cable as I just don't watch enough TV but 7.99 for unlimited movies/TV is perfect for my needs.

As for Canadian laws, yes, there are requirements that a certain percentage of the broadcast content be Canadian.  In the press released they'd mentioned they have deals with several Canadian companies.   Canadian movies are mostly small indie stuff, there are a few noteworthy ones.  Anyways, who cares, I can watch what I want. 

Yes, there are Canadian content requirements for broadcasters. Netflix isn't exactly a broadcaster, so I don't think there are regulations constraining it yet, but regulatory bodies are keeping a sharp eye on emerging digital distribution channels. They're taking a look at Apple's iBooks right now.

It shouldn't be much of a problem for digital distributors to comply with any regulations. The distributors usually want to offer as much content as they can, regardless of where it comes from, and the regulators just want to assure that Canadian content is available and given a certain measure of prominence.

Netflix could probably appease the regulators by offering a certain measure of Canadian content (shouldn't cost them much to license, and I see they already have some) and presenting 'Canadian programs' as one of several categories on their front page.

Having signed up for this now, I'm slightly disappointed by the underwhelming selection available.  Virtually no recent releases (as in last 3 years...) and no big classics (LoTR, SW) or even popular TV shows (Friends, Seinfeid).  Mostly really old B movies and some acclaimed movies no one wants to watch, lol.   

There are hundreds of movies, the quantity is there but little quality.  Hopefully that'll chance over time. Still for a mere 7.99/mth it's hard not to be able to find a couple movies or shows you want to justify that cost.

The only problem that will affect a lot of Canadians is that a lot of our ISP's impose caps on our internet service most of them seem to be around 60G per month which isn't going to be a lot if you start streaming a lot of movies/tv shows.

I'd check with your ISP to see if you have limits before you go crazy, as the overages can be pretty pricey.

I got an email from NetFlix my Wii Disk will not arrive till mid October. So luckily they extended my free month by two weeks. If I find their isn't enough content then I will discontinue the service before I have to pay a dime. I hope I am not dissapointed.

In the US does NetFlix offer popular and new movies?

the selection is garbage.very old and mostly weak ass movies no one has heard the names. i ll cancel it.

I guess I was one of the lucky ones to get sent a Wii application disc before they ran out.  I received an e-mail on Sept 24th that it was sent out and I received it yesterday.  I had downloaded the PS3 version the day of release and thought it worked really well with excellent quality.  I'm not that impressed with the Wii version.  I have screenshots of the Wii version up on my site.

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