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palancas7 on 18 October 2010

Netflix this morning gave the Wii its long-promised disc-free option. The last of the three major consoles to have the move confirmed, Nintendo's system can install a Netflix app from Wii Shop and both manage and watch the instant queue in standard definition. It still remains one of the more advanced TV interfaces with the Wii remote serving as a mouse pointer.

Access works for both Americans and Canadians, with pricing depending on the service. In the US, Netflix costs a minimum of $9 but includes one physical movie rental at a time. Canadians can pay a lower $8 CAD but only have access to streaming videos.

PS3 owners should also be getting disc-free viewing today, but plans were already detailed last week.



Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/18/netflix.wii.drops.disc.requirement/#ixzz12iPyo692


 

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09tarheel on 18 October 2010

Wow thats great news. I love netflix on the Wii, but it is kind of a pain to switch the disc all the time. Can't wait to download the channel.



kitler53 on 18 October 2010

nice!  i was too lazy to ask netflix for the disc, lol.



NiKKoM on 18 October 2010

Why are they looking so happy:

it's freking Dennis the Menace... that's no fun movie...


 

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palancas7 on 18 October 2010
NiKKoM said:

Why are they looking so happy:

it's freking Dennis the Menace... that's no fun movie...

He doesn't even know where he's pointing at. Wife's too hot.



 

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LordTheNightKnight on 18 October 2010

When does this become available?



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bmmb1 on 18 October 2010

Sound cool. Now, does anyone know

1. If they're checking the IP or whether it is enough that the WIi is a US one? I'm not physically located in the US, but have a US Wii...

2. Is the assortment the same as "normal" (DVD based) netflix or is the Netflix console viewable assortment very limited? (Can anyone confirm whether they have available through the consoles 24:Redemption ? Fringe?)



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jarrod on 18 October 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:

When does this become available?

Today!

 

Only 49 blocks too... most surprising imo is that over 3m US Wii's have already connected to Netflix. That's a pretty substantial userbase already.



Euphoria14 on 18 October 2010

I can't download it. I don't have access to the Wii Shop Channel.

I use Netflix all the time on the Wii too.



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Arcturus on 18 October 2010
bmmb1 said:

Sound cool. Now, does anyone know

1. If they're checking the IP or whether it is enough that the WIi is a US one? I'm not physically located in the US, but have a US Wii...

2. Is the assortment the same as "normal" (DVD based) netflix or is the Netflix console viewable assortment very limited? (Can anyone confirm whether they have available through the consoles 24:Redemption ? Fringe?)

I'm fairly sure you need a US or Canadian based IP address to access Netflix.